Show BORING FOR GAS hAS IN IN I SOUTH SALT tAKE LAKE Operations Transferred From Farmington to the Cannon Cannon Cannon Can Can- non Farm I UPPER WELLS ARE CAPPED Expert Opinions Differ as to Results of Work in iii il Progress Gas drilling operations under time the di direction til- til ll of or G. G B. B presumably presumably ably in the Interest of C a company have havo been transferred from the Farmington region to tho the Cannon farm just south of this thi city A lease has lias been obtained upon a con considerable considerable consider consider- able norton of oC tho the Cannon farmS farm as well wel ehl perhaps ns as other land lain In that vicinity and the time drilling rl rig has been set up UI at a n point near neal the Jordan iI 11 Ivor ei As s to just what results have been heen attained h by the time operations near FarmIn Farm- Farm In ton Mr anti and his associates asso asso- elates arc are very Cr ei reticent nn awl the tho opinIons opinions ions of outside e authorities differ to n a con considerable lerable extent One man who is closely n associated with somo some of or the operators said ait yesterday ester that not nol less than four our good gas as wells wels had hul been brought in and 11 safely capped pending pend pend- In Tug ing completion of oC plans hians for tor utilizing I the product Somo Some of thc these c wells ho lie said ill have an exceptionally strong pressure Uc The plan as ns this man outlined It i. i is to continue sinking wells veIls wels until their combined capacity shall be hc to assure virtually an unlimited supPlY supply sup sup- SUJ- SUJ ply of gas gs then to connect the various var var- al ious iou wells wels with wih pipes so that thal the giving givin in lug ing out of a single singIe well would have no appreciable effect upon the total How fow The work worl had wd proceeded far farenough farenough enough he said falt that the tho operators were of or obtaining a U supply I ample for all al the needs In this thil Inu I ii of Salt SnIt Lake Lalo City and neighboring towns Says P Drills Drills' Go Through h Capping I Tills i combats tio tho claim clai set SN up UJ lp in some quarters that the time only olly gas Sas obtained thus far Is of or the time bog boS variety He lie says ays that the drills at Farmington had lied gone ole through a hard har formation Inn vh a n 1 r l nn 1 n ping ill f for r t rt the tho ti i gas and which jc-I jc accounts o ts for fOI the lie heavy pressure The transferring of operations to th the Cannon farm ann it is said I is I h by no flO means b by lack of oC results at Farmington Farmington Farm Farm- ington Inton but lUt is simply for the purpose of Ot testing testing- another part of or the tho field it i heln being desirable c to have groups of the thc wells wels as widely distributed air as possible I It has been known for years ears that strong indications of or oil 01 and gas as exIsted existed ex ex- isted in the time southern part pert of or the time city not only alon along the Jordan river hut but as asfar asfar asfar far north and cast as the Salt SIL Palace where some mo years cars ago ogo a now How of gas JS was encountered In iii a It well wel while at al Liberty park boys have amused themselves thom them selves firing the gas as which oozes from from the time surface Another man who is deeply interested inter Inter- ested in Sn tho the gas Jas proposition is far for farIes faress less Ies ess sanguine of results Ho lie 10 admits that hat gas as has ha been heen encountered oti In the time wells and amid sa says s 's that if I ilis it il its itis I is s properly handled tho time supply may lie JI ic for foe lighting arid and heating in some of the lie smaller towns I cloce close h by but that It would mako no impression upon the demand In Salt Lake SaI Gun Gutty amid anil ali Galley Were C Xe I It I. I I This is hi his opinion of or the time present operations which he hc declares arc are not nol Iee deep enough to permanent re results re- re or anything like ample pressure tho the depth of the wells wels being from to feet He lie holds to the theory that the thc conglomerate formation inthe in iii inthe the time vale valley washed down from the mountains throughout the ages is not nut less ICBM than 2000 feet in thickness and that no real capping for fol imprisoned gas as will wi be be found short of or that depth He lie says sas that the well ell I put down b by Jy Gur Guffy B Gale Galley at Farmington hail had hal attained about the requisite depth when the operations for some unknown un un- un- un i known reason were sere suspended and that tho the formation was decidedly favorable av- av to vem very cry soon oon getting the desired de le- le sired results In other words he ho be be- leves that gas R an and oil 01 In commercial quantities s will wi be lie found In this thi vaIle valhey val val- le hey ley b by going Joing to the depths for fur it I. I but he has no confidence nce in results i of the operations at pr present being carried 0 on fl One thing thing he said In favor of oC tho the operators is that they are aro ar persistent und 1011 nd tho time belief is Atron strongly ly held b by man many that they leo know precisely l What the they are doing and in duo time tro will spring an arm agreeable surprise wi upon tho time public |