The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-25
MORE RIGSFOR
EMERY OIL FIELDS
One Drill Is Now Working;
Others Will Soon Be
Installed.

Activity IN the WatauEa oil field, 20
tho southeast OF Emery. In Emery
county. f. showing considerable In
crease one riE 70 now operating IN
tho field. and ~ n understood that
within the next sixty or ninety days
90 least four others will be installed
there. For several months past num-
beg or engineeIS have been suTveylns
wards Of $4,000 acres OF oil lands have
been taken up.
Nc has been known for a number
Or years that oil existed In the coun-
Try 20 thc south % Castle Dale. beyond
the Cedar mountains.
In 1904 considerable excitement was
started and several companies we're or
Eanizcd with the purpose OF develop
sing the field. Two wells were sunk
in what e. known 49, the Sinbad coun-
try. on account q the lack OF capt.
claims 20 lapse. Since then engineers
have decided that the best oil pros
P, aB s7!st s ,Ss OF ths foTmsT ,s l2oS a.
companies early On the spring located
property along what Is known as the
salt and Dry washes. and 10 the east
% Muddy creek.
Rir IN the Field
WEIGH g. Co. OF Vancouver r. g..
with a. g. Dennis as the field engi-
nccr. were the first In the Held and
located number ~ claims az a point
on Dry wash where 20 was believed
fhc OIL sands were the most easily &C
CceEihle. This company now has rig
IN the field which 20 is oucratinE. To
necessary 90 build several miles Of
wagon road from Emery and then take
the machinery in by wav or Price and
Emery. "a distance or over 100 miles.
George Eimhau. an engineer and oil
expert representing Mackenzie a. Mann.
well known In the California oil fields.
Der n months making examinations
and locations for the company He
Pas ordered n rig and machinery from
Denver. and % g. understood this viii
arrive 81 Price within n short time
and be transported 20 the field.
James $. Sweeney. n san Francisco
attorney. is also In tho district In the
Interests % san Francisco people. He
har acquired valuable ground and will
start DEVELOPMENTS ut once. Arrange
rcuf7 have been mndc 20 secure n we'll
drilling OUTFIT In California. which will
- shipped IN within tho next month.
Local Interests.
Capitalists from Ontario. Cal. have
cent George Ross. wei known oil
man. into tho field I'm their interests.
After on examination Of conditions ne
Rae decided 20 put I'm n weii-dri1iinv
outfit This VIII also bo secured from
California and preparations have been
made % install tho drill M soon as "a
O.. g. sarber and Charles u. DicISsn-
sheets. a~ tho Utah Drilling company.
h7vc taken over 10000 acres OF lana
They are also preparing 70 begin
work on the ground They have Sc
cured an outfit IN California and eU-
Te-t 20 have % on the ground within
THO next thirty 1avg.
ono 81 tho drawbacks 20 the ffelf T.
frc water supply. MUDDY creek a. the
point whore 20 touches the field e. so
fmpre gnated with aiiyali that ~ "a i'm
possible 90 use n FOR culinary nur-
poses All the water f- hauled from
Emery. which is about 40 miles away.
~ VIII be necessary 60 put IN con
eervors before Tire water from tho
creeks and springs can be used IN The
engines
T--c on sands
According 60 the engineers who have
eNumiucd the district there are two
known of sands which din IN a
rorthcagfcrly direction. In Salt vVaeh
81 o. estimated that the first OF sand
which lg 100 feet thick. viii be en-
Counfcred &C n depth Of 1000 feet.
Something like 500 feet below the first
rand is a second sand with thickness
OF zee feet.
a llttlc TOW has grown up I'm Tho
OF field and 40 already boasts Of hav-
INK ten tents. and this viii De increased
considerably as soon as the drfIlers
and stationary engineers are necessary
20 prosecute the development work.