The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-30
UTAH OIL BEST
IN THE WORLD
San Rafael Company Proves Ex-
CelIenCe of Its Lubricant,
IS WORTH $40 A BARREL
TANKS AND PIPE LINE TWENTY
MILES OF RAILROAD,
IS WORTH $40 A BARREL

IN HERE is no longer any doubt that
Urah's petroleum deposits viii
L soon qttracs the attention OF the
world. Repeated tests have demon
stratad that the lubricating oil found in
ibs san Rafael region, in emery coun-
t- ax,ers any other oil Tor heavy and
frht machinery purposes, whether FOR
1I-t sreced or where the bearings are
extremely heavy.
as an earnest that his company in
tends ro enter the world markets In
connecting for the business o. supply
irz ubricati'g oil, Manager A. j.
Davis of the san Rafael OIL company
,.-u leave for the east next Wednesday
10 cIase contracts for pipe line, tanks
and pumping plant. estimated 10 cost
sf1GHaG The funds for ,his large IN
,-astment in marketing the company :
crude Iubricating oil are already ID
hand 49,
ser Davis call for twenty miles OF iron
nine four inches in diameter two iron
TANKS of 1000 barrels capacity each,
and % complete pumping plant capable
of forcing oil from the wells through
the pine line. 2 NE pipe line VIII be laid
OIL an average down grade across cOun-
1rv of ~ per cent but by reasol- or
the heavy character Of the on u VIII De
necessary CD run the uu.Hp 10 FORCE
the flow through the pipe line from one
tank % the wells 30 the other 'ank at
Ihe nearest station of tine Rio Grande
western railway
Twelve Wells to Be Bored.
While I'm the cast Mr. Davis viii buy
machinery for boring another we'll,
making the third. Ii is the intention TO
have twelve wells i'm operation on the
san Rafael ,smpany's holdings before
the end of h.S1year, in order 20 secure
government title to the land. Well No
] stated Manager Davis yesterday is
down .240 feet and No. 2 well has at
tanned a deoth of $50 feet. It Il ex-
pected that at q depth of 1850 feet the
"rnird slld' viii have been encOun-
tered. where an enormous flow is antic-
ipated after shooting the bottom with
dynamite. The first tank wiz be
shipped in three week, from the fac
tory. and NEeu &c is in place the COM
panv will De prepared to handle its
product. pending the laying of the pipe
line. Even now, from the second
sand" there is a flow of forty To- rrels
dail- from each of the wells. Manager
Davis made 10 clear that there is more
money In lubriCating oil than III the
Illuminating prodrct.
we can get go "a barrel for every
barrel Of our lubricating oil at the
wells" he declared illuminating OIL
en- the crude is worth from only few
cents 10 G. little over 81 a barrel at any
of the wells in the country, even on
he railroad or on the seabOard, so you
IAN see the difference. The market for
Iubricatng oil is tempting. Hundreds
IF thousands Of barrels Of it are used
Vsry year in this country.
Excellent Qualities of Utah Oil
Speaking OF the qualities of the San
lafael oil. AR Davis said that during
is recent trip east repeated tests be-
&c experts demonstrated that il con-
tanned - per cent Of paFraline and no
residium on refining. This is nearly
three times as much paradine as is in
most of the natural lubricating oils
and manufactured oil can never show
more than % ger cent Of the required
base. Tn Laraftine itself IS worth SD
barrel. Refining costs 10 cents a bar
rel. and later a refining plant viii be in
stalled
Tests were made ON all classes of
y
Ear greater satisfaction than any other
oh yet used I'm large eastern factories.
here both heavy and light machinery
) operated. BY reason OF the fact that
the Utah I'll win only fash. not burn. at
a temperature OF 5Sn degrees. it will
proven, Aou boxes on dynamos and
journals % railroad ears
Nr. Davis reports that a contract
~ AS Jet on Thursday Tor sinking a we'll
ON property adjoining the san Rafael
conpsny's possessions. 1t is owned by
Minneapolis parties
The san Rafael oil company was one
of the first In the tield. and without
flourish OF tyum2ets Il has demon
strated It's faith more than is usually
done m the possibilities of Ttahs oil
bearing resources. Manager Davis re-
CARDS the future of Emery cOunty's oil
industry ass FUN eff the brightest prom
jses.