| Show N h hi Fr N N U N fl i The Commercial Clubs Inspection 5 Utah Oil fields l lh It I or I rl I t 1 1 H IH lIH i i H H I 1 t r i ir r 11 j f ft t r rI I 3 I I J f ft fI I t T c I tor tha tho News Newl f fI I t I H H I i III I 1 IH I H I f I 11 1111 II I i I MH II H Ml fH H INTERRUPTED AT AN Ari OPEN MIL LUNCH HH H HI IH rt 1 H I H rH r f f H I IIII f t i T I I 1 I j j T t tI I 1 I r 4 r T I 1 T 1 1 t tI Specially M cI for t the h tw I iH I H H I t HI H H Hf H IH I HIHi TilE THE OIL WELL CREW Commercial club of lr Salt fIt II THE Tar City elly IH l to the tho Importance of ot the development of or the th H ond gas fillS of or tho Bait Atilt Luko Iko valley While hlll the tho members of or tho committee from rom that or which United I the tho district l hut Tuesday had knowledge In III a II hUn gun crul way AY that in 11 effort rort was being put flut forth to tu find n II well In that vicinity I It Itla I la 11 needless to say they encountered ome surprises They did II I not nol wo i 1 great display ot oC oil gushing forth from rom a n hole In III the th such lIuch n nl has been witnessed ed In III tho il lI hlll of or Texan lexa and else elsewhere where hut but they did see Heo drilling being conducted In n II which Indicated thi Ihl gentlemen barking tho Ihu enterprise aro or Tho Th party consisted of ot that unlucky 13 which Included n a N representative and u 1 from Africa who was wall the custodian of or n well lunch lox box tI under the tho ill Iii ruction r of o the club H great Fisher S fI Harris The trip trill to 10 the tho thelIe Held lIe hi was made over ol r tho Ulo lUu Wr tern t rn railway and tin th tour four hours to 10 II Ill 11 In and lve tin 1111 oil and Has 1118 wells and 1111 subjects aroused In tho local Holds fields numerous from nil of the country co hue have been heen to the Commercial club Now that the of ur that worthy worth body bOc 1111 been on thu ground 1 to nee Heo for nil questions oil and gas gnA Industry em Ian hI answered with more Intelligence limn has bc n IIO heretofore The that of the tho country H oil operators have Investigated lt ed cd thin relon and over Its Ila possibilities Is III of ot Itself looked upon UK n II most convincing argument that oil exists exl t here In nl quan It In II made doubly so when they otC so BO well 11 HB to their money In III making the test It Ills IH gold Ihl of ut John H 11 Jale J M t the noted Pennsylvania o era tors that they the have gone IOle Into t to 10 prospect for tOI oil without t finding It In paying quantities and It IH predicted that their operations ut lit will be he no lien gentlemen were here helt l tor torun und un personally the Held they thc went nt away enthusiastic and are arc Mid eald to have remarked that tin Bait City Ily would some day one 01 of n Iho tho greatest oil rn In 11 the United States Bo Ho convinced were they Ihy that late hint fall 1111 they secured a n foothold by L the acquisition of ot a n control of or more marc that 1000 acres of or land near the town of ot and between the noil hal days had hali u standard rig on the tho ground Men Ien thoroughly trained In tho of ot oil will Miling were brought here hee 01 nl from other fields tn to make 1 Ik I the demon W H who has been In the Ihl employ of or the syndicate to for or the tho 10 was placed In charge and shot tl after New Years II day Mr h h had hl hla rig for or His work worl has been blen delayed to Home om extent by h the seme loero hut but weather of or the tho two months tho thu drill Is II now raid to be ho penetrating ground around which Is not lot Ing In tW leant In n rO t It I would not be he sur elI If the oil sands WH penetrated any hour I The striking of great Hows 1011 of o UI natural gas HII from time t 10 Ilo since tho drilling operations began tho ron con Miln eruptions which have hlO spoil ted mud water tocks other substances lull Into Inlo the tho III with wih such fury tn ns oi to hurl them above tho derrick Is an another In I other condition which had hlll by 1 drillers driers 11 other fehl bo boo fore encountering the tilL oil boating beall ind nd are Mine of ot tho conditions which have 11 Inspired and 1111 created such n 1 lively 1101 Interest In II the territory stretching along the til shores of or the Great Salt from Its lis southern souther to Its northern and nd on Into Cache lache lachelle valley lle Thousands Thou of acres of ot ground have been bl acquired by Ly lease and other wl e ami In every Instance It I has been tho ln L that men who are Ite ex lX In thu tho oil 01 II S pait played und urt playing nn Oi Important lar Numerous companies IK 1 n formed many of ot them preparing to Install 11 rigs and get gel to work hll other like nl In the process of for tor matlon ton Tho next Mt 30 days may witness thu tw setting up of at several new rigs In II fact there ther Is li no 10 reason to 10 doubt douht tInt that at II III least half dozen will be In a I dozel wil lL opera operation Ole tion ton within n 1 of o 20 0 lp of or Snit Bait oleo City Cl within the next month Oth Others Others ers arc nr playing a I uniting game prefer to hold off oI see Il what attends thu effort of or their next door neighbor before Investing In II sub substantial lub equipment Among the concerns hut aro not go KO goIng InK Ing to 10 or anyone but propose to win out along other lines lne oro tho Union das 01 A Line company with wih which prominent oil 01 men Iden Idon Identified i this company has hM for tUI two rigs on 01 the ground ready rr for tor set setting let ting up The Th Fountain I Oil 01 Asphalt company Is II another controlled conI rol el by u I syndicate te of or Ohio capitalists which Imi III Its ll 1110 lS made mar for tor the t 10 future It Is II claimed has contracted 1 for tor which nn OT to bo b delivered not later Inter than Mn 1 1 Tho machinery Is to In drill ri n hole holl Into tho earth to tho Iho depth of ot anywhere from 2000 to 10 feet teel Experts claim that oil 01 should be 10 encountered In II tho Fanning ton between 2000 20 1111 2000 feet Near the Iho northern end of oC tho lake hike on Promontory Point the Great Orent Halt Bait Lake Promontory Oil 01 Asphalt com company pany comprised mostly of ot Ogden citi citizens Zen zens has a n small rig Il In II operation and nl 1 rent recent developments there leaven IcaH no 10 doubt nt o to II the success of at their under undertaking ulder taking Ink In making a I report on this end of ot the valley ly n well wll known geologist contributed on the I h following On the west est side II of ot Promontory Point n I high rocky peninsula which projects Into Inlo Great Stilt Soi Lake 20 miles on the tho north Is t an on unusual spec spectacle pc and ld ono OlO which It I would repay nn on oil 01 prospector lr or 01 geologist t many mOi miles of ot travel and all the Iho Inconvenience It requires to nee Het Liquid asphalt or moro speaking Is hero found Issuing IH IIII from rom numerous springs In the Ile bottom nf ot the lake In 1 In the vicinity of ot then springs are nr tho waters of or the lake arc often covered with wih the oily showing In a 0 most beautiful way WI the prismatic colors For several miles micH along the tho line lne of or the formation tech reefs composed of or asphaltum sand and salt bo he MI are Ite seen the be surface of ot the he As the waters of or tho lake 1 nio rapidly receding It will wi not be he very 1 long before reefs are lra projecting above tho surface At AI one point mineral locators who have hlo taken up tho land for tor oil have sunk a n pipe to a n depth of ot C feet Into n deposit nIl from this pipe tho I oily Is slowly but constantly IARU Issuing ing The he pipe stands right feet out of ot tho tie water tho unusual spec spectacle locle of or n I thick tarry tnT mineral wax con Is seen oozing out of ot so 10 small 1 an nn orifice Should this or nil other syndicate holding largo tracts of ot land lonc succeed In developing oil In paying 11 quantity about Great Orell Bait Sni Lake Inke It I will wi surely lurel make a I I I Ii I I l 1 I H it 1 t l i I l J A At VI VII I i c J 1 t t 1 t 1 I f 1 j t 1 1 l tj 1 f I It i I I l 1 4 I Irr 1 JJ rr I 1 1 T 1 I r 1 J J t I h i 1 ii r f i n I i 11 j r I f rif t f 1 tl r r t I f I II I 1 f f 11 I r JI t f i 11 I t 11 j I 1 nt r t j r j d I J I I I I II I ill I Id ll 1 f j 4 J I a 1 i iI t I t l 1 il jt h f I r I f I I i I i tI j J i i r f I il j I 4 I f fI 1 1 t f M I I j J j l t 1 r J t 1 1 f 1 I 4 u I r i i 1 k f 4 f I i 1 I Photographed Specially for or the J f t 1 I 1 I H I H H H HI I I H HH IH iK H T j t II TIm BG m I i w 1 I J fortune of ot loro dimensions field Is 1 po f fur 11 removed from nil other opeil 1 ns nM to place it I tin Ih I foh tt Il b 1111 1000 miles nearer the til eastern than the tha This Having In freight chains on I i would bo n 1 great thing in lt IH favor Chemical tests of ot the oil l show how It I nn oi asphalt of or unusual purity and Teat Ir 11 value II Utah today commands from rum 60 In to 75 per ton In InNe New Ne York HH with 3 for or Trinidad and ond 32 for fn the California pro product 1110 duct duct there are 01 vo lines of or centering nt IlcA Ogden und and Salt Sni Like I ke ly that would become consumers of o fuel tuel oil oi If I It I could he procured In quantity to warrant Its use UBe Theio would bo ho no 20 cent elt oil 01 In Ia luch uch a 1 Held 1 11 Dollar oil 01 would ho he nearer the tho thing candid candidly ly b we 0 of ot tho opinion that oil oi as 18 oil will be 0 found In treat quan quantities 01 wil tho basin of ot Great Halt o at no 10 distant duy du t I II 1 i A year ago I the Idea of or developing n 1 I oil 1 I within 1111 tho sates Kate il of ut Suit II Lake nty el was not lot thought of ot 1 I except by h dm Ihl few rw persona who were In In Me lepSI ip Oute j mid II to 10 this region 1101 The credit In j Mils Il IK II due dUt to 10 S V y Shelp 1 Holland Hobert 13 I C WI Wll I I HUl Judge T I 1 Anderson 1111 others other I Hut it II linn hns come COle f and this city rl teems to bo 10 on Oi I II thi I hi eve el of ot u I bli Lh oil 01 boom It I will wil most certainly COIO If It tho expectations of ot now no actively In II the Hold Held arc aro only iW I half realized I 1 |
