The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

the construction of pipe line from the
gas field to the city. He has derrick up
on the LeGrande Young farm and had he
not met with an accident which caused
much delay in fishing for tools he, no
doubt, would have encountered a good
flow OF gas ere this The pipe which
Major Doxey ordered has been distributed
along the line OF the Rio Grande Western
railway and will be laid in the trenches
as soon as the first well is put down. He
has expended upwards of 800, 600 already
in this field and is prepared TO pipe gas
to this city within twenty days after ne
strikes the gas.
OTHERS IN THE FIELD.
The Indiana Natural Gas and Pipe com
pany secured leases on several thousand
acres OF land northwest of the city and
bound themselves to drill wells on the
ground leased. The company made a
proposition to expend S25, 900 in exploring
their territory if the city council would
give them q franchise. This the council
refused, whereupon the company with
drew from the field, FORGETTING its leases
and is now operating in the vicinity of
Provo, having secured a franchise from
that city.
The only franchise of the streets for the
piping of natural gas is owned by the
American company, but the council has
expressed its willingness to grant other
franchises as soon as the gas IS brought to
the corporation lines.
The Salt Lake Improvement company
put down well on the Petit farm, just
north of the city, and at depth Of goo
feet met with good flow of water.
Palmer q Mcintosh, the contractors for
this we'll, drilled well OF their own some
1 800 feet distant from the Petit well, but
alter they attained depth of 400 feet were
prevented from going any lover by an
accident.
The Salt Lake Natural Gas company, OF
which Wendell Benson is the president,
L. g. Karrick treasurer and Gus Holmes
secretary, began operations on the Rudy
farm, eight miles northwest OF the city
| They put the we'll down 952 feet, met with
bad luck and the machinery and derrick
are standing still. They struck an enorm-
Gus stream of pure artesian water that
flows 5000 gallons per minute, and thai
is worth many thousands OF dollars for ir-
rigation purposes.
The United States Gas and Oil company
is combining its operations to taking leases
on prospective oil and gas lands. They
have two natural springs OF petroleum on
land which they have leased. The officers
of the company are as follows: George
| Trumbo, president; Emery Ward, vice
president; John B. Taylor, secretary anC
treasurer. They value their leases al
$150, COO.
AT OTHER POINTS.
During the past summer the Inland
Salt company drilled we'll $50 feet al
Saltar, thirteen miles west of the city
on the shore of Great Salt Lake but mac
to abandon it owing to the pipe becoming
buckled. They then sunk another vel
along side OF the abandoned well and Sc
cured nice flow of gas at a depth OF $50
feet.
All the wells mentioned showed gooc
flows of gas in drilling but they did moi
compare with those of the American com
pany.
Frank Hines has put down a number OF
drive wells for water and all of them
show some gas.
On the Jensen place, one and one hall
miles from Brigham City there is flow
of gas through a one and one half inch
pipe that is pure and dry quality
This is the fourth year they have beer
using the product OF this Well for burning