The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-28
SAN JUAN FIELD
UTAH'S BONANZA
California Capital Is Surely
and Quietly Gathering in
Best Ground.
SALT LAKE STAYS
ASLEEP AT SWITCH
Opportunity and Needs OF the
Field Are Given by
Oil Experts.

That Tho best fishing is always forty
miles away Is an old proverb' Cali
fornin's capitalists arc using IN regard To
Salt Lake City and the San Juan oil fields
Sas emphasized to The Tribune on Tues
incnt oil operator and capitalist of San
Francisco. Mr.. Miller is on his way into
the field. following two OF threo of the
best experts his organization. of which
he is president, fhc Aztec Oil company.
could secure to examine mis- Utah sec
ton
California is going To Slip in and get
this magnificent field away from your
own people" said Mr.. Miller, "and.' he
continued, 'it is time for Salt Lake 10
wake M and realize what tremendous
prize IL has right under its nose There
arc eight or ten organizations OF Cali
forna Interested in the San Juan field,
and their directors arc as strong and in
nuertial as any company operating on the
coast can boast Of.
III the San Juan tield were ncw
mining comp and were II showing
good gold Indications as il is oil. Salt
Lake would go wild. and there would he
one OF tho greatest StampedoS in the his
tory of the west ! am willing TO pre-
dict that within Two years there will
he great boom in san Juan and that
oil stocks listed on your local exchange
the shade, | think enough of tho field
tn live there and grow up with Il. The
experts. and they are numbered among
the best the world can produce, have
THE camp sorcly needs transportation
facilities. But these arc bound 10 come.
Railroads always 20 where they sec the
right kind OF an opening. and let the
San Juan field give the first indication
all are looking for and the rest will he
easy, What the district needs is CAM
psaIGSn Of deep drilling They should go go
has hardly been scratched. The Aztec
company has determined upon an car
nest season of development, We arc 60
ing TO the depths
AIR. Miller states that his company has
one well down about 400 feet. 4 great
flow OF gas has been found and little
oil struck but the first good sand is not
expected short of 500 feet. TO the north
is the Olympic companys possessions, a
company composed Of very strong cap
ital The Pinnacle, Connecticut and Red
wood companies arc among The other or
ganizations of CaifornanS which arc GO
ing TO work most diligently during the
year I'm this Utah field.
George S. Baum, superintendent OF the
San Francisco and San Juan oil com
pany, OF which Colonel Ellis of salt
Lake is the inspiration, was with Mr..
Miller yesterday, and after spending
many months in the field he stated that
he could unreservedly second everything
Mr. Miller had said. Mr.. Baum looks
upon the San Juan field not as "A gam
BILE, but AS commercial proposition Ger
tain TO develop splcndidly. lie asserts
that IL does not take an expert TO know
the oil is there The San Juan river
has exposed Il in such a manner that
the man with no experience in oil fields
can at once recognize the existence OF
the oil and the possibilities of the sec
ton. Tho river has eaten the forlna-
tion away at one place for 400 feet.
exposing the sands to view. out OF which
the oil is flowing.
More conclusive proof, he insists, could
hardly be asked. But experts visiting
The field have scen the regularity OF The
formation. tho unbroken character OF the
all have become converts TO San Juan.
Yet Salt Lake City. with but few eXccp-
tions has refused TO take advantage OF
the opportunity right at the door.
Baum, "is roads in the field. but more.
roads leading into the field. Salt Lake
should see to this. for let The south once
get hold on San Juan and the business
the opposite direction. An auto road
should he built from Thompson. Thomp-
son is l52 miles from Bluff. and ii is
twenty-five miles from Bluff into the
field We are now paying 4 cents per
pound for freight transportation from the
railroad"
The San Francisco and San Juan com
pany. said Mr.. Baum, is going TO be
among the first In the field to gain depth.
The company now has five wells down
with oil. The management recently shot
well No. 4 and n prolific flow of oil was
encountered. From the tests made at
the time. this well gives promise Of pro-
ducIng from $50 to 200 barrels OF oil
daily and this has only reached the first
sand being only ESQ feet in depth. One
company recently. the Arcola, shot one
of it's wells and the management pumped
for eight hours. They secured sixty
three barrels OF oil, and the level of the
oil in the hole was not lowered percep-
tibly.
II is A hard matter TO talk with these
experienced oil operators without hecom-
inG enthuscd over the field, and they
arc adding their word to that of dozen
of the worlds most experienced experts
and TO the accomplishments of many
who have met with success in the field.
II certainly resolves itself down to the old
saying:
"The best fishing is always forty miles
away"