Show J Utah as an an Oil State I B By Ira C. C Tichenor WHILE E it is generally admitted e even en by those thos most directly vy interested in the development of Grand county into a good producing oil oil field field that the first reports repots of bringing the in of a a barrel Soo-barrel w well ll near Moab were not justified by the facts in the case it it is certain that the amount of oil oU showing in a a. well that was not 1 c completed ted and has not as yet et really reached the known oil sand Is cause for forthe the th greatest encouragement for further development in that district The Th reports concerning the Moab well continue to attract attention throughout t the country and it is evident that the grew rew from a well within a short time to lo a barrel 1000 It If the the report of striking oil in Utah is confirmed it will place the state I more prominently among the petroleum producing producing- divisions of the United S Sates tes and add a large potential possibility to the output t says the Oil City i iJ J Pa ia D Derrick The The well is reported to have a barrel 1000 showing I at the shallow depth of 1150 feet The location is near the town of Moab in the thes s southern thern part of ot Grand county which joins the Colorado bound boundary ry line It 1 aIso lUes lies liei between San Juan Tuan county on the south and and Uinta county on the north J Si Since ce 1906 there have been active efforts made to deve p petroleum in in Uta ta but with no great measure of success In 1907 a number of wells were dr drilled lf d through throughout ut the state an and the first one which ch started the excitement v 3 was i as estimated as a paying well At t the end of the year however the total output output was v very rY small and most of the ventures were dry Tests were were made fn In th the following years and in 1910 seven wells were drilled in the San Juan field field- one of which was estimated at at ata a a capacity of barrels The sands i in w which ich the oil was found ranged from to feet in depth The oi operations ns have been carried on in practically every county of the state and tie there are promising showings in Washington I IThe county in the extreme southwestern southwestern south south- western ies ern part adjoining Arizona The grades of oil v vary vary ry from the asphalt product near Great Salt Lake to th the light oils of the eastern part of the tho state with a base and of light gravity It is claimed the lighter tighter oils are rich In gasoline and the high high pr products ducts of ot of petroleum The gravity gravit of the oil found in the one reported this 1 w w ek k is given as 48 degrees The value of such a strike to the oil industry c cannot bo overestimated as it opens a vast territory to further exploitation i it the well is ev even n a much smaller one than re reported |