Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-15
BIG OIL FIELDS
IN LOWER UTAH
RhyoIite Company is Getting
Ready to Prove Up Vast
Area.
MACHINERY IS ON GROUND.
Indications Point to Abundance OF
Petroleum at Depth Close 10
One Hundred Feet.

According to the Bullfrog Miner 4
number OF Rhyoliters are now assured
thnt they have struck II rich IN oil In
Washington county, Utah The latest
reports indicate that they have the real
fields and will soon have good com-
mcrcial oil flowing from the earth. Fred
Remick, the president OF the company,
IS on the ground with Pennsylvania
experts, who have the work in hand.
and sends out news that they viii soon
begin sinking to u greater depth.
At the distance OF Ito feet they have
is Inches of good grade of OIL and ma
chinery is being placed with capacity
Of 5000 feet. This machinery left Lund.
Utah, a station on the Clark road. sew
eral days ago, and Is by this time prac-
tically In place on the ground.
BELT WELL DEFINED.
L. j. Hastings of Cleveland o.. an
oil man OF experience. having spent
most of his years in the Pennsylvania
oil fields, went 20 the property last week
and made a careful inspection. in con-
rection with c. f. Wilcox aud B. VI.
Bussey. the Pennsylvanans in charge
of the work on the ground. Mr. Hast
ings arrived in Rhyolite Tuesday on
his way to the north. and gave his re-
port on the examination OF the proper
ty. It was encourag ing TO the owners.
This was my third trip to the Utah
oil fields said Mr., Hastings. Il have
examined every point OF the ground To-
Gated, and 1t Is all located within what
is known as the oil belt. The area EN-
braces about $50 square miles. being
about 9Nl1 miles in meets and bounds.
CARRIES GOOD VALUES.
There is every indication of an album
dance Of oil In the district. oil shale.
limestone and sandrock constitute the
formation In exact proportions as found
IN the oitproducing countries. Bug
holes, such as are found In timber, are
found here in the sand rocks. They are
iiled from the oil which has oozed out
of the rocks. The small cavities every
where IN the rocks show the native oil
The oil Is of high grade parafne
and Of good commercial value. 1t may
he used both for luhrlcating and re-
fnine purposes without loss. The pro-
cess Of refining Will separate it so that
none VIII be lost, and It will furnish its
own fuel while this Is being done.
IT may sound like a reckless prophe-
cy, but l actually expect to see them
running their machinery there within
the next 30 days, using the native oil
FOR the fuel with which the power is
produced.
WE'LL HAS IS INCHES.
There is an old well sunk 10 feet,
which has depth of rs inches of oil,
and with the improved machinery in
stalled by which they can sink very
rapidly, there Is no reason why they
should not soon strike an abundance
Of the stun. There is no reason to
doubt its presence. for it accumulates
al he 81.
face and the whole country has thu
appearance of oil-bearing.
&C. Il, Wilcox. in charge, has been in
the work for % days, and he is highly
encouraged. He has the right TO be,
for ii there ever were good indica-
lions. they have them there. 1t even
bears out the old legend of oil experts
in the dip of the rocks. The formn-
ton Is at no place broken and the dip
is to the northeast ana averages about
- feet 10 the mile This is an ideal
indication
NEAR VIRGIN CITY.
The property is situated in the Viz
gin River valley, about so miles from
the Clark railroad. 1t is near the
small town OF Virgin city Washing
ton county. The company is known
as the Virgin River Oil & Development
company, and was organized in Rhyo-
me u lew WtthS ago. some OF the
best known local capitalists are inter-
ested. Fred Remick ls president; Pete
Busch. vice president; j. Il. Busch. sec
rotary; F. III. Stlckney, treasurer. and
Judge l.. O. Ray, William Taylor and
Pat liolohan are among the directors.
The capital stock Is fixed at |,
100000 shares Of the par value Of 81
each, The company owns $50 acres
of ground and has options ON all ad-
joining property, or an interest In the
same.
MIR Remick went up to superin-
tend the installation of the machin-
cry for drilling, which consists Of der
ricks and other equipment for boring
AT least 5000 feet They do not ex,
pect however, to have to go this depth.
The place was discovered a num-
her Of years ago and a well sunk 10
feet hut capital could not be enlisted
until the Rhyoite men took hold.
They think they have "a good invest
mont
1T is better than a gold nine, in
sists Remick"