The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-06
OIL STRIKE ~ ~
UlNTA COUNTY
No End to Development il
Western Wyoming.
MANY WELLS IN OPERATION
COST OF SINKING is NOT
THOUGHT EXCESSIVE.

especial TO The HeralQD
Evanston, Wyo.. Sept. 5-One good
oil strike has been scored in the Uinta
county oil field the past week. II is
well No. ]. on section 70. owned by the
Atlantic & Pacific oil company, u
makes this company's fourth producer.
The strike was made Tuesday night
n started of at about twenty-five
barrels. The well is located only about
300 feet from the well on section p,
bought i'm by the American Consoh-
dated a week before. WOrkmeu lost q
bit in No. 3 well on section y the trst
IF the week. just above the and they
are still fishing. A fifth sand was
reached i'm the Atlantic & Pacific wen
NO. 4 on section 10 this week at a
depth OF about 1900 feet There seems
20 be AN indefinite lumber OF SdnQS
I'm the field and this well. which is be-
ing made q test well TO locate the
strata. Is looked forward to with much
interest. AS vet all Of the wells nave
been completed i'm. the second and third
sand. and no well has ever been drilled
deeper than 1900 to 1000 feet. 1t mas
always been the opinion of biologists
and practical men that the best re-
suits would be obtained by deep drill
ing. and his well seems to demonstrate
this theory.
This company started %spudding in
well No. 4 on section % last Wednes-
day and VIII complete the well by Oct.
l.. barring bad luck and accidents.
Three wells i'm his vicinity AVE been
completed i'm less than thirty days n
at a cost OF less than $4,000. which puts
a black eve on the expensive drilling
talk which is being circulated. The
best drillers say that with heavy tools
and experienced wOrkmen the above
time and cost viii cover most of the
wells put down in Uinta county from
this time on
Water Shut OF.
The American Consolidated company
S. busy erecting derricks, three on sec
ton % and two on section IA being IN
course of erection. The company eN-
poets to be running four new strings
of tools by the LIST of October. It has
experienced considerable trouble I'm
shutting off the water i'm well No. 3 on
section "a and has made very slow
progress. For a time il looked as if
the company o nave to abandon
the wei, but it is now believed it has
the water effectively shut off and
hopes to reach the oil sand in about
ten days,
Two new companies have entered the
field in the past few days. One of
them. the Grand Rapids-Spring Valley
oil q Mining company. will commence
building its first derrick this week,
NAA I. 1 N-o a 2AA1 q
distance from the big well of the At
lantic & Pacific company on section 10.
The company is i'm the proven district
and il is thought caE-Ct miss the oil
at the point il has selected to drill.
The trustees of the company are: HI
ram Collins. Grand Rapids: Walter H.
Booth, Grand Rapids. Francis J. Lee,
Grand Rapids, James =. Hardmau,
Grand Rapids, and Joseph u. AIlard.
Evanston Wyo. They are capitalized
for $500. 600. The second is
the Wyoming Petroleum
capitalized for 100000 with +. A.
StratfOrd, Joseph Chez aud. Vaughn
Hufford as trustees.
Pleased With Progress.
Messrs. r. V. Willis. E. A. Clark. ].
=. Augsburg. j. A. Chancellor and A.
B. Butler. who are the representative
officers of the Atlantic & Pacific oil
company and the American Consoli-
dated oil company. arrived here from
san Francisco last evening. 1t is UNI
derStOOd the gentlemen are to decide
ON what development they Will do on
their Spring valley leases the coming
fan and winter. They each and AL
expressed themselves as more than
pleased at the rapid progress made ir
the district.
j.. z. Stimson. official Photographic,
OF the Union Pacific Railway company
has been through the oil fields the past
week making views for the st. Loui,
exposition. The views are made in
their natural COlors and will do much
to show up the oil fields.
J.. S. Atherly Of San Francisco Wis.
tied the field this week. MT. AtheTly
expressed himself surprised at tn,
progress made since his last visit. q
year ago. Mr.. Atherly has interest.
here which he viii develop at once