| Show OIL FIND william 0 nell of vernal was in salt lake laake the other day with a gallon jar and se leeral eral bottles filled alth the rich et kind of crude petroleum tr oleum the stuff wag was as thick oa molasses and when alu sheared eared on a piece of paper it burned with a thick black smoke like soft coal it was found bubbling out of a hillside in uintah county near the colorado line and about thirty five m mil 11 northeast of crevasse a station on tho the illo grande western wester A company will be formed at once and the oil will bo be developed der eloped and mar feted ho he says that oil hag has been known to exist at the point named for n years yea m and the farmers of the locality have been being it to lubricate their mowing machines and other farm implements clements ts it trickles out of a crack in the sandstone about feet up a hill and flows down into a gulch the capacity Is dot not very great at it pre present bent about COO gallons in two or three days but with development it ie Is thought the flow can be very material ly increased |
