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Show THE CITIZEN 9 et Beautiful SALT LAKE CITY wuuaiawjffgra, wtwae!gasnF TntcrcsHn gr k 4 lari l iti Birdseye View and Closeup of Salt Lake City, Utah. Natural gas has been STRUCK WEST OF CITY . The s Industrial Realty Corporation, struck pas west of the city. While e?as so far tapped is not in paying jjmmercial quantities, President E. T. oomquist believes that pay gas will ound in large quantities. .This company is putting down a test e , or aii and ons are natural gas. Indica- - tlt:re both will be found in romnent geologists e lave &as an the oil. -- own fact that one of the eps n the country is u or of the Great Salt Lake U lav It jg a ; eat n lo-e- il2 ?en c lorth was on a knoll (. the city. The Industrial r West ;ded that the most likely city, the only available commercial loRealty company immediately purchased a large tract of land and then cation in the valley. Egildson Bros. Company, diamond sold lots to raise money to do the well for drilling. Lots went like hot cakes and drillers, are driving the test soon the company had a rig on the the company. A. G. Burritt, one of the of the coutnry, believes ground and commenced drilling. Be- best geologists fore a depth of 500 feet had been oil and gas in large quantities will be found in this test. It will be the first reached a large flow of gas was encountered. Perfect check is being kept real test for oil and gas in the valley. The lots which are being sold to raise upon the various strata that is bored the money for the test well, will no and where gas is found. Before reachdoubt be worth more money in the fuing that depth the company struck gas twice. The gas is a petroleum gas ture than is being paid for them at which proves conclusively that oil present. Those who own the lots will must exist somewhere in the depths participate in the oil company that wil be organized immediately oil or of this valley. We all know what it would mean to gas is struck, should be Industrial this city if a large gas well was dis- .Realty Corporation decide such steps necessary. covered at out back door. The invesThis new field is fifteen minutes tors would not only become rich over from Salt Lake Citys Main street by night but a commercial center would of people have be immediately opened up west of the automobile. Thousands already seen the flow from a natural gas plant that taps the gas at a depth of 535 feet. The gas is reservoired at the surface and piped to a farmers cottage where it delivers abundant gas for cooking and lighting. The consumption each day is only a fraction of the available supply. In the test well now being driven, the company has also tapped this reservoir with splendid results. The Utah fields are being exploited because every geological indication is right. Men with faith in Utah are expending money liberally for work. Now their hopes are devel-omne- nt confirmed by oil in commercial quantities actually in sight. People outside of Utah arc watching the progress with a keen eye. Outside interests have secured most of our |