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Show IV t CARBONTOHAVE ! I A BIG OIL BOOM Price. Nov. -4 Unless all signs I fall. Prlre and Carbon countv are on the eve of an oil boom the like of which Utah has never seen If one-half one-half of the expectations of the ex-' ; j perts are realized. Price citizens will I be looking with natural gas before spring comes again. Kiorienced oil men, backed by eastern east-ern capital, have been at work for two months, and so quietly have they I worked that the field which is believed be-lieved to be underlaid with oil and gas has been practically covered with location notices This field, a shal low valley, begins at Soldier canyon, about twelve miles from this city, and extends for about twelve miles in i southeasterly direction to Farnham It la approximately twelve miles wide Three oil drilling rigs hae been purchased and are on their way at this time, and upon their arrival will be Immediately put to work h has been known for fifteen years that all signs pointed to the fact that this is oil territory, and twelve year.-ago year.-ago eastern capitalists sent out pros peciors to look over the cround ii question Their reports were so faorable that Alex Hllstrob, an oil expert, w as engaged to put dov. n a well His advice as to the location of the well was disregarded, however, howev-er, and he was directed to bore at a certain spot He did so with negative nega-tive results as far as finding oil was concerned, but it is said that ho Struck a stronp flov of fa. Tlv well was plugged and nothing further was done at that time. Mr Hilstrom departed for other iields, and not until this summer did he again appear on the scene Early in the present ear, Mr 1 1 i 1st n tn now In the employ of the Standarl Oil people, was sent to this state to make a report on Its oil possibilities, especially with reference to the Green River field. His report on that section sec-tion is not known hut he cam" on to ( Lrbon county to take another survev of the field he had been over more than twele years ago So favorable was his report of ind. cations here that he was authorized to go ahead and locate all the oil ground that looked good to him and to bore in what he considered the most favorable place. oo |