| Show DISCOVERY OF NEW OIL PEOPLE WERE AMONG THE FIRST TO LOCATE situated near bluff utah about 1 fifty five miles from dolores colorado southwestern utah is not the only place that is to startle the world with discoveries of oil vord now comes from the san juan country that all has been discovered there A party of fitted out W W ruby ot ogden and thomas G balce ct salt lake tor an expedition into southeastern utah to look after the traces of all along the san juan river seepages see pages of which have been known to exist for years past tho local people backing up the expedition are joseph carlson chas M S brown C J humphries fred J klesel and J C nye ruby and balce left ogden july the following letter to mr carlson is a glowing account tit wonderful possibilities ties in the field jos L carlson we sent oil samples out this morning the pony mall carrier will take them in his lunch basket and have them expressed at dolores colo to mr nye the oil fiield is surely a hummer the ground we aro getting is worth a million dollars but we can not get just what we would like as there is about acres located we got one spring that flows about 25 barrels a day and it looks great to bee the oil ooze out and float down the river the water Is covered with oil several miles down the river 1 think we ought to locate acres but it will take a long time to do it we aro going to be broke by the time we reach bluff again wo will go back in the morning and stay as long as our supplies last 1 I am sending you a rough sketch of the oil fields the oil we send is just us we dipped it out of the seep with an oyster can our trip Is a hard one as we cannot get supplies and have to sleep wherever night overtakes us it is very hot and no shade only a stray cottonwood tree here and there we have plenty of water and have the nicest spring in the country located we will have plenty of water and wood to drill with 1 I think it Is the most extensive oil field in the world we will follow the lines on tho anticline out to the north about thirty miles day after tomorrow and bee it it is not as good as the country close to the river we cant get through under ten days from tomorrow the mr brice wrote tu mr nye last night am very glad we came as I 1 feel sure we have got a fortune we will try and get to ogden about sept ast 1st or before if possible there lg lots gold here but too alno to be saved cannot make is pay write us at bluff utah as soon as possible we have the section located and will be at it again tomorrow afternoon people here use the oil tor machine purposes they go down the river twenty miles and dig holes in the sand and dip the oil out and use it just as they find it yours respectfully signed ruby and balce |
