Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-12
New Town 10 be Built Up Right
Away is Story Brought
From South.
eoLDFlELD CAPITAL THERE.
Los Angeles People C0ngicuous--'' il
OF Higher Grade Than CALI
fornia Product,

The oil lands NJ southern Utah are
being swooped down upon hy Cuufor-
mia and eastern OH men and Utah peo-
pie are permitting 20 20 to other fields
the countless wealth that those uun-
derful oil fields will produce when de-
veloped. Such is the declaration OF
j. w. Tingey and NJ NJ Mackey VINO
have just come from the Oh folds in
the interest Of the capital represented
by them. MI Tingey is "a salt Lake
man and Mr.. Mackey g. mayor of
Ruprt. Idaho Both are enthusiasts
over the country
Within ten days there win be- "a
townsite staked out Within that time
a general store viii be built O. bank
established and a regular route for is
mule teams established by Goldueld
and other Nevada capital Such Is the
confidence manifested by outside
capitalists iu the great country Mean
while Utah men are looking Don less
promising fields for the wealth that Is
not so great as that inviting them in
Southern Utah.
ACQUIRED MUCH LAND.
j. w Tiugey went into Virgin City
as the representative OF r.. J.. Colburn
a. Co.. OF GOldneld. He acquired many
sections OF OF lands and Is I'm this city
now representing his company I'm the
formation Of an OIL company to develop
their lands Within 30 days they exc
poet 20 have rigs" on the ground ready
90 begin borings Mr.. Tingey says that
the Wingheld- BOnneau-Jones interests
viii put a large number OF IS mule
teams into the t0wnsite within short
time. This aggreg ation 81 capital VIII
also control the tOwusite and the stores
and banks To be- established there at
once. The toWnsite viii be situated
Just q little % the north Of Virgin city.
ID, Mckenzie. Tex Richard and Al
Meyers are also heavily interested iu
the OH country and viii be on the
ground IN a significant way IN a short
time. Both Mr. Tiugey and Mr. Mac
key have good locations I'm the north
ern portions OF Arizona, Just q short
distance southwest OF Virgin city.
Mr. Mickey represents Idaho capital
iu the of fields and his visit TO this
city al this time Is for the purpose ~
uorfectiug the Orgauizat ion OF "a company
Co go into the land and develop the OF
lands which he has bought for hla
hackers
Los ANGELES TO FRONT.
Both MI Mackey ana Mr. Tingey ass
sert that Los Angeles men and organl-
cations are ON the ground and that they
have taken up a great deal OF land I'm
the oil belt They have not bored deep
down but they have satisfied them
selves that the oil Is there and also that
80 IS at least 100 per cent higher grade
than the California oil. which Is near
Ing the end Of its flow. The Los Ange-
les men did not bore deep IA order that
gushers would not be opened up. which
would have resulted in "a great fow of
OIL. much of 80 running TO waste. filling
the streams and losing itself TO them
They are preparing 20 develop the land
to the limit. however, and their ma
chinery is now on the way 70 theii
buildings
These men have been all over the
oil country, but have been unable 20
aud any limit TO the indications. The
country IS cut by water SO that tnS
formation Is revealed just as well as u
90 had been split open and upturned
for their inspection. Everywhere the
oil bearing shale or limestone crops
out with OH showing on its surface. lu
some places heavy coatings of parai
fine may bee scraped away. In short
time on coming back another coating
win have formed. thus indicating the
composition of the OH by AN analysis
made in natures laboratory Extend
ing INTO Arizona, INTO washington
Garfield and san Juan counties, the oil
bearing rock seems To be without limit
The underground lakes OF the OH are
reached at Varying depths. the great
er being as progress is made 60 The
northeast the dip of the strata belug
DOB that direction and the slope or the
country On tho opposite. The oil is OF
"a light gravity with paradlne base
Yielding excellent Illuminating OH and
furnishing valuable by-products. lr
| this respect 30 differs from the Cali
fornia OIL which has am asphaltuu
/ base and ls too heavy TO nOW freely
through pipes without an intricate auo
/ expensive system of relays