Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-01-17 | Page 27 | Virgin Oil Field Needs Only Market

VIRGIN OIL FIELD HELD NEEDS ONLY Nt Y MARKET Development in First Sand Proves Producers Are Possible or Of eight wells put down to t the first Ont san sand In tho the Virgin oil 01 haul flohl four tour are arc known to have ha oil 01 In good oo quantity and the others have lulO light showings of or oil 01 an and natural nAtural gas n according to 10 the tho Virgin ln Valley Valey Enterprise The Thc first sunk unk that of the tho Virgin Vir- Vir gin River IU i Oil 01 Development company i Is 18 h by oil 01 men as a good well wel capable of or producing probably 7 75 76 to barrels a l da day while tile the three e others are arc believed ed bolc to be he as good or bettor Tho The first w well l has been pumped Irre Irregularly for Cor fuel for Cor more than A A year rear It I shows no HO diminution of or flow Cow and Is IB tod today producing enough to make mako-j mako It I valuable property were a permanent permanent permanent perma perma- nent market for th time the oil established I l nouh line has neon boon in toe the sand ays as the tue Enterprise to prove pro that we have an oil 01 Hold fold It Ir If however howe we ve had bad no other prospect than tho the one sand perhaps th the de development would not go 10 with wih that rl rush h so pleasing to oil 01 men But Dut the time strata which can cami be he read rend almost Ilko Iko the tho 0 leaves C of or a book bool some ten ton miles southwest of ot Virgin ln re eal reveals what I Is locally known as the big blK sand approximately feet Ceet under under un un- un- un der ler tho the first sand Rand and showing ho 10 to CO GO feet Impregnated with of petroleum petro petro- leum at nt tills this cropping Tn In view of or tho the fact that the first sand and which Is prof pro- pro I f dudl good wells weIs does Ios not show sho more I than four our to fh live feet Ceet of oil 01 saturation at the cropping this showing showing- of or from 1101 rein 0 10 to oO o 0 feet reet which IK I only univ about I feet teet deeper and would rio have boon tapped at af more than one t IO some months a ago al ro had It I nol fbi b leon been In for or that job tn bane of tb tho oil oi bu business the inc thc s-thc the I