Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-08-17
RETURNS FROM
The OIL FIELDS
w. S. JOHNSON HAS LARGE HOLD
INGS IN THE NEW
DISTRICT.

w. S. johnson, has returned from
the new oil fields of Utah, where he
is interested in no small degree.
With regard to the progress that is
being made by his company, he is
very well satisfied and is of the opin-
ion that it is only a matter of getting
in the casing to get into the oil.
Fillmore is the center of the new
district, but as yet they have been
unable to obtain water fit for domes-
tic purposes in any of the holes which
have been sunk or from any of the
springs that have been discovered.
There is water enough, but it is so
thoroughly impregnated with oil that
it is of no use. They are getting
enough water for all purposes from
the foothills. To go to Fillmore one
must go $50 miles south from Salt
Lake City on the Clark road and then
take the stage for eighteen miles.
The fields, as a matter of fact, are
nearer to the Nevada line than to
the Utah centers.
Salt Lake is awakening to tho
fact that there is something worth
while down there" said Mr.. Johnson,
'and the bankers and other men of
finance are watching developments
with considerable interest. While
| was there a representative of the
Union Oil Company from Cleveland
spent -four days inspecting the vari-
Gus properties and was very much
enthused over the prospects. The
parties adjoining our well are down
considerably deeper than we are, and
it is expected that they will strike
oil at any time. That is the work to
which the capitalists of Utah are pay
ing the closest attention.
we got down to a depth of $50
feet, when we struck the oil sand,
and were sure of striking the oil at
any time. We were afriad to go any
further for the reason that our cas-
ing was not on the ground. The cas-
ing is on the cars somewhere between
Los Angeles and our railroad point,
s~idetracked. If we were to go thy
further without putting down the cas-
ing there might be a cave which
would set all II work at naught, SO
we are not going another inch until
we are sure of our way.
There has not been an oil man,
or an expert, in there who has not
tried to get a location. Real estate
in Fillmore has taken about three
somersaults since we started to work
and when oil is struck there is no
telling to what prices it will go.
There are three properties being
worked ear us, and two more Just
below us. In addition to these it Is
said that there will be five more der
ricks in there as soon as the machin-
cry can be hauled in. There is q
little sawmill there, but it soon be-
came played out with overwork and
now everything must be brought in
from the outside.
The country in the neighborhood
seems to be highly m%ineralized. Be
tween the wells and the foothills
there is a bog which it is impossible
to cross. 1t is soaked with a mix
ture of oil and water, none of which
is any use except to show the prox-
unity of oil. On the hills o find
lead ore that you can white, and
there is a big ledge of soapstone
from which shipments are being
made to Chicago. 1t looks as ii
there must be a boom come to that
country.
THE beauty of our oil is that it is
of a parafine quality. The lowest
test that has been made shows the
oil to be worth $3.50 a barrel, and
from that up to SAL. 1t costs some
thing to go after the oil, but if one
strikes it the money put in comes
back with interest in no time at all.