Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-15
GOLDFIELD MEN
N OIL FIELDS
Judge r. L. Johns Returns TO Me-
yada and Loudly Praises
Virgin District.
SECURES O0ACRES OF LAND
Fortunes WIN BE spent Doe Develop
mcnt of "a Great Coun-
try.

Judge g. J.. Johns has returned from
the Virgin river country m southwest
cm Utah, The scene 90 tho recent OH
strike says the G0ldncld News Judge
Johns bought 1000 acres OF oil land for
the Goldneld Virgin OH company which
has laid oat tounsite and installed a
rig. and VIII begin drilling for OH at
once. The main Office OF the company
win be in GoIdheld with branch Of
zee in Virgin. 10 is the intention OF
the promoters OF the enterprise to form
"a number Of subsidiary companies to
develop the ground. IF tho first wcn
proves success
The Virgin River district is very exc
ieusive" said Judge Johns yesterday.
land lies In the ncighborhood Of a rich
coal district in which the salt Lake
railroad is largely Interested. There
Us an old settlement near the oil heBs
ana for "a distance OF 10 miles the for
nation shows the presence OF oil. The
formation is cut by = deep canyon
and shows along its sides five distinct
OIL stratas. An experimental wen has
been sunk near the river by the Virgin
D.
and oil was struck On the fourth strata,
at "a depth Of about 500 feet 10 is ex-
peCted that the best and heaviest flow
of OH viii be found iu the ifth strata
but the well spouted 200 barrels OF oil
In q hours and they were compelled
10 shut IL down as they had mo- means
Of handling the oil. a test of the OIL
was made by Wade g. Wade OF los
Angeles and showed a very high grade.
81 NHnHH
on the ground and ~ more are on the
way. George Montgomery "a brother OF
Bob Montgomery. IS heavily interested
iu the district with "a man named Har-
per OF Los Angeles and they already
have a rig set up and another on the
way Bert Smith, who is well known I'm
this city. and Others have purchased "a
large tract OF land. IA. II. Clark Of
Bullfrog. j. r.. Clark OF Salt Lake and
Mr. Porter Of that city are largely in-
terestcd and are pushing development
work ID. Mackenzie OF this city has
purchased a tract OF 200 acres. adjoin-
ing the ground on which tho expert
mental wen was sunk Tie has bought
rig and organized a company Co dee
velop the property Another company
has been organized by AldrlCh. McMas-
ter and Bond known as the Nevada
Utah on company. They have pur-
chased q section of land, close IN and
have rig ON the way TO the ground.
] understand the company was financed
by Tom Murphy and Tex Richard
Il purchased a tract OF 900 acres for
the Goldneld Virgin oil company and
we have installed a rig and wiz begin
operations al once The main office Of
the company win Dee iu Goldheld and
il the experiment is "A success we Will
probably organize "a number OF subsi-
diary companies 20 work there. A
number Of other concerns have also
purchased land there and there are 10
on 20 outfits ready 90 begin operations.
The next 80 on 90 days win probably
demonstrate the quantity u Oh In the
ground From indications II looks as
In the Virgin River country was going
10 develop into one OF the great oil
fields of the country. II costs about
500 to sink a well and ] estimate
that there will be 100000 spent In de-
velopmeut work in the district in the
next 60 days All the land I'm that sec
ton Is being held ut a high price and
the oil investors are eagerly buying,
which is "a very favorable indication.