Show NEWEST EST OIL iS OI nit Finn FIELD r IS A DEAD SECRET J j t. t 1 Flow From Tunnel Supplies 1 Refinery in Uinta I County Co nty 2 RAILROADS USE PRODUCT A Tonopah Millionaires Invade Said Field Field Said S id toBe to Be Best B S 7 Discovered S S s sA I A field oil of or fine quality ty covering thousands of or a refinery renner that that has been In lit operation for tor nearl and nearly a year ear and I Ihas has ban been selling grado high lubricating j In tog ing oil U to railroads for tor months money 1 ed cd men mon from tram Nevada Net pouring thousands thousands' r rbt Of dE dollars Into tho the field buying up acre after acre of or tho the best beat land such land an such such Is tJ the tb condition near Virgin cp count nty And the tho discoveries 9 of oil in In this see tion of ot Utah hue Just come to so closely has the been g guarded In Ton Tonopah pah newspapers rs time tha last set SC eral oral weeks have o appeared several references ref ref- to an entirely new new nw oil QU oilfield field la la latah Utah tah which sever several 1 Tonopah million alres were preparing g to to exploit t. t NothIng Noth Noth- In Ing oud bo bo learned from them th In regard re re- gard ard Co 0 the tho v no now not field ld except that It W was 3 much farther north than the VirG la Virgin Hold fold They were nf however that bothIn area aria ea covered and in quantity quan quan- tit and and l Cj quality all ty of oil It would produce produce pro pro- duce the tho new would prove provo to bo boone boone one ono of or the gr greatest J If It not the greatest greate l lIn In tho the United States Slates S The Mountain Inter Republican has hoa discovered that tho the n new w Held field is In the Uinta county count extending In an n east east- easterly 4 erly direction from tram Virgin and that In hi extent It Jt Is about 10 miles east and r west b by 60 miles s north and south f fIt It Is 19 discovered further that not only has oil in paying quantities 3 already 1 u bc been cn discovered In the field but that I 5 I for nearly arh a a. year a annery has been 1 in operation there Almost 03 na secretly T as an the time Kentucky Kentuck runs an illicit still stin has this enterprise been oP ft f not crated crated not because the owners feared the government but because they thoy desired desired desired de de- de- de sired to steal t a a. march on Standard Oil OilIn Oilin In the tho matter of ot establishing a n market for tor their product The Tho product Is a a. lubricating oil ot of peculiarly high-grade high and a market for even moro more than the ther r refinery can produce has hos b been en established d solely on merit Taken Up lit tuch tuc rai a. a t l Tho own owners owner or of tho the original Well nul and andI refinery that they cannot M I ways way Keep 11 e. secret h lie vo I I takes up up t olt n and n a dub 15 l j they j t e can n o s conven-s r- r In t n-t i orlu omi r rUu n f r W. W party party- cornI corn corn- I PJ nn o. o i. i oU otts- otts I i bt a 1 il was wan Wa In to t is Y tnt tim new ne neW neW- I v fc way the ays a I Held to close up their holdings holding there I und 1801 t active work L that t when tho rI O- O I i campo caipo j Known there thet-e h t would 1 bo be tO ono one of M time tho I greatest reate t rushes to I that that Hold field everI ever I known In tills this country count I Utah people will trill have a n right to beI be I surprised when tho they learn that there I has hus been In operation in this state slate nearly nearh near near- I ly h a year cur an oil refinery only five live miles I rom from a u. railroad tho product from which Undo finds a ready roady market at I from 30 cents to fl 1 a D. gallon with de do demand domand domand do- do mand for tor them thorn which now exceeds the capacity of ot the tho plant to supply Thoro There will be further reason for surprise inthe In tho the Information that the crude oil for tor that refinery is not produced from Irom a awell well but hut from a 11 tunnel and und that the flow Is so o strong that although every evor- discovered crevice In the tunnel has bas been plugged hundreds of gallons of ot the precious fluid are running to Co waste ever every da day Get Pios Froze From Tunnel This Is the story told by John T. T Pope president of ot the Tunnel Oil company corn com Vernal Vornal at with headquarters pan pany Utah an arid and confirmed by b- b L. L I 1 F F. o Hair Harr the company's compans sales a agent in this city Mr Pope lope has lived at Vernal the last 23 years ears and for ten years was sheriff sherif of ot Uinta count county He has batt also been Ver- Ver luil's town ton attorney tor Ivr cra several terms terms- He lie started about two years ears ago boring Continued on Page lIe Tw Two S NE NEWEST VEST OIL FIELD IS A DEAD SECRET Continued from frow e One Oue for tor oil at a point ten ton miles southeast o of Dragon terminus of ot the Rio Grande company's Uintah h railroad In drilling to tho the depth of ot feet said Mr Pope In telling of his o ex ox- ox we went through three oil strata We had hat just penetrated the fourth stratum and had more oil than i we could handle when wo we discovered I that by going Into a l i nearby canyon canon that cut the tho formation wo we could without with with- out doubt tap the tho first stratum with a tunnel We Wo expected to drive the tho tun tim sd nel In GOO feet teel before getting results i but when It was In feet teet tho the oil burst from the tho breast of or the tho tunnel I like a n stream of ot water We were Unable un- un I able ablo to proceed farther on account of ot the fio noW flow The Inside of the tho tunnel was patched up with concrete but Cull 1 1000 gallons a day eSC escape besides what fully we wo use Cold CollI linn has No 0 Effect With the oil running to waste s st t about to find a market for It and arid we found that tho the surest way vay to do to this was to build built a of ot our own Wo We 0 set about It quietly because wo we didn't care caro to stir up opposition from Standard Standart Oil on company Tho The the tho was v built bunt last spring It refinery has a ca ca- ca- ca of 01 2000 gallons callons a day tay The Tho oil Is the highest grade s-rade lubricating ever o discovered It IL contains oil oU only 4 a trace of 01 Illuminating oil aU From It make wo everything from axle grease the finest quality of ot to sewing oil It baa haa a a. machine baso and it willS will wm U I t S S r not cons congeal or 01 gum um under any circum- circum J circum-J Tue temperature or of of 10 10 degrees bolo v zero roro has hns no not thin slightest effect T It upon S Ve tre e four different dlf grades grades of or the finished product product product-a. a boiler compound com corn pound an engine oil Arctic oil and paint for metal Our boiler compound and on engine lne oil are aro now In use uso on four tour I different railroads and antl tho the Int Interlock 1 lag InS Switch company compan ant and other concerns operating Intricate machinery will use nothing but our lubricating oil oU Tho The butler bOller compound nd Is used for cleaning boilers of ot both loth locomotives and stationary stationary station station- ary engines A quart of or It a day squirted squirt squirt- ed Into a boiler through a hose will keep the tho inside Insle free from cales Scales ant and ItIs It ItIs itis Is found Cound to be bo much better and antI cheaper cheap cheap- or er than knocking them off ote with a 1 ham ham- mer The Tho paint for metal la is s really an enamel When spread over a a 0 surface it Sit t bc becomes omes as hard bard and as glass Th There rc Is only seven se per cen cent t of walsteIn In refining refining- tho the crude oil Host of or Field hI Untouched I r honestly believe belle that the field fieM wi will prove provo to be tho the greatest g ever over I ere ered Wo Yo haven't tapped the thc best of at II It by any means means We e started our well weli wel I where wo we did because It I Is near tho the I railroad There Is a chance for much lar larger er producing wells wels In other parts of the field feld I have seen outcrops of ot oil 01 I 0 sand feet across Thirty miles mies' mies northwest of or us Is found fuel tuel and Illuminating Illuminating Iu- Iu oil 01 Some of it Is so hl high h grade gratl that the crude oil 01 will 1 burn in ina ina a lamp as It I Is taken talon from tho ground roun My y associates and I havo o about 20 O.- O. acres of land In different parts of or orthe j the field Wo We have two standard one of or which wo we shall lend to the Ton Ton- I opah and ant California people who Intend to get busy rl right ht a away The Tho other rig we ye shall operate ourselves other othor month or two there will wili be he no end to the oil on excitement In that countr country coun- coun tr try or I nm rim A vcr cry much mistaken en I I Mr rr Pope ope says that his company hasa has hasi I I a a standing offer of for it Ita Ia producing pro pro- property but as tho the property is paying on th the tho basis of prO prO-j valuation val val- tho the offer oCter is not even e cn con considered |