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Show Salt Laker Who Is Associated With Eastern Capital to Do Work. FIND OF THE FLUID IS IN WAYNE COUNTY Two Rigs Are Now on the Way to the Land of Promise. Another oil field in TJtnh is to bo developed. de-veloped. This time tho drill i to penetrate pene-trate tho earth in Bluo valley in Wnyno count-, tho first woll to be sunk in tho vicinity of Giles. Nat Levi, an oil expert, formerly of Los Angeles but now a resident of Salt Lake, has. with eastern capitalists, secured se-cured control of 10,000 acros of land in tho country uamod and will proceed at onco to develop it. Whoro Field Lies. Tho lands which Mr. Lovi and his associates as-sociates have socurod aro about fifty miles south of Green Ilivor City, and aro in tho northeast corner of Wayne county. Two rigs are now on tho wsiy to tho field, one of ifrhich was purchased through a Salt Lako firm. This is the llrst outfit that has gone into Wayne county, and Mr. Lovi is confident that ho will opon up what will be tho greatest great-est oil field m the country. Within three weeks Mr. Lovi will havo his drills at worlc. Has Prospected TJtali Thoroughly. Mr. Lovi has prospected the slato of Utah thoroughly for oil. lie has investigated inves-tigated tho region around Virgin City in Washington county aud various other Sarts of tno state whero thoro was ovicides-of oil, and ho believes that tho locality whero ho is shipping in his Standard and Star rigs in tho Bluo val-oy val-oy is tho most promising of any. On Dirty Dovil river in tho lilac valley, val-ley, the seepago of oil is very pronounced pro-nounced and this is true of other points on tho stream. He is confident that ho will striko the oil sands nt about 1000 foot and that Jio will got oil in plenty at 1500 feet, although ho is prepared to drill ?,000 feet if necessary. Mr. Levi will Icavo nbout Wednesday for Wnyno county. His family will make their homo "in Salt Lake. |