Show what is doing in oil and mining fields of utah wyoming and nevada an oil expert has been going over the ground between salt lake and ogden and has expressed it as his opinion that a valuable oil field is to be located near the foot hills in that district already two companies arc preparing to sink on territory controlled by them in the district it may be that the oil excitement cit ement will get nearer home manager davis of the san rafael oil co has retained from a long stay in boston A new rig has been ordered for this company and drilling will begin on the swell when it arrives A third well S being sunk on the property by the old rig the home company at debeque owned almost exclusively by utah oil m eo has begun drilling on the company ground one hundred and twenty feet has already been the of the biarne well at the debuque end of the green river fielda proved a failure ona account of the worthless materiel nl aled in manufacture of alie altro glycerine A areli trial will be made when ti freidli supply of acids can bo procured from the the road making of mcwhorter and hastings i nearly completed near sun utah and the hauling of the oil drilling rig to the location where drilling will bo started w ill be soon begun thia rig when placed will be ahe finest in the green luver fields the drill of the utah wyoming oil and acl co has penetrated feet of lime shale encountered better than a week ago when thia formation wan encountered it was thought to be the capping of the oil sand this feeling by the fact that a flow of gas and a strong scent of petroleum canies conies from the well those conversant with ou walla say thau it is a foregone conclusion that the mid will be struck within the next forty or fafty feet and that when struck the well prove to bo a gusher thal wyoming rara flino co in a of the stockholders held in pocatello ida the first of alila week decided to start drilling oh the ground 1 in the forgit neld alie new well will be driven alio acme runic lagi fall h ahola up a heavy flow of ait oit buts which lias caved in X E burns the of alio oil city oil co luis broken tho record in placing his oil rig and getting down to work it h scarcely two weeks ainoo the machinery arrived at deseret station in the green river field and aitho drilling will begin monday next at the annual meeting of the in oil exchange monday a motion was carried endorsing the establishment in salt lake city of an oil and hydrocarbon hydro carbon exhibition for tha whole country exhibits are coming in quite fast at the present time anil the display promises to be one of the finest ever seen in the united states the intel mountain oil product stock exchange held its annual meeting monday last the old board of directors were elected the ica york utah oil co lias received its machinery and lumber and the work of transporting it to tho site for the well is in progress this makei alio fourth rig in the way of construction in the green river fields there h a rumor of a big deal in green river oil property A chicago syndicate ia aid to be negotiating the purchase of a large tract of land on which an oil well ia already being sunk with the purpose of sinking ita well deeper and thoroughly proving the field the cincinnati utah wyoming oil co ift about on its property on the san rafael swell green river fields it is reported eliat nn oil drilling rig will be shipped to utah in the mine train wilh that of tho davis the charter of alie new grand oil company was received from south dakota yesterday the company Is composed mostly of salt lake parties all of the officers of the company lake men joseph M is tho president with 8 IA bogan vicc pram dent W J farnell is secretary treas ure 11 B proul of the consolidated implement company and robert the proprietor of the salt lake ano and spice mill making up tho remainder of the board of dir cotora alio company is incorporate dunder the laws of south dakota and i capitalized for shares of the par value nf 1 each alio company cwm aso of oil lands in the green river oil fields r judge iiii M graham of west superior wis was in the city yesterday consulting with the local managers of the northwestern consolidated oil company of which company he ia the president when been at tho ho stated that it was the intention of the company to begin developing alio green river holdings it once lie haa been over the line and haa himself with his that the fields were all right lie states that upon hia return to west superior arrangements would bo made at once to pure hae a rig and that it was hia intention to have it on the ground during the month of june he left tor home last evening the wyoming pom ii oil company on choso whoso ground the trial well was sunk lat fall and which lias proved such n hn determined to sink a permanent well near its old one it having caved in work ha doubt leaa corn minced liy now well i down fet baa determined to r pull up its casings and rim the well I 1 unexpected bowa of water hae been the cause of this as the number of casings has go reduced the size of the hole that further sinking in it before riming is impracticable A fine flow of oil was struck in the hocq before this action became necessary itie of the green unar oil fields is the epst active in alie territory in chii neighborhood fifteen wells arc being punk and arc all meeting with the most flattering results the curtis d bruine i at de have been practically completed the blaino well is down 1000 feet having struck a grand stratum of oil sand from which a fine flow of oil has come As the sand is very close and hard the management has determined to shoot the vell and have already purchased quantity of nitroglycerin nitro glycerin and employed an expert to this end the curtis well at a depth of feet has entered a ano oil sand well drilling lias been suspended whilo arrangements are being made to shoot tah well alo these will be the ant belh in the green river fields and the will lo 10 watched with interest all over the intermountain country it Is reported that an oil well will 1 r sunk between ogdan and salt lake city arrangements aye being made with W 0 lUrt lett the hamors field cal driller to do the vork the utah wyoming oil co lias called for alda for the sinking of two oil wella on its property at spring valley wyo vilh anre to be drilled 2000 feet a how of oil is encountered at a lesser depth anis company owna considerable oil lands iu the green river fields and has an expert on alie ground at ho present time the view of starling development work there also and hauling are busily building a road from station to their ground in field they have ordered their rag which is on the way to Sunn yide and it will be put in place ns soon a it can be hallea to alie ground the grand view people are alno road building and will have a rig on tho ground before alio end of june X E burns lias got lili rig on alie ground near switch niver taft drill win lie dropping in hie next lew daya alio hidur oil company ig preparing to put a rig on the ground near forcen eliw company i compared comp ered mostly of salt lake people A rumor has come up from the san fafael oil wells that igat ono drilled h producing a great flow of oil the of the company are reticent over thin matter but the fact that a third well was started during the past week goes to prove the correctness of alie report manager davig s in the east the grand vahey oil company of grand junction colorado have started a freeli liole in their iiron erty some miscreant dropped down alo the old hole a of att el and giroti ruining the pl cad on the new well to of tho crime 1 frank kennedy of the cincinnati utah wyoming dil company is expected back from several bid for sinking the two wella in the spring valley wyoming have been received and mr westover said yesterday that the drills would be at work by jane aiex manager of the new york utah oil company readied the city yesterday IP ia up from the fields for the purpose of purchasing a few odds and ends for his rig lie slates that the timber i tor tile derrick and machinery is now at price station and that drilling started the next ten days 0 N an olibo niina expert returned from taft arn eivar il fielda yesterday after having passed a week in looking olef mr went over the fields nt the instance of president aylsworth of the boston be coin pany which company controls ajari tract of lind near green river deeply impressed mith the company and state that mr faill bink a well on alie property i held by hia company upon his returning to boston for which place he left tuesday Cj |