Show THE on mm AG clofe Pio feor or pick called upon to give dij a s opinion on oil redmond donio donic the directing splats of the proposed redmond oil and mining company have requested professor pack of tho the university oi of altah the foremost oil geologist of tile the state and one ot of tho the best known in the country to como come to redmond to investigate conditions and give his opinion as to the pos ies of striking oil in ill commercial quantities if his on hounds bounds favorable drilling operations aro to begin immediately the redmond oil and mining company is a group of redmond salina and richfield investors who inho are boyll ers and lessees lessels of certain government and deeded lands on the redmond dome the acreage they control looks very promising not only for ail il but also for other minerals that ire aro found there in it immense quantities qu tian among them fullers earth and soap stone if the proper markets can bo be found the surface of the land will be nearly as valuable as the possible underground values it if oil is encountered another group of land owners and investors in redmond headed and advised by the veteran oil man W J graham who at present is drill bingnear ing near st george in washington county is ready to incorporate under the name of the redmond dome oil co mr graham Is here at present preparatory ere to the incorporation and possible drilling operations we learn loarn from an interview with mr graham that in view of the tact fact that ahe redmond oil and mining co controls a large part of the prospective oil 1 I lands and the comparatively small dome would hardly warrant the spud ding in of two test drills the redmond dome oil co would favor merging with the former company mr graham will stay here and in redmond for some time intending intend na to start negotiations towards effecting the merger so far the oil a and na mining co has not yet been approached pro ached to this effect and the directors are non noncommittal committal as to the stand the 3 expect to aake |