Show THREE WELLS ARE U N 11 OK OP 1 l MU ijen AS TO I mu mux quit quits the mining t of il minate te to t mork the platen ot ill the grecht rv n itier not ot par prom ln it MH own and it 14 making all kindi W money mth crude reat interest is manifested in the gold placer beds along the green river particularly near jen pen fifteen milea miles southeast of vornal where mining on a small scale has ha been going on for some time and lately some strong california california interests hare have acquired large hold 1 gs 98 thu three rigs boring for oil west and south of vernal are attracting tr much att attention antion also but information regarding results is being carefully guarded the thren wella wells are being driven but considerable trouble has been experienced on account of tho the beav flow of water ater one rig attained a depth of eight hundred feet ahe I 1 he character of the formation encountered or whether or not oil as struck has never been divulged to tho the public the tact fact that three additional 1 rigs abere were sent tor for a short time ago is a pretty bood argument that either oil was found or the formation was nas satisfactory until a months ago max lax smith ot of dragon WAS WAB the manager of the american asphalt company of that town when he heard of the mow of gold down on the green river bottoms he made a careful investigation vesti gation the result being that he threw throw up his job acquired some promising holdings on the river north of jensen and for two inantha has been extracting the precious gold with the aid of a hand outfit and a four horse gasoline motor when seen a few days ago he declared that he Is doing vp vy y well tho the sands run from went cents up to sixty cents and as high as a dollar a yard the returns from this dirt being very satisfactory there Is quite a boom on along the river for many miles 1 hat are bild sald to be wealthy california placer mining men havo have take i an option on extensive holdings up and am down the river it la Is eald said that somo some of the heavy dredges similar to those costing casting hundreds of thousand of dollars used in california will eventually be erected along the green river sora sonto of the big guns of the company have been in lit there quietly inspecting the field lately and it la is reported that they an are ent entyre lre satisfied that an extensive and profitable utah alicer pi icer district ie Is about to be N levi aho ho had charge of drilling he the cook leil loil oil well uell in n the ICI Klond ke ridge fields and wh ss a now in new nev bork ork city has wired parties in green river that he has shipped a standard rig from front heaver beaver falls pa ila together with nith two carload of casing the machinery will ill arclo at within mil thin a couple of weeks |