Show SH WILL BE 01 GH ollma ait oit I 1 I 1 OPI 11 T I 1 I 1 Is or UN RN at I 1 lupart Is 14 lloldi III lit stilt chrt 1 bauks avill aill luti liml 1 III tell 11 unhurt in ln short hurt linn I 1 I 1 int 1 till I 1 I annl pipelines coming aitla lutila of the tile count cou liti 1 the last two or line yeara years anil anti specially during the tile last lasij twelve months the oil field of bill juin county lias haq betti a qu question quo atlon of much consideration consider atlon b bv nun and capitalists from evely oil unction of the baates I 1 tab ast I 1 or est e st sin juin county la is perhaps berh ps one ne of the tile illnore stations of the tile country from front t i ans portal loll 1011 this condition in a measure accorn accounts ta for the lack of anything like an all nc ac curate or intelligent knowledge of the natural beof the tile bounty embracing as it dors doos a it terrt terri too ter estimated in tho tile aggregate to twelve thousand square lull s it la Is a small ampire in itself and the largest county in otili or the intermountain country as plated stated by perry A mirk 31 irk a and well cnown expert in the california CaH fornIa oil field fields by reason of his knowledge who lie arrived in ill silt lak city last friday fridly frid ly from bluff city I 1 I 1 went to ban san juan county sald clark elirio eare ears HO aho for the purpose of investigating the geological condition of the count county and arid make a report upon tho same thit tivit was three yeara years ago and since then bluff cit has been my headquarters you can take surface lentil tlona along the san juan river and the evid evidences enLes of the tile existence of oil are readily maniff st en to the inexperienced ee oil it Is 14 1 4 d along jhc sin juan river a number of vella wells aro are being drilled the tile oil so far cu i countered la is at baw base and alu able the bi products aro ure ting gasoline benzine distillate distl late and lubricating olla oils the drilling of wells haa has alten principally pilly confined to doing assessment work and th necessity necess iry depth to ascertain the extent of the oil flow has not yet been attained the galloway well down sixta en hundred feet is the deepest in tho the county dafo e this depth was reached several strata were drilled through but no attempt was made to shoot or open them up the object being bing to inake make the lower or base bind stratum at an estimated depth of it rimps 1700 or 1800 feet wh i 1 li ti l i sand or lise oil all shill have ine re ached the v ex tent of hi I 1 vin oil fields will ill irive been it I 1 i 1 birti p illy solved biant foi rot the tile oil region begins about tinty nilles 11 west of bluff city and kovei thene to ih colorado lorido ro river about sixty miles and more west and houth mouth about tho the same distinct di them oil fields are distant from thompsons Thomp sons 0 on n the denver and illo grando grande about 16 miles end about miles west of dolores colo a station on the denver and illo ale orande grande narrow gauge what whitt do I 1 think of the opportunities tuni ties for investment in the sin in juin oil region As yet the oil proposition Is a gamble the same as searching for any otier kind of 0 riches underneath path the ground 11 ing so tar far removed from the line lines of transportation it practically precludes development endeavor by parties of moderate means however in my opinion when it shall have been demonstrated that the oil product Is practically limitless and this Is the opinion of scientific in a way will be provided for profitable transportation oven even to the extent of building pipelines to salt lake I 1 ake 0 or r the coast speaking of san juan aside from itri lid probably great oil brodu cing 1 quantities it gives oft off the most equable sunshiny weather all the tile year round to be found in any portion of the temperate zone it la Is i i wonderful wonder tul stock raising farming and fruit producing country As bet its railroad resources are in an undeveloped dov eloped condition and the devel level i of its oil and resources will require time brains and money all of which in my judgment will in time be forthcoming |