| Show I WILL DRILL WELL WEL IN PROMONTORY FIELD Eastern Company Expects to Start Work Within Thirty Days GET FAVORABLE REPORT r Expert Surprised That Seepages Seepages Seepages Seep Seep- ages Have Attracted noMore no noMore noMore More Attention In the excitement over the Virgin Juab and other now new oil 01 fields nelda el 9 In Utah Uth the Promontory Held field south of ot Rozell I on the tho north shore elmoro of or Great Salt Lake I which a year or two ago attracted considerable consIderable con con- s attention has been nearly lost sight of ot It I Is sal said now however that an n eastern company compan- 13 is negotiating to have havo a n well wen put down and that t It I ex expects e- e peets to begin active act e operations within the next 30 days days M. M J. J West est who has Just returned from tho the Promontory Held of or which he ma made e a careful examination examination examina examina- tion ton Is 1 san sanguine of ot fa favorable results there there It I may not be le an extensive c field feld ho says saye but the chances are arc fa- fa for tor oil 01 being found In paying quant I t I Cs When one ono considers ers the seepages of or maltha found there which h aro arc shown to ue tie 56 per cent asphaltum and 40 per pcr cent oils ois together with the close proximity of ot the Held field feld to the railroad rail rail- railroad rai road and to the principal cities cites of the state said Mr Ir West It jt seems seema strange that so little Interest has be been n token taken In so promising a field flold fold These remarkable seepages es of maltim maitha mal mai- tha tim have formed torme numerous small smal Islands islands Is- Is ands covering an area area of ot about 20 w acres They are about 30 rods from the shore In the lake an an and l since the tle rapid rise of ot the I lake ke the they arc mostly covered by water The m maltha maitha ltha Is he forced up through two and six six- six Inch casings and In the former to a a height of at six or eight feet feel above the surface of or the ground The fhe fas casings gs s were driven rl cn to tn n nf 1 0 nd f foot t Into one of r ru u the o isia Islands p sing pits S-ln S ti into t I a large ge bOdy of ot the maltha maltha It I Is evident that the maltha maitha comes up through a n fracture fracture frac frac- ture or fissure and Is In the process of or draining draIning an oil 01 pool or oil 01 bearing stratum and b by congealing will wil gra u. u nn fill the fracture or or fissure and st stop p nil ti W. W Slow g r or thO oil pool r ut r h Tl ro IB Is n no doubt doubt that tho the l ban nl boon caused b by recent disturbances r WIther the the that is Il near b by the tho rupture or It by by other local agencies agences I have made no TIe Investigations to determine But nul It Is m my opinion that whatever the themay Cause n mn may h be It has han not affected the thc u u u v. v the oil 01 for the reason that the maltha Is exuding In too the semi semi- liquid state at nt tho the present time and ana contains n a c certain percentage of oC oil and taking Into consideration the loss of ot oil al In Its upward ascent through the fracture or fissure and In contact with wih the water as well wel as ns oxidation and other causes It Is Ia reasonable to ant suppose that at nt or 01 near the source Of r the maltha malha It I would be bo In a more liquefied lique fled fied fo state car carrying a n larger percentage ot of f oil 01 In Inthe the field fold at Rozell Rozen It Is my opinion that an experimental well weB should be he drilled near tho the seepages It I Is reasonable reasonable reason reason- able ablo to suppose that the fracture or I fissure crosses the anticline If I one exists there an and that a well drilled dried i inear near the se seepages would strike e oil 01 ata at E a 0 shallower depth While it ma may not produce so much oil the field eld feld could beIrn be bo Irn gradually developed de In all al directions |
