| Show OIL FIELD IN MILLARD CO With the organization the past week of the Westwood Oil Company Company Com Com- oil pany field for in the Millard development County i of Julia the cent to the Len Lenins ins of the Salt Lake that Route considerable terest IS ISnow isnow now centered in 10 that direction Delta twenty twenty four four miles distant is the nearest nea ahi shipping ping he r i ls SOWo n new e well v is is now down about 1200 feet feeL and is said to have havo had oil indications from feet downward down down- ward The oil is a par par- affine base be and would be excell- excell excellent excellent ent for all kinds of lubricants as a aswell awell well as a the higher grades of gas g. bj b rod products The grade grade- IS placed at 43 Beaume The well was started with 1 12 inch piping and was We gradually reduced reduced re- re to 8 aches There Them are two rigs In m the field a Standard and anda a Keystone 82 foot 82 foot derrick It is estimated the surrounding country embraces more than acres of the finest kinds kind of agricultural lands of this not more than acres are under cultivatIOn However the sectIOn sec sec- tion is rapidly building up and farmers are coming in 10 from the various states and settling along the new canals canal where the land IS reasonable in 10 prICe and good permanent permanent per per- manent water rights are at the door of the husbandman insuring ing crops every year Delta is I. today one of the most promising new farming towns in the state The discovery of oil in 10 Millard County he was made f. f eleven years ago when the state was i driving a well tn in quest of a permanent water supply at a depth of feet a flow of oil was truck struck It was cased off and drilling was continued to a depth of 1200 feet with the result that the flow of water was scanty and the well was finally abandoned Soon after the Westwood people people peo pea pie last June started to drill they found the same oil strata at feet and now are getting qUite a flow but not as a yet in 10 paying quantities Mondays Monday's Monday s publican We understand that the Westwood Westwood Westwood West- West wood Co composed of capitalists of Salt Lake intend to put down several everal test wells immediately to ascertain if oil can obtained be-obtained in 10 paying quantities The oil oilfield oilfield field IS situated near Fillmore |
