The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-19
OIL INDUSTRY IS
BLOSSOMIAG OUT
Many Fields Attracting Atten-
tion-Railroad Men
in the Game.

The oil industry of this state is as
Stunning GREATER proportions than is gen
orally, understood" said f. W. Dunn, the
well Known oil operator and expert yes
| terday. H. II. Clark is getting ready to
do extensive drilling near the Arizona
line, there are now fifteen or more rigs
in the Virgin river field, while j. Ii.
Thompson and associates, of Riverside,
Cal, are preparing to drill in Emery
county. Three different outfits are either
drilling or arranging to drill in Sanpete
valley near Ephraim, while probably the
greatest efforts in the development of the
oil industry are being made along the.
line OF the San Pedro, Los Angeles *
Salt Lake railway. in fact, this line
seems to tap the heart of the field all
the experts who have so far traced out
the formation, seepages, ETC., have set
tied on the valleys through which this
road runs.
Railroad Men Active.
Ut is a remarkable fact that railway
Officials with exception of those on the
Clark road, have as yet paid no attention
TO this industry, an industry that is so
important TO the operations of their lines.
The most important localities so far re-
ported upon are in Cedar, Millard, Lynn
Junction, bennington and Juab valleys,
while the greatest activity now seems to
be centering in Juab and near Lynn
Junction. At any rate, some of the most
influential oil operators and capitalists,
have secured strong foOtholds there. This
is particularly true of Juab, where active
and extensive operations will at once be
inaugurated by the Clark railroad inter
estS and by Colorado and local capital
While some seven miles east of Lynn on
the cutoff, New York and Pennsylvania
people are arranging to work.
ALREADY Salt Lake, Provo and Ogden
operators are beginning to talk of pipe
line, so sanguine are they that oil in
large quantities is going to be developed
Their scheme cOntemplates the running
IF line Nr.arr Tx~V1ra Nv Of
tic and Provo TO Salt Lake and Ogden
with the idea of extending it south to
Fillmore, Cedar and Virgin City.
Oil to Rival Metal Industry.
From all that is being done and
planned there Is no question in my mind
but that the oil industry has come to
stay, and l firmly believe that it will
not be long till the production of oil in
this state will equal in value, if il does
not SurpaSS, the value of the production
of our wonderful. mines of gold silver,
lead and copper. With the bringing in of
the various fields now under development
the Clark road expects to supply fuel
oils TO all of Nevada's mines and rail-
ways and thus materially lessen the fuel
end OF. operating costs in a region where
the prices of coal and wood for ordinary
and steam-makinS purposes are almost
prOhlbitiVe.
when the oil industry has developed
sufficiently to supply the railways
smelters and other industries il will of
Necessity make SAT- Lake great manu-
featuring center, as cheap fuel is really
the base of and determining factor in the
establishment Of manufacturing opera
tons. 1t will also stimulate trade to such
an extent that the railways will be COM
PEELED to recognize Salt Lake as a great |
terminal and distributing center. Let us
all, therefore, boost for the new oil in |
dustry. Nothing undertaken in this re- |
g1On during the last decade can be COM
pared with it as a means of building I'D |
the commonwealth and making of Utah |
about the liVelieSt and Wedlthiest state
in the western half of this continent"