Show EASTERN UTAH OIL CIL FIELDS ii K r davis was wn in zion lon last the report of a strike of oil tit ettlie tile ban hutsel wed west the rho well Is I 1 down 1210 1240 feet ald suld sir davie davis and lie lowing flowing isei cetera eral bar relit lilt but thin Is not what we w lire art aa after too I 1 did fill not top stop th arm ing to measure the tile how flow well W are to now flow in tile sugar nand an ani I 1 we intend to push the nell tell down to huu feet there wo we count on getting a henry heavy flow of 11 II if quell HI as we are looking for the oil in a heavy products and illora shuable stu 1 able by far than tile fur fuel oils oil 1410 I 1 do not think it will belong axi lonn now before 0 o get ft lire tire after mr air davis Is still fit halt lake city tho the two drillers drill cre ein employed aloyed by the coin pany kiy hm lime come coin in from the well where operation operations have if five at lenist for time they left till this thursday Thu morning fur for malt limit take I the thiry y absolutely alulus ly refused to tu talk the rat fouls of ho the company the price rice homo Ilo oil company was wn organized hero here thi this week ith a cald tal block stock of four tour hundred thousand of a par nine 1 of twenty live centea a the are ceorge o 0 0 whitmore rp presidents alex atrom cioe 1 president L LO 0 kleffman n rerA Deci and J 3 M whitmore general manager who with D W and U 13 II 11 Af mcdonald cDonald form the directorate the company holdings are fire thirty eight quarter sections of laoj land right eight miles east of price anil and adjacent to the illo RIO orande grande railroad the company pa ny ie Is organized for work and ai 1 I re ready rd it are ate planning t to get ina machinery clif tiery on the around for dee develop lop ment busl busi cosa moss house houte la in price the advocate la Is told Is represented in this company john pope has returned to vernal from front a to the tile dewey oil springs whore where he found considerable activity due to the immediate prosaic prospect et of ac no the tie work ID in exploration by the differ ent oil companies that have been at traded to that section rhren buring boring outfit are now en ell route from faulta colo to the oil district and all Is bustle inconsequence in consequence ahe utah col orado oil company in which mr pope a In will from brement indications cat Lt be botho the iret first on tle ground with machinery and ie Is preparing to start boring in a short time A california company represented by J RW IL Wellers elters of cul ie ileo ito hipping in a splendid outfit to begin worl at once so 80 confident Is thie this compi company tuy that success will crown 1 efforts that it lias has placed an anler lor or feet of lumber at meeker colo and all of the tile available teams along white river are engaged either in the haul ing of lumber or sur sul plies ahe Ih utah eUtah colorado luuy will link sink lie its url well on creek near the dewey springe springs taken altogether it looks ve very ry it western colorado and northeastern utah were on the edge of an oil boom that will men reach along the hydro carbon belt for a miles salt lakoe lakes tribune saye says colonel X W Is in receipt of a letter from don 0 11 la in which it la 1 stated that linking sinking on the oil locations pine vine mile miles south of green luver will begin at once with at least two others to follow in a short time 0 ogden 1 to ila a an oil bil exchange for some time the project has been under consideration and it reached a climax last saturday the exchange will be incorporated for in 1 sharps shares and rooms in the eccles building hae bae been engaged for the use of the members the Incorporator incorporators a are M MJ J F P seyfert Uey fert orge J jkelly kell aj 11 knaus J A guthrie M D lessinger linger and others othere the salt lake oil and gas gasc om pany has billed articles of incorporation ita its capital stock is or I 1 1000 shares with a par value of 25 23 cente cents isham the oft officers leers are A kuykendall president louis louls W ely w ice D 8 kince treasurer and secretary these gentlemen with witha D J williams and J H rives are the director the tho company hae has 2080 acrea acres of land in eastern utah rs V W aly 1 the salt lake geologist who baa has figured in a number of big oil land transactions baa has gone to the object of his visit has not in made public but it ie Is said aid to bo be n connection with developments development 3 in tie llo eastern utah oil fields salt lake lakes mining review of the last friday says don doll C robbins Robb lne manager of the california utah oil company came ID in last neck k from orpen green ritt bl r where on section 8 tj jadith so ith range 15 13 cast east he baa has begun operations preparatory bo th sinking awal a well for oil on the com coin pany property oae one carload of lum ber supplies etc la Is now on the ground and men are at work putting up the d building buildings and other necessary structures ahil the standard rig will soon own arrive artire drilling I 1 should gan by the first of next month A carload of coal hasan has been ordered and the work will b tx ba A pushed ae as rapidly as go possible the company eal excle ats lo 10 expend in the neighborhood abo hbo r of ae several eral thousand dollars in the sinking ot of ite its initial well and has ample means with which to continue operations operation fl salt lake mining review has this to say of a local operator and a it near by property it A kirker M E R one of the pioneers of Sunny sunnyside side in whitmore canyon and who hue hits b been n prospecting in this region of hydrocarbons for a number of years ie now doing some development wok on as I 1 7 I 1 Z 0 north f t that place and has uan lio tonly shown ip dr deposits posits of lui but ati linn lins nn all tit showing idi owing of its by such its n or sand asphalt and tilte the litti latter behag associated with nin ltha r mineral tar air kirker and major or III laird rd of this city and their ir aulo claten lime IWO acre is in the locality inc tit boned in addition to which they ua a extensive oil holding holdings in the tile region tho the deposits of as n rin in fit flit I 1 lit ir pro I and 1 pomlee p onalee great oa 01 thin thing go s in the tile future 0 orge 0 h of nepha anti IJ U it Mf mcdonal Donal I 1 and aa I 1 0 of price are interested with I 1 mr kirker in ili hie tile oil holding holdings 0 0 cuello dalo Ut uuie fills iov ov 13 V IA I 1 aron n pioneer of fun fint ry county ao ae rompon compan led by hector ET el WIS return last evening ven ing from front a two wk teka prospecting tour of the sam un fiti and I 1 oil district dietr lct and anti relate relates tie As of a thrilling atil interesting ting character the tito men went down clown to cl ct a overlooked section of the oreen Il beroll belt having gained bodif from ex sheriff some few year years ago tho the latter while trailing traill ng a trio of horse thieve thieves discovered in one of the midy box canyons of tho tile san bait rf er a gas geasor geye of m much uch force in tho tile high water canon season ater Is sent high into inti tho the nir air by thin pu nowelia now eria and in the winter the gah forces keap the leu fee open tor for a length of from forty to fl fifty fly feet acord and rid evans lind had hoped hop d to examine the gepper during alow slow atter period but n cc tit mine tin v call an 1 amount of water in th riar r for th aon of th ear ard ani they were somewhat disappointed the canyon kalning tal ning the beym geyger er Is walled in by straight binks from thirty to sixty feet high sal lu in order tu closely examine the gas paring mr evans wan wait let down froni from abo e by means of a it strong rope rely fastened to a is barp e boulder on tho the bank above abo abbie 0 tho the deafening sound of tho the rushing water waters through the oar nar row channel the roaring nol colao so of the bryser as it muffled thunder could be easily distinguished even at tit a dis tance tanco of ota it hundal yards awa awn and when lovi lowered ered directly abole boelter boelt 14 mr evana evans is the noise ua its most strange and deafening in blaces 1 laces for a dis distance ut of from to eltty fett the water merely bubbles bub blen walle title iti in other spots the force of the gae gas sends it into the air from four to ten feet As th tiry thy y burst the bubbles elow slow the tile most beautiful prismatic colore color chewing showing the presence of oil in quantity A pool near by which a few daye days before the visit of the prospect ore chowe evidence of having been dry was now filled with gatei the tile flu surface r of which was well covered with what appeared to mr evane evans ta t boa be scum of dark yellow ollow oil when this I 1 scum woe was broken by rock rocks thrown into it bythe by the prospector etoris t showed nil all tho the colors of the rainbow and they came away uway satisfied th t they had dis covered some of the bestall best oil land in the utah oil fields after locating some soune me sections of land on either eide side of the apex of a well defined ant letine the mod came to this city wl wajih t h oil and u nd rock of quality A bed of oil smelling gand sand was located about a half mile south of the tile geyser geser some shale disco discovered ered by the men was as iet let i et afire and burned for thirty seven soven hours the gey geyser A r Is about fifty miles southwest bt of this city and about thirteen miles southeast of green laher station it Is I 1 not a great distance from the well of the san oil company other prospector cors left this morning to lurate adjoin adjoining hig territory but theland according to mr ur acord ts a pretty well staked off already castle dale Is acquiring gome some reau taff tation 0 n as a mecca for oil men among the visitors this reek are george W collier a new york city attorney who comes here to secure a block of sinbad countr country neat near mexican bend he represents rep mente new york capital and hie his people propose to arm f mn a close company oona and develop de del elop their land largely with their own means aa they will put ina bigand plant different from any now on the field belt which will work somewhat similar to a diamond drill of a lurge bore dell delivering ering the dirt of their well in cores mr collier will leave for new yolk tomorrow and says he will re turn in two weeks followed by b a plant W it underwood of salt bait lake an oil expert cane cazle ca ne in today to exam examine I 1 ne laud for a indicate syndicate that be says means business and proposes to drill tor for oil all satisfied that it Is here in pay lug ing quantities the land mr people seem to fa faor or lies about midway between goodlue Wood lue on the rio orande grande gestern ft Ne estern stern railroad and castle dale aud and adjoining the bold hold log ings of the new york utah oil coin any I 1 i chit airee other visitor in quest of oil 11 land nine also rame in biday ID in ft a private brive convey tit and nd will go uit hent east in then torning I to give their 1 mes ihen when well b your corm sion dent A local loci oil to 2 company will laun wa here lu in a few tin if the proposed 1 in corporation owne owns about acres ad 1 joining the ban compi nys holdings and ani sufficient clent means to in hure iwen ao 10 raised by levy ir 1 ua slit of if U D dickson te Is tho the secretary of pf tile new |