| Show j y OIL FLOW FOR UTAH MEN tEN tENa MENy a McCornick Simon Bamberger Mayor Thompson ompson Josiah y Barnett and J D 1 Wood Oct Get Good flood News From I If f Los Angeles Jt ot t a big oil 01 strike In the Salt Sal property has Just r the thelt city from Ls Los Angeles Angelest AnJel J JI t It I has hl e little ex cx e emong 1 Among mong the th principal share har 1 ho iio 0 consist of ot J 1 D Wood W V VIck Iel Ick Mayor Ma r Ezra Ez Thompson berger and Josiah Burnett I It to t the news coma came Mitchell MI bel was U bearing the theto theto theto i iC to each ench of ot the tho above bove gen genay geny C ay y r It I Is I not so i much the tho the the venture nur In a n financial i 1 Air lr Wo ont today t day but I 1 Iki ki that my m first frt venture In oil ol h out ou ni a I Ie expected ted was 11 organized latt ut year ear earIt It ot of Mr dr Woods Wod visit to tu totI the tI 11 ala Ia oil 01 field feld In lit 11 March of or ofIn I 18 In company with Fred Mit U u the Los 1408 Ll Angeles An Fr Held field Mete a well el slid site ll about four tour x from rm the tM city et The Tho land Und was wasi 1 by Mrs Hancock and was wa i r ure J t purposes t being on the well veil 1 suited to tl t raising props crops On OnI I pert was 1 as fount found very extensive ete the I p of ot oil In cattle had I the tho land around the seepages I and Ind their bones bone lay la exposed It I was this farm or of 10 i OO acres which caught c Mr Woods eye e e and an he Immediately began negotiations for tor Its It I purchase A was Wa al presented pres however how ver for tor the lady who ho owned It wanted iOCO spot cash before she would allow J pros alow to begIn Mr Ir Wood returned to Salt Bait Lake JAke and conferred with the above named nl gentlemen who ho Joined him In 11 the enterprise The money monr was wal telegraphed to Mrs Mr ri Hancock and the work of ot sinking was U started under Fred Frd Mitchells direction At that list t tIme me there WM vai I not nt an nil fill derrick nearer than halt half D a arle mile emille The he first attempt to get tt oil 01 m was A thwarted by b the excess Ive Ice gas gos 1 pressure which bent the pipe when h th the wen well was d don wn 1 a little or O r 1109 1100 leet led The well vell el wd abandoned abanil ned and Amid A mm new cw one I In the sinking nt of or which very tr heavy le a casing l was wasA wal as ell A Al As the be I well f nw neared f d l the he level leveI Indications became becam very ery favorable Jo hut but It I was as not nOl before the depth of feet was Wn reached rn that Mr lr Mitchell notified the laeM shareholders ha that he Je e had a R big well wel The Th flow fo Is said ald to be b several Inches thick and nM the oil 01 Is it said raid to be very try light An Al analysis had hadnot hadnot not been made mad when Mr Mitchell rent the tho news of nf the strike but the pant parti particulars cular os as ni to tn the composition of at the tatt oil 01 are promised ed later |
