Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-07-21 | Page 6 | Predicts Gusher in Virgin Field

PREDICTS fUSHER GUSHER IN VIRGIN IRIN FIELD HELD Lower Part of Hard Stone Stratum Is Saturated With Wih Oil Oil I In tw of oC tho time wells wels which are arc rc being drilled In the time Virgin oil 01 field those bId those of ot time the Interstate Oil 01 company and the tho Virgin Vale Valley alley Oil 01 company company are are excellent excel excel- lent lont Indications it Is said that that oil 01 is about to be encountered In the time second oil 01 oil s sand nd O Overlying that thuit sand Is a foot tool OO stratum of oC hard limestone Tub 0 ht lit ht something moro more than 1300 feet teel depth are arc n nearly arl through ll tiie hard tone stone and considerable oil oi is I already bel being encountered TIle The el well elof Of ut time the Interstate company Ii h 59 feet of ot water walor in Iii It which will be bc cased ca a t tt of oft off and then the time drill dri will wJ wi put on through the time shale shalo Into Inlo the time brown sand The Time tact that the time lower part of oC the time stratum of flinty filmily rock is saturated d with wih oil 01 Indicates what ihma t we Wf shall find beneath said C. C R. R Harris HarIs president of oC the company And nd nd I believe we will wll strike a n gusher when wo we reach that oil 01 sand Time The oil al that thaL was waN en encountered encountered en- en countered in the time we at feet evi tent dently came canse up through crevasses revas es but the time main stratum lies below tho time lime stonE stones stone les Below th the brown Irown sand are two thin strata of ot light sand nod and gypsum and under those Is a it stratum of h yellow oil sand sant feet teet thick Tho Time oil elow obtained 01 01 In the time Virgin wells wels Is a n refining of oil running from gravity twenty five e to thirty five