The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-27
GAS WITHIN THE CITY
The Great Strike Made on the
Midland Addition.
a BIG REAL ESTATE DEAL
Gas Flowing at Four Hundred Pounds Pres
sure from the Deepest Well YET Sunk
We Are In It.

Natural gas within the limits of the city
Natural gas within three and one-halt
miles of the business portion of Salt
Lake.
Flowing from the deepest well that has
yet been bored, coming from depth of $50
feet.
This occurred yesterday, and as a result
the promoters and organizers and stock
| holders Of the Salt Lake Improvement and
Natura! Gas company are walking on air,
and are already bloated bondhoiders in
their minds eye.
"ine Salt Lake company was one of the
earliest in the field" said Mr. A Hauauer,
Jr., the treasurer, yesterday, land we have
been quietly at work for ecme time on
what Is known as the Midland addition,
situated between the Hot Springs lake and
the old Petit farm. We have had most
excellent indications of natural gas for
several weeks, but did not care to say any
thing about it until we had something
more tangible than mere surmises. Now,
the gas is here. and the fact can ne ascer-
tanned by those whose curiosity prompts
them 10 take trip TO the new roarer'
WE'VE GOT IT."
j. r. Middlemiss, who is general man
ager of the Salt Lake company, was en-
countered few minutes later in his office
On Second South. Eyes" he said, with
such an air as the owner of several Onta-
rios might assume, "we've got it,"
The How was struck this morning at II
o'clock on the Midland addition. where we
have been working for some weeks, as you
are aware"
What pressure do you clamp
-Four hundred pouRdsa'
But that would blow your pipes to the
moon," modesty suggested the news
paper man.
mot when they are embedded in such
formation as we have,'' he replied, land 1
am INDUCING in no wild talk when 1 make
this statement, and you need have no hest
tation in giving it to the world.'
THE DEEPEST YET.
"What depth have you attainedl"
"Ours is by far the deepest gas well that
has ever been sunk in Utah; when we
ceased work this morning, we had reached
a depth of $50 feet. AS to the permanency
of the flow, why there could be no better
indications than those, we have; the outlook
is the most promising that | have vet
seen"
What is the diameter of your pipe!n
"Only three inches, but it is big enough
to prove that there are inexhaustible flows
to be obtained where we are now driving
c Jy hGt wa tod f0
paid out our money to learn. The new
we'll is within three miles and half of the
Temple block, as against sixteen for aav
others OF promise that have yet been dis
covered. This you will readily perceive
Is A BIG ADVANTAGE
in our favor, because it will save at
least 100000 in piping the gas to supply
the business houses and residences of this
city. That was our idea in selecting that
location. We argued, and as it has now
been proved, correctly, that if natural gas
could be found at Lake Shore in paving
quantities, there was no good reason why
it could not be obtained at some point to
the west Of here, and yet within the limits
of the city proper
W Ia VI i-''tiOb . u4C JOu pass turOuSu.'
THE FORMATION.
THAT would be longer story than you
would care to listen to- But we know lust
what to expect in drilling future wells, be-
cause we have here samples of the forma
lions, taken first each hund ed feet, then
each fifty feet, then each twenty-five feet.
and later on every ten feet 1t is perfect
record of the various stratas through
which we have passed"
There is rumor that your company
has purchased the Midland addition. Is
this true!"
BIG REAL ESTATE DEAL.
at is. The price agreed on is $4,000
and the first payment was made but few
minutes ago. he addition consists Of $40
acres, and besides this we have ac-
1aired considerable ether property, either
by purchase or lease, in the same
neghborhood. We have several carloads
OF pipe now on the way, and Will push
work in the new gas fields for al they are
v ORTIZ"
Tic officers Of the Salt Lake Improve
ment and Natural Gas company are: B.
L. Tomorrow, president, A Hanauer, IT..
vice presi ent and treasurer: Theodore
brough, treasurer; j. r. Middlemiss, gen
erai mauuger; William Fuller, w. Van
Horne and Harvey Hardy.