The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-16
MAJOR DOXEY ON GAS
The Result of His Researches in
Salt Lake.
HE SAYS WE HAVE A BIG SUPPLY
The Old Expert Makes Some Strange and
Startling Comparisons and Gives
Some Good Advice.

Major C. F. Doxey, the present proprietor Of
the American Gas company, was really excited
yesterday over the find al gas well No. 4, and
his hopes are very high to-day. The major
leaves for his Indiana home this morning, hav-
ng completed his big 100000 transaction
whereby he got possession OF the American Gas
company's rights. The major said last night
to HERALD reporter:
II have everything in shape now, and will be
gone for about sixty days. I will get all of my
iron here by June or sooner and start to pip
ing. 1 have been over the field very carefully
and feel fully assured that there is an immense
amount of gas in Salt Lake valley
What Is your piping going to cost?"
I'VE Will start out to have 1t cost ABOUT S5OU =
600, but before we get through the cost will be
FULLY 100000.
"As soon as we get the gas into Salt Lake it
Will revolutionize things very materially. 1t
will be used principally for heating and manu-.
featuring purposes, and on the very outStart
should say safely that it will benefit real estate
from to 10 per cent"
'How will you place your stock, major?"
81 have taken one nalf myself The other
half we shall first give salt Lake chance at,
and if it does not take it up shall carry 1t
east, where there is ready market for II.
What output of gas do you calculate on from
your wells?"
Our wells will produce from twelve to twenty
millions OF feet day."
well, what does that mean practically"
"a great deal; 5,G00 feet of gas are equal to
ton Of coal for heating purposes. and l calcu-
late that our product will be equal to at least
three or four hundred tons of coal If turned
loose on heat"
After viewing the ground major how would
you Y the Lake Shore find compares with the
gas of Indiana?'
''Thess wells here while they have only ITO
pounds pressure will turn out more gas than
the largest wells in Indiana,
THREE TIMES AS MrCH GAS
in fact, as the largest well in Indiana"
well, this ought to make Lake Shore some
what valuable ought it not?''
The discovery there, think, will result in
building good sized manufacturing town on
the lake shore
What about the result in Salt Lake,"
"Oh, Of course the better classes of the COM
ing Lake Shore town will live in Salt Lake
But the gas is destined to do Salt Lake good in
many ways; the luxury. the cleanliness ana the
removal OF smoke from the city that Will follow
bringing the gas here will be truly marvellous
There is one thing would suggest to alt Lake,
and that is not to permit any wells to be drilled
here in the city, as the nature Of the il will
make it very hard to control the gas existing in
the quantities it does, and il it gets to
leaking and pouring out through the grave and
the sewers there is likely to be a big explo-
sion. OF course what we bring in from the legi-
innate fields comes in through pipes and is
safe.''
You are satisfied with your Investigations
and our interest them
1T is my opinion that there is very large
amount or gas throughout this whole valley
and that what is now being developed is a mere
promise of what is to come. In addition to that
l think that we will find q splendid body OF oil
which, If it is struck in the peculiar rock exist
ing here, will be as great producer as the gas
wells and bring untold riches to this territory