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

This is to certify that after careful eXanlin-
alton Of your gas fields, situated some twelve
miles north of Salt Lake city Utah, and made
by me within the last few days sud measure
ments of the volume or quantity of gas flowing
from two of your wells, called No and No 4.
have to report that No. measures S07 2U0
cubic feet in twenty four hours: No 4 measures
4. 901, ZOO cubic feet in twenty four hours. The
flow of gas in No well Is kept back in part.
from the fact that the pine in the well is only
two inches In diameter. The quality OF the gas
IS good and in my opinion is permanent. In
fact l do not know of another gas field that
shows so strong and has better indications of
permanency, and so large. as this does from the
same amount OF development. Very respect
fully. JOHN WOLFE. Expert.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July IA 1892.
The output of gas in wells No. and
No. 8, owned by this company, is about
the same as that of No. 4, and they are
capped in to prevent any waste of the
product Well No 5 was started with s.
inch casing but was reduced TO 6-inch.
The pipe is now down 800 feet, the well
having been driven through the gas
strata w it'll view to striking gas at
greater depth than the 750-foot level.
Drilling has been Just begun on No 6,
and the casing used is 6-inch. The
American company owns in fee simple
$50 acres OF land upon which it's wells are
located, but its holds favorable leases on
g, 800 acres OF contiguous territory, all of
which is promising gas land.
THE SHOWING OF GAS
has been so satisfactory that the Ameri-
can company has entered into a contract
with Rhodes Bros. of Denver, to con-
struct pipe line as soon as they have
sufficient wells drilled to supply the nee
essary gas. They estimate that the best
of the wells already drilled will earn the
company 500 day as soon as the gas is
piped to the city.
The stratas exposed by the drilling OF
these wells were AlliyiOn shale, soap
stone and alternate layers of blue clay and
quick sands; the latter always containing
good flows of water. Driftwood has een
frequently encountered at q depth of 800
feeG, and there is strong evidence of the
tissue and fiber OF decomposing organic
bodies.
Comparatively nothing is known of the
geological formation OF this valley be-
yond the depth already explored by the
drill-1,000 feet. The Wasatch mountains
expose the upper carboniferous measures,
next are the Medinas, the rock that is
used here as fagstone. Utica shales, at
the head of City Creek canyon, are
well defined corniferous limestone
is we'll defined beyond the Salt
Lake Mill and Elevator works,
(within the city limits) where the only
true horizontal rocks of the Wasatch
range are we'll defined. With this meager
outline and knowledge of the ia ct that
the dip from the Oquirrn range easterly
is much less than the dip of the Wasatch
mountains westerly, it is difficult to 10
cate the line of fracture, and it will re-
quire considerable exploring to define the
gas reservoir.
THE PIPE LINE.
Major G. 7. Doxey, of Anderson, who
is one of the most progressive natural gas
men in the state of Indiana and who was
the first person to supply that city, as
well as other Indiana towns
with gas plants, is the most
active explorer in this field
Major Doxey, after two visits
to this city and after careful investiga-
ton which included tests by measure
ment of the gas wells of the American
company, became satisfied that a great
reservoir of gas existed here and at once
leased ground, ordered drilling outfit
and purchased the necessary tubing for