Show G GAS f EXCITEMENT J JT AT T BRIGHAM lb M CITY IT I IJ J Citizens of Box Dox Elder Ehler County Town Treated to a Pyrotechnic ole nic Display I l Last L st Night t KNUDSON DRILLED FOR WATER lot Hut of Jio ho 10 feet Struck a Ter Terrific Flow Salt Lake Parties Panics Interested Brigham City Is experiencing experiences a n gen genuine gennine nine natural gas excitement excitement and Its citizens were lere treated rented to 10 a 1 pyrotechnic display lost last night The first news Beres of ot the time striking of ot U a meat great How of or natural pas gas was received in this Ills city ell last even III ft hy C U W LY Knudson on of o the Jinn dram of oC Knudson J of or lIly City who hud had been attending a IL case In the federal court mother another living being to meet me t with time tho directors of uC time tilt Not Nor Norway way Nickel company last att JQ t ironing C vu Mr Jim 1 Knudson Informed the tho Notre Mews this morning that lint the till find II ad was Wl mim ilu on ou ona omra a 0 piece of at land on 01 tho the bottoms about half a IL mile mlle west of ot ell at a 11 depth of ilO IO 0 feet Thin Timis Into lale afternoon Yesterday J l 1 c oll Ignited the tho gas by h throwing a match nail and the time Hames shut shot Into lima tho air all for tor store more than feet I Wo did dill not 1101 expect expert to find a n 1 gas gaswell as aswell well wild laid Mr Ir Knudson this thin morning What hal we wo wanted wits was water On Oh last Wednesday a II well veil drilling outfit was set up at nt the point designated and amid 1 I Itens tens they ther at lit time tho time The Tho ho next mutter after afternoon noon 1 I carne came to 10 Snit Halt Lako and there then here no signs of o gas but till the men mell run running ning the time drill wow wore at nt work I 1 could see Bee He them their from rom the car cal window Only u a two pipe JIll was put down dOln and when the pocket was las struck gas ClIme Caine out with such Auch fury that the tho casing was drawn dra 11 leaving a n hole In III time tuu ile ground several Inches In III diameter The well was as still on nil lire this his morn morning ing lag and the problem of putting It out Is III Isnow now confronting UH us Time The escaping HUll gas gasis Is III attended by h a n terrific Ie lie roar mad and when It was Willi Ignited the report was WIH t so o loud load that Il It wa was heard In lm City Mr 11 Knudson says InrI and broth brother er cr are arc the owners of oC about acres of ot land below helow City About hout one unit half of or It has been loaned leased l to W WH WH H Irvine nail anti associates of oC this thin city who have organized ll t the E t Ita u City s Gas Ons Oil company maul and are me nut now ne with eastern parties to 10 put an nn anoil oil on well lIell drilling outfit on the thc ground This Is not nOI time the time line that thaI na lIa natural tural I ca gas laH Imes been found near our ourtown town continued Mr Fir 11 Knudson I hut but It has haR never neer occurred In such force as asIt asIt asit It line has In this Instance About 20 years ago when the old ohl salt saltworks saltworks works at nl City were ero working when the lake luke was ens to fO very el high the Iho people who owned the plant bored for water They rhoy fhe Hi struck ruck a n How flow of or g gas s similar to this thin It value came out with great Gleat force torce The ground was WOH 18 torn up lip con coil considerably but hut It afterwards caved In III but hut some name gun gan Is still escaping from the ground nt at IM this hi point In several cral places placeR on an our farm the tho water Is IA routed coated with a 11 Glum film of ot oil ail which oozes up 1111 out nut of or time tho ground That shown there here must he a n 1 bed bod ht or of oil ail under us tee up there ther Susie Homo time lime ago ngo custom eastern parties wrote UH us about our land evl eI being h of ot tho time camo opinion us liS wo we weare are ME that oil nil Is to bo hn found tOil In III that vol ley 11 IC They he wanted to 10 home bore for tor oil all I Idid Idid did not pay JIll much attention to 10 time the mat mattor matter tor ter a n as my brother attends to such matters The events of at yesterday at will undoubtedly revive activity In III that section and aid may Ina result In the tho oarl sinking pinking of or several wells In III that lint It Ity Mr 11 Knudson will wilt return homo home tints this afternoon nil and may ma conclude with Ills ids brother to 10 do ome comae prospecting tor for oil on their own account |