The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-21
SOMETHING ABOUT UTAH AND ITS RESOURCE
! SAN JUAN COUNTY

s a a of sIa herds hs Of la M w
Inc es - ena Unable Ts
erezed and jump Over the a IN tRer enGeavor to get
m ?R9 R Saey S The S to Pulp vST on Ge p but @
part of the county is simply grazing lands In the
Eus petroleum has been found in great Guaniies This
bee" struck the average depth being ioe tsS% aSd
orc region OF San Juan County printed in The Tribune
last the following is reprinted The forth
GREAT OIL FIELDS.
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obcss @ aoae S ~d e here a e snSMS
list Of 5s most Il S oh fields % ,h sound and
the RIO San nan @ is ' situated % he navajo
s %eSery o., SS north
ion n,sridan hence is for Of has @
een ee@ dome near f the bnd n the
tie rSsT parties beloved that they Of
territory and soepags oil have been discovered there
The S al Ss devcioEmcn by sinking oil wes has
s HSTn and oil @ Sd &a f"a nd
twenty-five miles from there to the west down the
This field seologlea point tho Of view Is ssg
the purpose Of deermninE Te6eF they favorable
%ow1 fGT fpGed to their o
gn Is nG G5 % rTSs asny G y all all of Of hs
astsr professional work has been done since the first
Lakes gsooss and prGsssGr ,s or Of .e1 sGoogy i
Utah bordering the Rio Rio S ss% uH@ 9n
at all by ssenhe fxplorsr and by few except ,S
hory 1T Is asnSg Te g gea
only small isolated E % oc S9'tGd Of seS @Ge
nenary origin These volcanic islc, belong belong to the
the everything sedmentary rocks and eNposco inc 'ae
'"""'S GEOLOGICAL FORMATION.
the san ndsD ss Sp no the stcp sn 50
n9 by arches & gn & snS that
the sg snn Ss% s M ye oil has s o %
from probably Bcrlnan
between the everything red sandstones and the
tonferous Whether this field of gentle anclnes
Soping The @ geological conditions would theoretically
DS g1e of cano rue %pfts dssong or
the strata but solely due as appGrS on brarb The 81 sand
g after the SsTs 9s 0ss sse hsG been rer eS
cSn be no geological why the oil cannot @ exist in
Ss ons ai oil has been boring Wss il
large quantity. and OF the finest possible om GgaS er and
6Ty an by leases for deveopmen by outright purchase
And ns hG most os FSsISa yaGabe Of the assets Of
DISCOVERED IN 1901.
seeages have been owm a to exist aoTg the s Ssa
proceeding down the San Jpan river in boa, for the
S nd fo eSamne e the
m o Tea at Eey pd miles the
0 Of @ % The YnGs home o mas S
nifty Trees planted and the shade trees have
and S other fruits have set and he soil there 70
R there OF the So o bes s yerS fertile the
finest fruits which find their market in the state OF
Colorado This fertility of soil exists all the way down
tho river and will when water is placed It, un-
doubedy produce fine Bluff has been an Indian
trading post all the years
WORK a. DEVELOPMENT.
'Mr Goodrdge proceeded to sink holes with his
pick and shovel along and the waters edge, in the
rocks where the oil from and in instance the
little hole he would sink would n with oil by
to endeavor 10 enlist capital 10 open the field.
He took down with him to examine, and his
port very favorable but the country considered
by parties who sent him too inaccessible to justify
effort. He then TO A c. Ellis with this oil
solicited his assistance. The oil anayzed and was
of the first class, Wereupon made
and corporation brought into existence, Colonel
Ellis taking control of the stock and financing it him
self drilling machine was ordered from the factory
in the and shipped the territory for the
pose development. 1t found difficult make
the spot that all calcula upset
time OF reaching the field and instead OF dropping
the drill the 5th OF July. was expected, drilling