Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-27
UTAH OIL FIELDS ARE
RECEIVING ATTENTION
Emery. WAYNE. Garfield and Grand
Counties Declared to Have Prom
Using Petroleum Land

Iorrcy, wayne Co, May From
Cedar Ridge. which skirts the south
western edge u Castle valley near
Emery, Emery county, and stretching
out in southeastcrly direction run
ming through the slnbad country. ard
the san Rafael swell. on through
Wayne county. a portion OF Garfield
county, and over the Green river into
Grand county, i5 stretch Of country
that shows oil seepagc in hundreds ~
places perhaps thousands-un which
but little work has ever been done. THIS
vast area is FAR removed from the rail
road and for the most part d. most
desolate. Great desert wastes covering
thousands OF acres are the valleys ana
probable reservoirs Of oil. From one
end Of this stretch Of country to the
other lands are being taken up Tor
the purpose OF prospecting for oil
Besides the possibilities of Oh. the
mineral wealth OF this part OF Utah
is something that holds out many
promises on account OF the location
Of this land little has ever been done
with 70 On any way.
In Emery county at the northwest
ern end Of the bolt work has been
eastern end, Grand county. leases are
being secured on the farm lands for
the purpose ~ sinking Tor oil, while in
Wayne county. which is near the CEN
ter. there Is much activity.
To the west OF the Hondoo valley in
Emery county a number Of oil Local
lions have recently been made. Rela-
tive TO this The Emery County Progress
says:
"A. c. Dennis. one Of the original
prospectors. and J w Kimball u Win
nipeg, Canada. have just returned from
the claims with another batch for Ill
ing and stated that they would have a
drill az work there I'm n short time.
This begins TO look good. There ~ no
question az 90 the country down that
way being saturated with oil and every
one who has seen the seep will be glad
20 know what a drill viii develop.
ONE LITTLE PATCH
This Is only one little patch ~ the
oil fields OF Emory county All over
the Sinhad there arc oil seeps and In
places oil sand In thick veins. Down
near Green river there are several
! townships OF land now held by filings
| and the district runs on cast into Grand
county In fact nearly the whole dcs-
ert part of Emery has plenty OF OH
seeps. besides being rich IN many min
erals and metals which viii revolu-
tionize the map of Utah when they are
once developed.
There has bee considerable work
done on the desert in the years gone by
and claims have been hled there by the
hundreds but n good practical test has
never been made. The inaccessible To-
| cation Of the seeps has been one cause
| that has held back the experiments"
John c.. Jacobs. Of Torrey has Just re-
| turned from the Wayne county on
| hands whore ne has been surveying sew
| oral thousand acres Of land for the
4 q rr.ffH
| Rafael Coalition oil company also had
| several thousand acres surveyed by
! Mr. Jacobs Tho shalcs which are
| taken from the socpage spots are sat
! urated with OIL When retorted the
! rocks produce good quality Of crude
| OH and there IS every Indication Of
| oil IN abundance Mr. Jacobs declares
| that 70 is only matter NJ time be
! fore the OH fields will be developed In
| Wayne county
The lnnds which wore surveyed by
! Mr. Jacobs were On townships % 30 and
| 81 south raugcs G and enst. There Is
| quite q rush on az present for the oil
| fields and 70 looks ms though WAYNE
| county would soon he known FOR her
| resources.
Relative % this oil country tho Rich
| field Reaper has the following 10 say:
HAVE EXAMINED LANDS.
IF ID. Mvior and S. w Mulberry OF
Salt Lake were here this week on their
| WAY from Wayne and Garfield counties
1 whore they have been examining oil
and mineral lands and locating some
OF these
"They carried with them a bottle OF
crude oil obtained from the OIL hearing
sand rock found m both e the coun-
ties named. and also some fine spcci-
mems Of rich copper and lead ore which
were taken from property % miles
| from Loa.
while on their trip they located $50
| acres Of on lands A number Of Ne
braska capitalists as we'll as salt Lake
| mon are Interested lu the locations both
! Of mineral and Oh lands The Nehras-
| <a people are anxious to begin work in
tho oil region and they expect TO send
in machinery at am early date. The
| gentlemen who were here We're en-
thusiastic over the eastern oil lands.
| The recent on locations are owned by
the Broken Bow Ol company, and they
| will begin developments at once.
"The ore which the gentlemen eN-
| hibited rs rich The copper assays 90
! per cent while the galena goes i5 per
cent lead There is "a good vein Of each,
! and the wealth from these sources. oil
copper and lead win bring a railroad
into Wayne county as soon as sufficient
development work Is done % exploit the
values
"Messrs Myior and Mulberry were
much enthused over the prospects for
the early development or the wealth
that lies IN Wayne county
BOSTON COPPER RANGE.