The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-26
MINES AND MINING
SAN JUAN COUNTY
OIL PRODUCTION
Twenty Drilling Outfits in the
Field-TWO Wells Are
Producing.

Frank 7. Hines. manager Of tho san
Francisco-San Juan and the Utah-San
Juan OH compauies. has just returned
from trip 60 the properties. where ne
made an extensive examination into
the development work Eoing on there.
ing report Of work accomplished. Of
immediate prospects and 81 the future
outlook on a. permanent basis.
The of fields arc located I'm the cN-
trcuo southeastern part OF the state in
san Juan county. a1onE the san Juan
river. and the point where dcve l0pmrut
ygorS iS now coins on is loe miles ....s
from Thompson springs. about the
same distance from Gallup. y. IT.. and
about 120 miles from Dolores. Colo.
There are two RIGS on our ground
now" said Mr. Hines. "aud during the
last two weeks twenty driilinE outfits
entered tho field. AZ the time 7 lett
the sect nc OF operations two wells were
IN operation and producing oil. They
arc operated hy the Ctah-San Juan and
thc Arcoll- The oil produced g. being
used for fuel. bIacksruitbing and tho
running Of gasoline engines. The OIL
81 hirh grade. and there is every evi-
dence Of an abundance Of e. in that
locality.
Must Make showing.
Heretofore development work has
been tho cNtcnt Of operations I'm that
part or san Juan county. so far as the
on Industry g. concerned The trou-
tried 10 hold entirely too much land.
some trying 20 tie mp as much as
10000 acres, but a decision mas peen
rendered by thc government TO the Ct
feet that oil has 20 be found 20 vail
date tho claims. This means that in
tcrc@ted parties will have TO get de-
cldcdly busy between now and the first
1Ir. Hines SAYS there are four oil
sands in tho territory covered by his
companicg- ono g. called the Good
ridge another tho Mendcnhall. a third
tho H0uckcr. which is found at depth
81 1000 feet. and "a fourth. known as
tho Baby sand Tho San Francisco-San
Juan company is now starting for the
TToucxrr sand. which means a depth Of
o. 900 feet To date. Says Mr. Hines. no
sand has bcCu cut except the Gg2odrridis,9
hv any of the coWpanirs I'm the ficll.
Tie says that. as rule. the deep sands
are enc heaviest producer
Within thc next two or three months
che san Juan fields says Mr. Hines.
when two or three more wells are
bored and OIL flows. there WI DC "a
Ercat deal or excitement and that there
win be at least two moro wells there
Within a short time there can be no
doubt.
Six RIGS Going In.
There arc Sis RIGS on The way in
there now. or course. tho country is
rouEh. and 10 requires much time and
labor 60 get tho machinery ON the
eoinE in from Gallup and Dolores. with
some from Thompson springs. but DO
costs cents per pound TO tranep-srt
So and Che freiehters threaten 60 raise
This price.
rho OH i- Of higb gravity. and car
rfra r1a rrr cent ea-n1fun The oil
from Tho san Juan fold runs from IS
fp a. specific Eravitv. as a-aiuet TIE
california OH. which runs from u
90 ca
According % Mr.. Hines. preparation
ore being made now FOR pipe limo
running from tho OIL fields 90 Gallup.
n M a dfsr1urr OF $50 miles. with
proper equipment for pumping the OE
wells there is no doubt that 1000 bar
rrIe day could be taken out 0f the
district.