Deseret Evening News | 1901-11-12 | Page 1 | Oil Encountered at Fossil Feilds

r c OIL ENCOUNTERED L AT FOSSIL FIELDS First Oil Sand and Yet Discovered and Flows I Ten to Fifteen Barrels of Fine Pine I Light Oils I Th There re Is Ie rejoicing the men who vho j I Mv ive had h 4 11 tho thu faith and furnished ll the tho noney to t puncture the ground In Wyoming for tor the tho purpose of finding oil And Incidentally everybody who knows knowlI tb lb IM news flOW Is Ie 1 at the pros IJ ji t of Increased business provided tho the J f report turns out to lo bo be truer true OB VH Utah Nov 12 Word was wan re hero horo early today that at about last IaL night nl ht well drillers rn cn oil nt ut a n depth of ot lO feet teet offer after ott r passing through n a heavy clay cIa i The well Is I about three miles from Fossil Station Wyo W on the tho theron lr ron con Short Line railroad end and at atI 4 a u I m UI was ten to fifteen i of ot n fine light oil This is I h tho the first t oil gand and Is the second strike of ot oil all in Inthe tho the district Many tany California and Tex Texas as n oil operators are aro rushing to tho th new newfields holds fields NEWS I Experts who ho have hoe been upon the i ground hUe have expected come Borne such news newa ne above for tor a time past but Wore were hot hol prepared pt to hear henr of ot such a showing In at lit tho the depth given feet Th t a MS big rush to the fields will viii now iio develop is true without the saying nod mill the tho flow How obtained In the present case ease liI prove to lD he an Incentive to ef of effective and amI extensive df wor i j ho hi h word received Is certain certainly ly b great good tu people li ft In Fossil and nd vicinity