Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-26
SOUTHERN UTAH OIL.
Indications Are That Wayne County
VIII Have Some Big Wells.

+. A. Neary. 4. r. Kelly and r. F..
Collett, saws the Richiield Reaper. who
went into Wayne county a couple Of
weeks ago 10 make further tnvestiga
lions OF the oil regions below Fruita.
returned last week well satisfied with
the results of their expeditions. Mt
Neary, who has had more or less exper-
ienCe during the past 10 years in the oil
regions I'm Texas, said that so far as
the surfact indications were concerned
he never saw more promising field
that exists from Fruita 10 E,scalante:
The shalc and sandstone on the sur
face ~ saturated with oil. and II would
not be there If there was not an oil
rome underneath.
II would be impossible to gain any
positive knowledge until some wells are
put down. And just as soon as Messrs
Ncary and Kelly make a trip to Nevada
TO attend to matters requiring their Inn
mediate presence. they will return
and the company VIII send In an out
III for drilling some wells. The forma-
ton is very favorable for rapid work
The shalo and sandstone are soft and
It Is estimated that from 50 to 60 feet
II day ear be made Piping win not
be necessary, only casing for the mouth
of the we'll
In Mr. Neary's opinon, from 600 to
1000 feet should strike the oil stratas
In some places. near the apex Of the
dip, II will probably be found at a much
less depth, but the quantity could not
be expected as al greater Depth. lie
believes that there IL one big oil belt
extending from the Virgin country into
Emery county, broken possibly only In
one or two places by uplifts,
The quality OF the oil obtained by re-
torting from the surface strata Is first
class, carrying q higher per cent OF
illuminating and lubriCutng oils than
any ever found i'm the Texas fields.
If there should be developed any
great OH Held IN the Wayne Garfield re-
gion, Il Is probable that pipe lines will
he pat In 20 run the crude oil from the
fields 10 salt Lake.
Tho gentlemen were greatly Inn
pressed with the vast coal deposits
IN that section. Seams of coal are ex-
posed throughout the region. One vein
nine feet thick can be traced for three
miles. Tho indications are that there
are greater coal beds In there than
anywhere else I'm Utah,
George VI. Cope, who returned from
Panguitoh sunday states that the pub
he attraction down Ia Garfield county
right now Is the oil excitement near lcs-
chlnntc. EiRhty-four locations had been
fled in The recorders Office at Panguich
from August ! To 10.
The field has heen visited by some
experts along with the others who have
been there. and they give a great deal
~ announcement az Ia the probability
Of good on deposit. Joseph Sterling
of Los Angeles. q Eeologlst of note, gave
Il as his pinlon. after o careful exam
nation OF INC region, that there was
every indication OF an OH hed. II the
oil exists only IN the shale and snnd-
stone e would pay 20 work, as the rock
contains as high ms % per cent OF OIL
But fhis r. all the stronger evidence Of
an oil strata beneath.
one thing that impTesaes MIR. Sterling
as much aR the OH was the coal He
says he has seen nowhere such indlca-
lions Of great coal beds and what no
examined was Of a character that VIII
| coke.