The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-04
GAS AT BRIGHAM CITY
The Best Flows Ever Struck in Utah Ter
rit0ry.

The Best Flows Ever Struck in Utah Ter
rit0ry.
Half mile west of the city limits is a
long, wide belt of land which, until re-
Gently, boasted little but sage brush and
grease woods. The belt runs north and
south
About three years ago Elias Jensen
planted an orchard on the southern portion
of this tract. Water being scarce, he at
tempted to obtain some by boring. His
pipes had descended but short distance
when fizz Whiz spirit and mud, water and
gas spouted up with roar. The workmen
fell back in alarm They could not account
for the hidden force as natural gas was
then unknown in these parts. The pipes
were removed, replaced and blown out
several times. The subterranean force
was really marvellous Sometimes they
| succeeded in smethering it down fer short
period when it's accumulated power would
blow up with a tremendous roar shaking
the earth and sending mud high into the
air and in all directions.
Afterward "a small stream of the gas
was piped into Mr.; Jensen's home where it
has been used constantly for fuel ard il
| Illuminating purposes.
| steady, and apparently it is inexhaustible.
Pefceiying this, Mr.. Jensen conceived the
| idea OF utilizing a greater portion of the
new found treasure.
Last fall ne tried burning lime rock. ''He
saw that it was goed.n This spring he
hauled great quantities Of lime rock from
| the hills near Brigham and burned them
with most satisfactory results. The lime
! produced was unsurpassed. Then he con-
G fr,iln q pnn tnin ifau
brick. These We're made Of the millions OF
| tons of clay which almost make this whole
belt 1t took but a fraction of the gas flow
| to spread fame evenly all through this
great kiln. In a single week the 10000
! brick and 250 bushels of lime were burned
The brick is pronounced good. Two more
kilus of $4,000 each We're then burned. A
H. Snow has bought one of these kilns and
half of the other, the brick to be used il
his new residence. The flame is now
/ turned on the third kiln.
While George Craghead was boring fal
! water last fall he also encountered natura
gas instead. This we'll is ON bee lire two
miles north of the Jensen flow. When Mr..
| Craghead went out to feed his cattle last
winter, he was wont to light his huge
natural torch and then go about tending his
cattle by the aid OF its hight.
/ But about ten days ago the mammoth
strike of all was made. didway between
these two wells, at the depth of 10 feet, &
stream of gas Numbered forth which is
truly marvellous. The power and quantity
are immeasurabie. Tue diameter of the
pipe is only one and half inches, but the
! stream of fine sand, water and gas which
shoots up nearly fifty feet, forms an extra
ordinary spectacle. The roar of the escap
ing gas can be heard aquarter of mile
away, When the gas is lighted 'you car
see your shadow while walking on the
streets of Brigham" a mile and hal
away
Preparations are being made to burn thi.
valuable material to account. Wager
loads Ger wagon loads of lime rock arr
being dumped onto the ground and exten
sive arrangements are in order to CONVEX
this clay region into a vast brick producing
country. There is sufficient material o
every Kind essential, to supply the whole
of Utah with the cheapest brick eve
known. Fuel costs nothing; the clay cost
nothing; all you have to pay for is you
labor and your matches
The beds are located but half mil
from both the Central Pacific and the Utal
q Northern railways. A spur could b,
run in here from each for a trffing sum
There are millions lying dormant in thi
waking wealth and that some one will sool
come in and work the BUSINESS on gigan
tic scale is indubitable.
Undoubtedly this natural gas will b
piped to town fer fuel and light. The dali,
escapage would supply Brigham for
week. ~
The constant stream of sight-seers VIII
poured into this place the Sunday after tn
strike was enormous. Nearly eye~y rOl