The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-04
MAN FROM UTAH'S
DIXIE LAND TALKS
Grows Eloquent Over the Posi-
bilities of Country in Region
Around st. George.
ONLY PLACE ON EARTH
TO LIVE, HE DECLARES
There Is Cotton. Fruit. Nege-
tables, Mineral and Oil in
Plenty.

"The only place on earth Is the
Dixie Land of Utah, Washington coun.
ty especially, Virgin in particular. 1t
is western Pennsylvania with its iron,
its coal and its ore and then it has
the climate of California. This is what
Dixie land in Utah is. This Is the
country that within a very few years
will be the mecca of thousands.
The man who delivered this eulogy
upon southwestern Utah was Fl. i. Sut
ton. editor of the Virgin Valley Enter
prise of Virgin City, Utah, who is in
Salt Lake for brief visit, and he
rave il to The Tribune. Continuing,
Mr. Sutton said:
"Peoplc have been prone to laugh at
Utah : Dixie Land. 1t has been the
one place where all have been in the
habit of pointing their fingers and say
ing that there is the last place upon
earth But this Will soon change. In
fact, it has changed, and people now
from many places have had eyes on
Utah s Dixie land. And why shouldn t
they? For there is everything there
that could be desired.
We are still raising cotton and
fruits; the grapes grown IN our county
cannot be beaten anywhere. and then
Inc mineral fields in our region are
simply astonishing, and our oil field
is going to be the wonder OF the cOuu-
try.
Oil in Abundance.
'tNow talking about oil. and [ lived
j., the oil region of Pennsylvania for
YEARS, the oil fields IN Washington
county Will astonIsh the country after
4 while 1T has been demonstrated by
The shallow wells that have been drilled
in our region that there is oil IN plenty
aud it has also been demonstrated that
when the lower oil sands are pene
trated that there viii be au ocean OF
oil found In other words. this sand
should produce wells that will run from
10 10 1000 barrels per day.
AT Virgin these lover sands are
about 1000 feet below the surface,
When the panic of two years ago struck
the country there was a number of
wells being drilled, but the financial
furry stopped the work. Since that
time there have been three companies
who have endeavorcd TO reach these
lower sands. but two of them have been
particularly unfortunate In the ". II.
Clarl, well when down go feet the drill
got stuck and no amount of fishing
could move IL 4 The Bonnemam we'll
like condition occurred when down
800 feet,
Nearing Second Sands.
- The Virgin Valley company made
up largely of Washington and Iron
county people. are now down 100 feet.
tho deepest in The formation of any in
the field. The drill IN tins we'll is run
ming twcnty-four hours a day. the ma
cbiucry in use Is modern and II IL a
question of only about four weeks when
The big sands which arc forty feet
IN thickness. are penetrated. that a
gusher is certain and then viii be
stampede INTO the country.
''The Inter State company. which So
cured control of the old Mckenzie we'll
and have passed through the first sands,
arc now down about 700 feet,
1.-The Glenn-Colusa we'll is also al
work, the drill there having gone down
over 100 feet.
''Thc original company, which sank
the first we'll md struck oil, is still
pumping al the rate of 10 10 10 bar
rels per day. 1t is winner and has
been furnishing OIL for fuel to the
other companies, Yes, Dixie Land is
all right. Keep your eye ON Dixie
Land. -