Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
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B There is now n nnc flow of gas from
the we'll and each night tho camp Is
lighted up by funnel-shaped pipe be-
Ing placed over tho well and the gas
run into smaller hole. where 1t Is set
on fire. This lights up the entire can
yon
The Aztec Oil company has a No. %
keystone rig which has just been set
In action. The hole Is now down close
to 800 feet. At Il depth of 30 feet tho
company has slight showing of oil
This is the first hole to be sunk by the
company. This company will shortly
take over the Olympic property.
AT THE NAVAJO.
At the Navajo OIL company property,
which is now the furthest north in tho
field. a No. 8 Columbia Is being worked.
The well Is being sunk under the direc-
ton of Field Manager ]. c. Rupp. This
company has passed through FIVE sands,
getting the Goodrich sands Mt 225 feet.
The sands were 80 feet thick, but Mr..
Rupp declares there was not sufficient
saturation to make n good well At
l,075 feet n sulphur water was cncoun-
tered which at Mexican Hat has been
found above the oil sands. Tho we'll Is
down close to 1900 feet.
The Monumental OIL company has an
excellent showing of oil in It's well now
being sunk near Mexican Hat. Man
ager w. A. Jackson has cased this sand
off and Is continuing on down to tho
lower sands.
The San Frnnclsco-San Juan Oil conf
pany, which is one of the Col. a. [.
Ellis interests has struck quite II pro-
ductive oil sand. which 1t Is believed
will mako a good oil we'll. This VIII
probably be tho next well to be brought
in in the district.
Another place where we'll is expect
cd shortly is ut the Chicago Exploration
property in the southeast corner OF sec.
ton %, township Al. where No, 2s
Star rig Is in operation. Tho hole was
down close to 500 feet on Dec. anu
good prugress was being made. Tho
company Is putting down an eight and
a quarter inch hole, which has beef, dry
all the way. The work was started on
tho top of the Goodrich sands and wei
up on tho anticline. The company mas
another littlc rig doing assessment
work on Lime creek and 1t has receniS
leased the Ogden & San Juan rig. rms
company Is by far the largest holder
of ground in the camp.
AT THE ANDERSON.
Tho Arcola we'll is the star of tic dis.
trict. 1t was the second we'll 10 be SUNK
and was done under tho superysIonh
b. V. Bodhsh. now of Salt Lake. mo
Arcola we'll Is In tho sand below H'e
Mcndcnhal snnd. 1t was shot IN JUN
OF this year and before this was done "
did not yield more than Ave har'es
n day. from u four-inch hole. lhiS -
the first well to be shot III tho hs.
trict. Its capacity Is unknown as II
has never been tested. 1t is now sup.
plying the entire field with fuel, seilihs
from 20 to * barrels of oil day u.
$2,75 IL barrel This we'll has ALREADY
produced 1000 barrels of oil. Some day'
as high as 40 barrels OF oil arc as
posed Of
This company Is probably receiving
$50 day and this Will be doubled ID
soon as more rigs enter the field.
Three townsltcs have been lad ou'
In tho oil fields, one at Goodrich an
other at Mexican Hat, and third q.
tho Redwood camp. by actual cou'''
there wero % rigs In tho field on Der'
!, and at least four more were on t''s
way IN. "A large rig was being loah'H az
Dolores, Colo, for the Pinnacle o'
company
California people arc In tho lead A.,
promoting the oil fields, although tl'I.'
are companies there from Co!nrhu''
Michigan. Louisiana, Ohio, PenhsSNa
mia and West Virginia. Utah has per"
FAR behind in getting In. me Aiev al
san FranCsCo-San Juan ana t'n ~,
company OF San Juan arc the onsy o''-
that Utah can lay any claim TO.
NUMBER OF WELLS,
1t IS hard to tell exactly tho p''" .ha
of wells that have been sunk . , u'n
district Tho San Francisco-Sah J ,.."n
and the Oil Company of san ' ,",t
have 16 wells Counting the holes .'',,
have been put down for assoss.nst
work ana otherwise. there are az r ie"r,
40 in the district, now varying i, los
so feet to 1000 feet. With all me Iii III,
working, some great discoveries W."
be made during the coming year. ~.
The oil of the district Is OF an l, NO.
ccptionally high grade Only one , "tno
state beats 1t. and that is the r,ly
ming where tho oil Is of q sl,s.
higher grade. Tho San Juan on ,hsaI
pure parafilnc oil. and IN almost ,.
refining oil. The percentage OF Ma,TIy
fine contained as shown by the Ah" ant
sis, scale and vaselino is 1a's l'er t me
of the crude weight of the OIL