Show YES ane THERE RE IS OIL IN UTAH two years ag ago go I 1 predicted a great future for oil in our state I 1 have seen nothing T to lessen that conviction it is g generally ene rally estimated utah has 2 billion tons of uni mined coal which may be ba materially in I 1 creased by new discoveries mr M karrick Karr lck an authority on bons conservatively estimates tarrel barrel of crude oil per ton of coal this amounts to barrels of crude oil of high gasoline content our run considerably higher in oil and are very extensive where did this oil come from it is reasonable to believe all the oil was absorbed in tile the coal and shale leaving no reservoirs of crude oil trapped in the countless structures found through the state where Is this oil I 1 humbly believe success lies ahead when men and companies really drill under expert guidance with suitable equipment properly financed nearly every well drilled in this state is a mute arid tragic evidence of blunder hit and miss methods and lack of capital every oil state in the nation had its growing pains let us hope utah has entered a period of intelligent tell igent persistent oil promotion it cannot fall fail it is near at hand A ezra gull in western mineral survey |