Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-09-04 | Page 37 | Old Time Oilman Returns to S. L.

iLMAN Nj t n Er 9 L 1 LCharles Chale Charles Charles K IK Rowland rd Says Says He Is Still a Stil That Oil Exists H Here r f. f interested d In the th fr first t oil bi excitement t In ln silt Salt I ike v valley l y w will r re recall call ell th th n name of ot Ch K It J l nd an as a thet leader er of of it I. I Mr Rowland Rowlan is la now now In In Salt t. it- it Lake CI City having i 1 co come to Utah Ut-nh 10 to rU report ort on on the gen general eD eral erat oh oil lf situation n hero here t to Ills 1115 Eastern lisso asao- asao who If It Rowland reports report favorably as 11 t to acreage etc are ready to to put th thou thou- u- u danda l of of dollars fn in n Stilt Slit Salt Lake kO V valley Y to to open up P the tho h oil Ill sands Bands Bands' o io o confidently bel ved to tobe tobo I be bo hers here On a II trip to the raa u fourteen mlle north of ot Mill all Lake Lako City with 1 Do B. Hideout Rideout tOday Mr Mt Rowland rec recalled lIed many manyin in lit tUI tue ur ut thu i previous l work worl V vui itS itS' vividly I While In Chicago In In 1001 Jio ho first I had hafl his ills attention c called lt d to to- tho the ea gas cas blowouts blow blow- outs In Salt L Lake ke valley and other favorable IndicAtions Indication for tor oil all He lie Imme Immediate latelY came camo here to to fully tully After Arter spending I many weeks In tho field studying an and an ns In Salt Lake DaVIS Cache i and ana counties Mr Rowland became convinced d that a D. company could hardly lit fall I to 10 develop oil In this valley If It U would drill deeply ply for tor It I With tho the Au assistance stance of ot Robert Robart E. E C C. Wilson Wil son Boo s. s Texas real and antl oilman S. S j V. V Schell and others Mr Jr Rowland succeeded ed edIn In getting the Galey Interests of ot to como coma hero tar for a IL thorough h sUrvey sur- sur I t vey of ot general Beneral conditions The Gale people were one of or I Ithe the biggest Independent operators In the country at that time Both Mr tIr Guffey Gurte and ond I I Mr lr Oale came camo her here looked the tho ground over arranged favorably for forI I leases S thon then shipped In t o carloads of or I drilling equipment They In their ell irell abo abot t two miles nilles southweSt t o of Farm Farm- Jn ton January Januar 21 21 1 H 1901 1904 4 It Ja Js a 11 coincidence coincidence dence that the first l law w suit BUIt against them therm to break k their leases leluea was Vas filed tiled In tho the Davis DaI count county courts that same dayi day i Mr Rowland nowland states slAtes that ns RS the well proceeded proceeded pro pro- man many I. I sands 11 a cart carrying gas S of did lIel quality unquestionably oil was were gas encountered and at cral B places ces na ea I carrying light oil were found 1 Every va In Indication In- In In-I In as the well proceeded 1 was nil for tor success sue suc cess ces o ot tho the wildcat work The lawsuits and d disputes dispute ute over the tho leases tow vcr rapidly Went vent front from bad to worse until finally finally in In the tho seminar of ot that samo year eAr Guffey Oale Galey became dI disgusted or ordered or- or or dared dered the thc work cork stopped slopped the ther well v.-oll destroyed and antl the machinery snipped shipped away o cm bar ber 4 4 1004 Mr Ir Galey In answer anser to the ur urgent appeals appila train from Mr Ir and others that hat his his- company come como back and complete the tho test work wrote In part as follows I I have not changed my orl original views of or the country I still BUll think oil will bo be found In Inthe tho the locality l In great quantities and were It t not for tor tho the fact tact that wo we have havo largo large areas arcas In n Indian Territory where wo we have been I operating tho the lost lest two yeara we would be Inclined to pursue tho the operations operation In Salt SnIt Lake Loke valley I should think tho terri tern tory tOr ory lying might now nil all ho colton cotten together Into ono one concern and you ou people then hen who hare ha so 50 much at stake could easily make nako tho the tests Under r the circumstances a I 1 think this would be good business on your jour OUE part parl Mr Ir Rowland na says s he remembers tho the above tact facts var ery and knows w. w that many prominent oilmen Including Pattillo lug- lug gins J. J I. I X N. B Bettison Perr Perry Weiss all of ot Beaumont De Tex were Tere here and without ex exception x- x gave gaye th their lr beliefs bellet that Salt Lake valle valley alley was I a great grent undeveloped oil oU field and antl andt It t Is b declared that the tse In nce of ot oil 1 seeps In n hundreds of ot places around the tho shores of or Salt Lal Lake as well wi-il U a sn R co countless counties un gas gns blowouts testify as to Li the truth of ot their belief