Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17

ond day. The distance from the Rio
Grande Southern railroad over this
road Is lis miles. The next nearest
railroad point Is Gallup. New Mexico,
on the Santa F'e railroad. which Is l4O
miles south OF the oil fields. At any
one OF these stations livery outfits can
be secured at IS a day.
The Rio Grnnde railroad and the
Santa Eo railroad have both made
surveys through the fields. with pros
pects of a railroad ut an early date.
A preliminary survey for pipe line
has also been run through to Gallup.
Any one of these projects may he eX-
pected to start any time.
San Juan county and the state nave
during the year put In a bridge across
the San Juan river at Goodrich. THIS
connects with the road to Gallup and
Is the only bridge crossing the stream
for 200 miles 1t liz reported that the
best wagon road into the district can
be made over this route and that II
can be shortened unsb by Is miles This
road 1t Is said will permit Of the use
OF the wide-tired auto truck rms
It Is declared could haul freight into
the district at less cost than couiu
he done by train On this road 1t IS
said that the machines could taul ~
tons and make eight miles an hour.
PROPOSED PIPE LINE.
Although there Is already some aglta-
ton toward starting u pipe line from
the field 1t will undoubtedly come 10
| Salt Lake City which would AFFORD an
| excellent distributing point. IT is Gstl-
mated that to put pipe line INTO
Salt Lake would cost in the nelshpor-
| hood of $260O,O00 although the pipe
| Itself is placed at 100000 1t Is said
that n six-inch pipe line Will carry
| four times MS much as 1O-inch pipe
| filled with California oil. TINS IS uue
| 10 the Utah oil being of very hSht
| character. ~
| desired can be secured on the Blue
mountains about 40 miles north or the
| oil fields, 1t Ia believed that the OIL
| can be made to run by gravity iIoi'l
| tho Rlue mountains to Salt Lake. rms
would mean the building OF numne,
of rcnncries in the city as well ana
| would also mean an avenue tor 'he
| opening up of future oil he'ds IN
Green River. Little Grand. Moab, and
Emery and Wayne counties.
OIL sccps are found along the parks
of tho san Juan river for many miles
each side of tho present Held Ine
field practically begins at COMB wash
where there Is preclpitous descent
of several hundred rect rom ~
hnttom OF the wash tho land sraduai l.
lv Stones up on what Is believed to he
Tho first antlclinc on entering INC
ncld This Is the eastern edge. The
western boundary ut present is Joi'n
canyon. but it seems more than nr"n,I
nbl,, that the western boundary VII
| 10 greatly extended within short
,imn and take In Grand gulch and a
strIp of country that VIII make IN.
width OF tho territory better than u
SOUTHERN LIMIT.
Tho Extreme southern limit now Is
the san i,,an river, where most OF tht
development work has been conferred
The extreme northern end or the lci'
shows another sand in addition to tn,
eight shown In tho southern part OF
the district This sand IN SOM pia n,ns
shows a discovery at 6o rect Inc
northern end OF the field may prove it
n, The most productive. although WORE
hos not progressed far enough to tel
definitely the best portions OF th'
ground
/, is believed that Just AZ good fields
nxist if not better Some locations wero
made there before this part OF utnt
WAS Withdrawn from entry. AS Inc
usscssnlcnt work has been kept up, the
rroperty viii some day be tested.
one popularity OF the district Is that
II IS free from freaks or faults. Accord
ing to James H. AalliH, - II VI, ~
has been able to find but two tntrusions
1 in the entire field. At one place q
schlst dixie breaks abruptly through
what must have been plastic surface
and forms Alhambra rock, located south
Of the river, and which can be scca
from almost any point In the field, THIS
intrusion has not fractured the sormh
ton, and Il inches from the contact
It is Impossible to determine where the
contact Is. 80 exact has nature beer
IN this piece of work There Is also
an intrusive dixie running several hum
bred feet north and south on section 4
, township II, range 10 This dixie Is
also OF the Same character and appar-
: entity has had but little effect on the
formation
CENTER OF FIELD.
The center of tho field at present il
what Is known rs the Goodrich basin
In honor of T.. l., Goodrich, the first
man to sink q well In the district. II
Is also known as the Mexican Hat
basin, as the famous Mexican Hat rock