| Show SINKING AN OIL WELL NEAR OGDEN la a sal mineral company has one D down own oyer over one thousand feet IN promontory POINT FIELD larger casing being put in encouraging coura cou raging in e results decide to 0 Z go o to 2500 feet depth while it has not been generally known the tact baet is a strong party of eastern capitalists operating under the corporate name of the la sal mineral company has been energetic ally developing the oil district over on the promontory point west ot of ogden in the early part of last year the the la sal company obtained a lease on all of the territory owned by the utah oil and liquid asphaltum company which is comprised mostly of ogden citizens shortly afterwards the lessees lessels sent out a drilling outfit and commenced work being off in an isolated section and the management ot of the leasing company having given instructions to those in charge of the work to allow as little information as possible to get out the general llillie has had little news from the promontory field A well known ogden citizen who visited the camp one day last week and who succeeded in finding out some things has made the statement that the well has been driven to the depth of 1040 0 feet and the results thus tar far have been so encouraging that it has been decided to draw the six inch pipe and replace it with an el eight inch tube when this ts Is accomplished F 0 complis wd hed the drills will be started again with the view 0 of dropping the rol nole to adepts of t oat able e ra asphaltum oil was not in commercial quantity but every indication pr presented was favorable and has continued so ever since so the salt lake valley may yet become the location of some good producing wells with one good one to start with others will follow deseret news 0 this is in box elder county |
