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Show Mi 10 DEPTHS ON UIHTAHJML LAIS 1 California Operator Js Sure of Rich County's Future j Usefulness. i Mr. (.'. U. .ludd. nn extensive oil j operator in California, has .just been ; over iu the Uintah country in Utah, laying the foundation for considerable prospecting for oil iu the neighborhood of Randlett. He has obtained options on about S000 acres of land over" there; not that he expects to operate on all that land, but that; when he makes his expected strike on tho deep well that ho proposes to sink he will have ample opportunity to follow the oil channel in any direction that the How may indicate. Mr. .ludd thinks very highly of the Uintah .country as an' oil-producing region. Ho says that, there are a good -many wells down there. and that the oil found at depths of -100 to 1400 feet is the finest in the world 011 the average, equaled only by one other 1 place. The oil is light, good", and would command the highest price In the market. mar-ket. But his idea is that, none of the wells over there are deep enough; none of them is down to rhe Dakotah sandstone; sand-stone; this he thinks lies 'a I a depth of 4000 to 4o00 feet. He intends to put in there a' prospecting outfit that will sink to that depth. .And as he is an experienced oil man, wc shall expect to hear the best results from his of- forts. Mr. .ludd is in no way disposed to extravagance, but rather to conservatism. conserv-atism. With him the whole matter is a plain business proposition. Jle thinks the oil is in that country and backs his opinion with his money to put down a deep prospecting well, lie sees 110 reason why this city should not be made a primary' oil niark'ot. equal lo a 113-. The oil could' be piped hero and this made a great supply depot. Mr. .ludd deplores the exciting and extravagant statement? with regard to oil finds and oil production that he has seon as from that region. At tho same time, lie has full faith in it, but the field needs, a good deal more development develop-ment that it has had so far to demonstrate demon-strate its possibilities. lie spoke of a well that had been 3'ielding but a fraction of a barrel a da.y. but. when it was shot it .yields eight barrels: and another in about like proportion. These are the only two wells that have been shot so far 'in that region. The whole Tintah country for a wide area is a 113'drocarbon country. There is elaterite, gilsonitc, nspbnltnm iu mnn3- forms, and along the lower portion por-tion of Green river there are oil springs that have been known ever since tho exploration of the country. There is no reason why a very extensive and rich oil region should not be developed iu that hydrocarbon countn. And Mr. ,Iudd is" determined to do his part toward that development, lie took tho afternoon train yesterday for his home in Los Angeles, fully determined to lose no time in getting In a heavy prospecting prospect-ing outfit, so as to go into the dentin and determine absolutely the possibilities possibili-ties of the oil land on which he has the option. v |