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Show 1 GET OIL AND GAS AT SLIGHT DEPTH London &. San Juan People Obtain Results In First Oil Sand. Operations In the San Juan oil field are constantly Increasing In their extent and scope, according to latest reports from that regiou. The London & San Juan Oil company has Just completed ono contract oil well, in which oil and gas were found : In the shallow sands. This find 13 , probably in the Goodrich said, which j in that locality Is about 100 feet below be-low tho surface. I That company's noxt well will bo ' drilled In its tract near Mexican Hat i basin, where it la expected that a i producing well will be brought In at the depth of about 600 feet, when J pumps and delivery wagons will bo ' purchased that oil may bo sold tor fuel to other operators In the dlPtrlct. 1 A new drilling rig Is on tho way, and will soon bo In operation. , I The Navajo Oil company has begun drilling. That company is backed by London capital, and H. E, Peter- sou Is its manager. The Navajo ground Is said to b one of the most interesting portions of tho field, henoy Its optratlons will be closely fol- , lowed. 1 A new manager for tho San Francisco Fran-cisco tic Sau Juan OH company has arrived at Bluff, and he is preparing to start that company's machine, which has been Idle the last three months. New people, representing large interests, are arriving In tho field almost dally, It Is paid, and operations op-erations are assuming aa air of permanency. |