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Show oil show it to be. the best refiniujr oil, and very valuable. "After a careful rludy of conditions and tho country In general, for tho jast two months, I am Inclined to think that Utah Is destined to become be-come tho high gravity oil producer of the future, and that Its resources wilt compare favorably with the eastern field. "In conclusion, I with to say that there are great opportunities offered for investment, and the country is well worth looking Inro by any one who (s Interested in or familiar with oil development." UTAH HAS OIL H ABUNDANCE In the midst of the oil excitement perhaps the statement of James R. Martin, a Pennsylvania expert, that "Utah is destined to become the high gravity oil producer of the future," and that its resources will compare favorably with the casern Held," should not pass unnoticed. Mr. Martin was sent to examine the San Juan field in the interest of Pennsylvania capitalists aud his remarks re-marks apply particularly to that field, although Utah has other promising fields. In Wayne, arfidd, Washington, Washing-ton, Uintah and other counties Without With-out the handicap of long distance from railroad the San Juan field would unquestionably bo a largo producer pro-ducer at this time. A number of good wells have been brought in which have been "plugged" awaiting transportation transporta-tion facilities. "With transportation," says the renns Ivanla expert in his report on the San Juan oil Held printed In the 1 Oil City Derrick, "the field will be a cheap one to operate in. as there is plenty of water for drilling, and tho formation stands perfectly when drilled. The climate is tine and work can be continued every day In tho year." "Many prominent oil men are going go-ing into tho field, especially from Cal- i ii'oruia and this summer will see some deep wells drilled, which I think, will demonstrate the richness f the field. "Tho Held has every indication of i being one of the largest, if not the largest oil producing section in the. United States. "There are seepages at intervals for ; 150 miles north aud south, and for 1U' miles east and wast. Prospected by Nature. "There Is no better field In tho ' world to my knowledge, where nature has prospected the field as In thU case. "The cut nf the river makes It an j open book for 1,100 feet in depth. ' "Numerous oil sands are exposed by the river cut and their aggregate thickness is several hundred feet. "Of these rands, fhere are three principal one from which oil Is running, run-ning, all r( which enn b reached by drilling 1,000 to l.ooo feL "In tiome portions of the field tho top or upermost sand is comparative-ly comparative-ly shallow. The drilling done so far has been confined to the shallow sands, and as all the land Is government govern-ment land, the locators have confined their work to making discoveries an 1 validating titles. "Thp.e wells to far have been drilled alone 'he nynclinnl banln between be-tween the two great anticlines, and oi the east limb of the western anticline. anti-cline. Some of these wells are very remarkable, when one considers the conditions. The joodrldge or discovery discov-ery well. Is located at a point near the river, and l a point about on? and one-half miles west of tho syn-clino syn-clino This Is a well 225 feet In depth and when struck spouted oil at the rate of several hundred barrels per J day. Goodrldge Well It Great. "Some time after, when the cas pressure bad been exhausted, a test of this well was made by bailing, which chowed that it yielded at the rate of six barrels an hour. "The quality of the oil U exceeding- I ly gxd. bc-luK a parafine oil of 30 or i( gravity. The tet.tj mad of this j |