| Show COAT LANDS Stilt Onus hi h us It h e Quo Ony Hundred I 1 I ii ret flu ii I I I I IUS Thu hl coal and an nil lii oi of HOU Ui Wyoming have havo for many yean yar com cent commanded COl u a I wide ido An I early UK us I 1843 1813 found fOi letis bd of ot coal coll In 11 Inthis this thU region rellIn und and In Iii II IMS un alt 11 oil 01 near heat thu Ito site pitt II of at th the pr present ent town of ot I I hue il tICS ivun a it in I TI Thu DIY Saints Immigrants Emigrants I Guide Gulte a little book hool by b W Clayton It I Is reported that Young had a n shallow well dug ug at itt It this point which Is no now nov wel known as Ut tho tue Brigham Young ol al oil spring Coal mines at itt lt Frontier 10 tutU and Cumberland In lit UInta county now produce about 2000 ton IOn tonof of coal a 1 day day and some oil 01 wells weil 1 In Inthis Inthis this region u IL small sinai yield of ol oil olAn al An Alt extended report on tillS this southwest southwestern Al ern rn Hold fold leW by h Mr lr A C Veatch of the tho United Unite States ld survey prepared especially with wit wih to tho thin coal and 1010 ull oil al hilts has hll Just jus been beon published for fur free as a Professional Paper No 60 66 Bt of th the survey HUte The rhe area are considered comprises th tho extreme southwestern corner of Wyo and a l small Imal portion porton of Utah Mr Mi Veatch ant dIscusses the tho geology o otho ot of 11 tho tue region gives detailed descriptions and sections of oC tho the coal coni beds bedl aiu Int and analyses of ot the tite coats coals and presents i a history of or tile the development of tie the ol al oIl Held Including u ti t list of ot wells wels thrilled drilled dried I well velt sections and other othel details Th h wel report contains excellent maps map maps and many other othor illustrations Ono One o otho or of ortho tho the snaps maps shows hows tho the Irrigated Irrl and Irrigable lands hinds of a part of ot the region re lon and a minor section relates relate to under underground ground water I Tho oil ol of this region Is 19 of at very ver high j grade grado and tofu tho tue areas In which It may probably bo be found are aro Iro of at large e extent as a Is Indicated on al the tho maps mUlls accompany accompanying lag ing II the paper It 1 Is noted note 11 that the tho government 1 If is today tho largest owner of ot lands In Inthis inthis this region In the two most taut alit coal coni fields which cover coel an area Irea of acres tho the government still stil sUI holds acres acrel and nail acres acre were welt el Included In tho the Union Pacific grunt |
