Show THEY PLAN TO OPEN SAN AN JUAN iJUAN OIL FIELD Ogden Men Would Join With Colonel Ellis Els in Sinking Sinking Sink Sink- ing mci Wells Wels W. W W. W Ruby and ant Thomas G G. Brice Brico of Ogden were wore In tho the city cH yesterday conferring with Col A. A C. C Ellis Elis In re regard re- re gard to consolidating the holdings s of 1 the tho San Juan Ju n OH al company compan with those of Col Ellis In tho the San Juan Junn field No definite conclusion lon was reached but It Itis Itis I is not unlikely that something may bo be accomplished later on n. n Th The San Sn Juan Oil 01 company Is backed b by such wen well known Ogden men as J. J C. C Nye Nyc M. M I. I S. S Bro Browning Joseph Carlson Carl son Charles C C. C J. J Humphreys and Fred J J. J Kiesel Mr Ruby and Mr Brice were Occupied several months last summer in the San Juan oil 01 field fieldin fieldIn in behalf of ot tho tue company and the they lo located located lo- lo acres of or land In almost any part of which they are arc confident pro producing wells wens can be obtained at relatively relatively rela rela- small cost cost Col Cot tills Ems has ha been working In the thes s same me field old for Cor several years lie Ho Ie has one well wel capable of producing producing 50 barrels barrels bar bar- rols of oil 01 a day At this time he has two rigs In the field feld Ho lie Ia had one ono hole down feet Ceet when recently the tho drill dri was and operations wore ero suspended sus sus- for a time It I is understood that they theY are arc oro Just about being re resumed re- re now now now- Col Ellis Els has ha had exhaustive ex ex- t tests test st made mace of the thc oil 01 and has also also had the examined by competent com corn competent experts and nd he Is confident that It is ono one of tho realest oil 01 fields In Inthe inthe inthe the world The long distance from Crom railroad is apparently all al that has kept the San SanJuan SanJuan Juan Junn field hack back Th The ThO field feld covers an anarea anarea area arca approximately 40 miles square wih with the San Juan river running through the tho middle of It It the to southern ha half being in the Navajo reservation and not subject to location Oil 01 Clone Cloe to lo Surface There Thero appears tp be no question of the presence o of oil 01 of good good quality qualLy In great quantities Hundreds ot of gallons of or seepage oil 01 goes to waste every et c daj da daIn In the tho river It Is said the tho strata of ot oil on sand being close to the surface Mr Ruby tells of having sunk a holo hole five Jeet feet deep cutting through a crust of at oil 01 sand During the nigh oil 01 filled the he hole and he was unable on f the to flow ow to sink deeper Tho Tho present object of the thc Q Ogden en and of Col Ellis Els as aswell well Is i. to toC C emulate ulato a scheme schema by which sur to to to development can be bo accomplished rant the building of or lineth line lino a pipe Cr lne th the field Celd to tho the railroad Whilo the thoy l require considerable work read that with wih tho the showing al alto alto al- al rendy evo It lt should not be difficult to o en OUgh CPI capital to 0 carry crry It I |