The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-18
MINING NEWS
SOUTHERN UTAH is
TO HAVE OIL BOOM
Ipava Coalition Oil Company to Start
Things In Wayne County.

Salt Lake. March 17.-With the
formation of the Ipava Coalition Oh
Company, which llled articles OF Incor-
poration with the county clerk yester
day, start was made toward devel-
oping the oil lands in Wayne county.
that threatens considerable excite
ment The company is capitalized at
S1,000,000, divided into shares OF a par
value of 81 each or the number OF
shares 100000 have been placed In
the treasury.
The officers are Eugene Grutt, presi-
dent; c. NJ. Lane. vice president; G.
C. Dunning, secretary and treasurer.
The officers with Gus H. Hirschfield
and G. T. Bean form the board OF d.
rectors.
The officers of the company are the
firm of Grutt, Dunning & Lane of
Rawhide, whose mines in that coun-
try are among the best properties
there. For several months they have
beon working on the organization OF
the company and acquiring lands In
the eastern end of Wayne conuty,
about eight miles west of the nearest
point on the Green river, and 45 miles
south of the town of Green River.
The company has acquired the right
TO several thousands OF acres OF
land and machinery will be ordered at
once for the sinking of wells.
Since the appearance OF the Grutt
people in the oil fields scores OF per.
sons have been busy In the vicinity
locating ground Charles A. Peet, a
Salt Lake mining engineer. and a
party have been in the fields for sew
eral weeks looking over the situation.
Don C. Robbins, who was one OF the
first at the Ipava fields has also To-
Gated some good ground there, it Is
said
Both Mr.. Peet and Mr.. Robbins have
not devoted their entire time to the
district about Ipaya, but have also
gone over to Millers canyon and up
into the Fremont valley. The entire
country is being prospected for oil
as 1t never was before.
The oil-bearing sands that have
been found are south of the Sinbad
country and from there south there Is
said to be every indication OF oil in
large quantities.
Many Iowa people have lately been
in the field and 1t is said that Mr..
Robbins has interested number OF
New York capitalists to take hand.
1t has been the opinion OF oil eX-
perts that the Uintah basin was at
one time one of the greatest oil basins
In the United States. If not the world,
When the formation of this great oil
reservoir was broken by volcanic ac'
ton and other causes, it was decided
that the oil had made Its way to lower
formations For years oil men have
been figuring where the oil could be
tapped within striking distance OF the
surface.
The success attained in exploiting
the Virgin river field and the rapid
ity with which that field was taken
up led oil men to branch out In other
directions to find oil territory. Re
Gently the attention of these have
been turned to Fremont valley in
Wayne county The valley is formed
by the San Rafael swell, which bends
upon itself and shoots off In the d.
rection OF the Horny Mountains. upon
the ono side, and an iron-bound reef,
which parallels the Colorado river,
upon the other
The formation here is several hun
dred feet lower than the Uintah BASIN,
and forms a cyncline basin underlaid
with sands Of the character which
absorbs OIL Within eight miles of the
Colorado the oil sands come to the
surface, and it Is here that the great
est oil seeps have been encountered
that have yet been discovered In the
west Experts who have been on the
ground are all of the opinion that
here will be developed the greatest
oil fields in the country.
Already locators are flocking into
the field. During the past month
there have been fully $4,000 acres of
land located. There is a big company
OF New York men who have just COM
pleted locating n large number Of
claims, California men are now on
the ground, taking up territory. and
an organization from Des MoipeS, la,
is likewise securing land on which to