Emery County Progress | 1907-10-19 | Page 1 | Doings in the Local Oil Belt

doings in the local oil belt the goldfield nev review says sandy mcdonald of has re turned from utah where he made locations of 1 land the property in question is 25 miles fron fro n the rio grande ra iway in the sinbad valley emery county and is in a well watered country where there is plenty of coal for fuel the faud was made by mr mcdonald after he was informed by a lad mrs anderson of Cast ledale that there wis a ear hei home that was coated over oil it unfit to dank the was visited and oil was found seeding aiom the ground in 12 different places fifty quarter sections at once and a company as the S abad development company with a capital nation of 1 shares in the treasury was formed A five gallon can was filled in a few afi gutc by d it from the spring with an oyster can the 1 has an asphaltum base and is chiefly valuable for hubn eating purposes jasper thomason whose home is in santa cala has just returned from an exploring trip through way ne county and expresses the belief that that section will prove the richest oil field m the vest the wayne and ampry county 1 belt is one and any exploitation work in any part of the belt will prove the worth or worthies ness of the entire section mr thorn i obtained samples of crude ng from spring and also shale which he is having tested by assay he expresses the on that this sec tion will supply trie western country with h gh grade I 1 for many years the nearest lail rond stat on to the land located by mr thomaso i is green riv er 60 miles d s ant he s the whole robber s roost countey will yet be found to bs a b g oil belt