Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-30
FIELD is PROMISING

IL defy anyone. be he oil expert or
geologist to advance any good. sound
reason why the field should not be-
o come a producing one. 1T is no argu-
ment against the field because a num-
Der OF companies organized to operate
there We're compelled to suspend oper-
atoms last fall, any more than II could
be argued that the steel trust were
short of material when they laid off
thousands of men during the panic.
The actual facts are that every hole in
the field which has attained sufficient
depth to have reached the first sand.
has some showing of oil. Pause
moment and think what this means.
In the eastern fields many good wells
have been brought in by careful and
continued shooting. where originally
there was but rainbow color Of oil.
Is IT not logical to assume that the
same may be done in the Virgin river
field. where the original showing runs
from batler of oil to several barrels?
COMPANIES OPERATING.
among those actually operating in
the field may be mentioned. first the
Virgin River oil Il Development COM
pany the first company to enter the
field, the first to strike oil and, I'm land
values, the richest company operating.
Second. Col. Robert Wood is drilling 200
feet from our No / well. Col. Wood is
an oil man of many years experience,
having operated In California, Colora-
do Wyoming and Beaumont, Tex.
Third. II. II. (Bullfrog) Clark the min
ing operator who Is drilling south Of
Virgin City. Clark has an excellent rig
and Is prepared to go deep. He THINKS
well enough OF the field to remain and
personally superintend operations.
Fouth, DR.. Middleton and r. G. Page
OF Cedar City. Utah, controlling the
Star Crescent Oil company. Fifth. 3.
a HHlterman. In charge of the Paraf-
fine Virgin oil company n company
controlled by Thomas Downey and
Beaumont associates.
STRUCK WITH POSSIBILITIES.
TT seems that Utah people do not
realize the possibilities OF their own
state Nature has indeed been lavish
in the distribution Of her gifts to Utah
and nowhere more so than in the Vir-
gin River district. In addition 10 the
oil. the mountains in the vicinity OF
Cedar city, Kanarra and Virgin City
are stored with millions of tons OF
coal and iron which require but the
alchemy Of capital 20 transmute into
pure gold.
THE valleys are very fertile, and
on some of the farms nearly every
| thing required by man can be raised
Of most excellent flavor arc grown.
and cotton is raised at St George and
vicinity,
"rhe ranges are covered with
countless thousands Of sheep, ana at
the government dry farming station it
has been demonstrated TINT If scien-
tihca1ly cultivated. the arid land will
produce I'm both quantity and quality
equal 10 the walered land.
'"Thore Is now considerable talk Of
railroad from Lund and / venture TO
state that II built. II win tap the
richest country IN point OF natural re-
sources I'm the great west, am heay-
ily Interested in Nevada, but / am so
favorably impressed with southern
Utah that l am now going TO arrange
10 spend considerable Of my time there
during the next year Where one IL
i'm a country Of such resources and un-
Iluitod possibilities. the outcome Of
any Investment carefully chosen and
closely watched is assured; provided.
one gets an enterprisinE hustle to
oneself Instead of sitting in front Of
the country store and saving the
country while whiting n pine box"