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Show OIL FIND IS STILL SUBJECT OF INTEREST J Talk till ig rife about tha city over tba oil fio4 and the burden of the talk ia gloag the lina of the aourca of tba oil. If it iim't from ao original de-poait de-poait thea wkera doea it roma from ia the ueation. It bag been prettv geof-rallv argued that tba oil '.omen from aurfaea aourcea, waitta oil from tba oil refinery, for inatanea. Tbnag who admit that tha Oil coom from depoait probably far below the aurfaca ara not willing to admit that tha earth formation ia that vicinity ia oil bearing gad eontend that the da- posita must of necessity be small. Profesnor Fred Pack ef th University Univer-sity of Utah was asked this worniug sa to the probability of oil being located locat-ed in large quantities in th are of the oil showing. He said: "While I have not visited th area is question for th purpose of eaamining th condition and although favorable to oil production, yet 1 feel that it is aot possible to expect large quantities of oil in that vicinity. The bed there consiat of hundreds of feet of old lake deposita laid down during th existence of Lake Bonneville. It may be likely that small quantities of oil will be encountered, hut ther is little ressoa to belief that the deposit will prov of commercial valu." Visitors to tha Held yesterday after-anon after-anon were aatoaished at the amount of oil seen coming to th surface on the drainage ditch and forming a pool. A few of tha more enthusiaatie visitors inaisted on driving atakea locating claims ia th near vicinity of th best showing. |