| Show dJ GOLDFIELD MEN MENI IN I OIL FIELDS Judge R n IL L Johns Returns to Ne Nc Nevada NeVida Vida vada and Loudly Virgin SECURES ACRES ACnES OF LAND H U Will IM lIt Sr n In fit et f tt it Orant are Down biot Downin in srI I I ht Jt R U L I loIn Johns hae he h from fb the n pys country In ern un Utah ice of the recent nt oil OIt Vike alke Mp lbs tho New He J 4 o Jaka MS IR buist T 1 M acre of 01 oil land aad I for forI forthe the tho I Virgin 11 CHI OH company which ha laid held oil oat a and tiel Installed a rig o sad d wilt will jw for t oil at atnee once nee The ro mam aIt of 01 the company compan will be In with Wilh a branch of ce 00 la Iii Virgin It I the Intention of nf the lit promoter of 01 the I to form lorm forma lorma a number numb of ot subsidiary companies to tod d v top the ground If th tha fist well prove a Bacon The Virgin VIn River la ta I v ry y 1 ex is exI I said Id Judge John yesterday J Janes and anes tt lie in the tho th neighborhood of a riot coal oaI ens district in whit the Rait lt Lake e ermad railroad I largely IArI There Thre I II an old let fleer r the oil and nd for fIn a distance d ot of 16 15 miles mile the for formation formation mation matlon shows the presence of oil The Th formation I Is cut by bt K deep p canyon and an shows chowe ho alone slung lt It sides aMe five dIstinct oil all Ira An All experimental well ha has MIen been sunk mink near noar ne the river nver by the lh Virgin River r OU Development company and nd oil aU Was waa w struck U ck In the fourth strata at u Ii ot or about MO f It I is ex cx expected expected that the Ibe best belt and nd I now flow of or oil will be he found In the thC fifth fth strata but th the well spooled pouted MB ISO l of or oil oilIn oilIn In H 24 hour and they wor compelled to U hut It down a so M they th h 1 no means mean of at handling the ue oil A t tt st t of nf the Ih oil oilI v I is mad matl by J 1 Wade ao It Wade Wo of or Lo Loll and ad Showed a very vry high grade ade The Titer There an MX ebe rip rig rt now In operation ol on the grenad and It 11 more are arc on th the theO way G O George Montgomery at a brother of Hob Itoh a I Is heavily ted hi bl the with th a man named nd Has Har Harper Hasper per reI of IM 1 Angel and lid they tb the already alread kao kavo a i rig nI set Nt t up UI and nd another on th way yo B hen rt t Smith n who ho I well II known In Inh i this thU h oily III and Others other OIb haYS have 11 purchased purd a al l large u rg tract tat nf of land lani H n H 11 lark of 01 J 3 R Clark CIrk of Bait and andt Mr t r Porter of that Uy ity It are re larr Iv In red sad and nr are pushing evlo ment work D O of ot thin Ibis dry cIty ha tta a ft tract trad of MO acre lie re adjoin lug ing the tho ground on oa which hleb the expert mental well tank He H hi h hs bought ou ht hta a 0 1 rig and aDd organised a company to tn le to elop the property company h ha u been Iwen n organised by br Aldrich M 11 i and anti Bond DoDd known aa as tb th Nevada Itati Ilah ad Oil OU company They have Ita pur ha CI a or of land lantI doe PI In and an l lh h have ve a rig iii on th the way to the tho ground I understand Ind the company wa Wi w financed by Tom Murphy and Tex rex Richard Rickard RichardI I pu purchased uI a tract of TOO arre c for fortI fortt the tI tt Virgin Oil Oft company and andt anda nd III a t have Installed a rig iii and will begin ben begino o ration at it once on The main Iee o oc of nf ti Hi th company will be In and andI If it I r the I h experiment l I Is a tucce U Ce we will a number of cubit u diary companies to work there theN A number of other concerns concern m have atan lio purchased IMI land Ind there thore and nd there thare are II 13 or 10 M outfit ready to begin operations operation The Th nest Mat et M 20 or W II day will lit probably demonstrate the quantity of oil ott In is the ground around l Pt rOU t It loata Iok a aIt as asit It th the Ule Virgin River country wa was w going to develop Into one of ot the great t oil oilfield field AcIds of ot the U It costs coat shoot about t to Ink a well and I eMItte that there tb will be spent In ha de Ie development work In the district In the next 10 00 days 4 All tIl 11 tile the land III In that see ec tion I IC being bet held at st a high price and nd the oil investors Inventor are ure A eagerly buying burl which It I a very err favorable Indication |
