Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-27
SALT LAKE MAY GET
LARGE OIL REFINERY
San Juan Field Can Produce 5000
Barrels n Day-iias II Wells
IL Rigs Now Operating.

the building of n Iilpe line from the
san Juan oil fields to this city. ". r.
Dancer of Blum, Utah who is heavily
interests, who intend putting IN the
city looking over the situation for
the purpose OF reporting to California
Interests. wh intend putting In the
refinery. II they receive any kind of
announcement here they will change
their plans and come to Salt Lake
City.
An engineer has been in tho San
Juan field for several months gather
Ing data and making surveys for the
purpose OF putting II pipe line through
to Gallup, n. NJ, distance of 1855
miles where refinery will be put in.
This VIII require pumping the entire
distance. The distance would ho 800
miles to Salt Lake. but It would be a
much better distributing point and
also presents other advantages as 1t
would be an avenue; for the WAYNE,
Grand Garfield. and Emery county
fields
rough estimate places the build
ing of plant and pipe line to Salt
Lake at S2.500.000. 1t Is declared that
III the Californians receive any en-
cu1ragement here they VIII certainly
change their plans and como to Salt
Lake.
AT present San Juan can furnish 5000
barrels of oil IL day from its II COM
mercial wells. Each one of these will
produce oil but pumping will be neccs-
saiy In running Il line to Salt Lake
1t VIII be necessary TO pump tho oil to
n point 40 miles north of tho oil fields
where an elevation OF about / 900 feet
could be secured that would allow n
How by gravity to the city.
THREE CLOSE DOWN
There arc now 90 drills in the San
Juan fields. Three Of this number arc
closed down for repairs Seven are also
on The way into the field. In coming
out OF the district Mr.. Dancer met three
outfits on their way into the field with
rigs. Two more are coming in by way
or Durango. colo, ana two are on tho
way from Gallup. N. NJ.
Just before leaving the field ma
tcrial had arrived to shoot the Spencer
well which is the latest oil strike" said
Mr. Dancer ut tho Wilson hotel this
morning. This well has not been test
cd. but us soon as 1t is shot 1t will
probably produce between 400 and 500
barrels n day. This is on the London
and San Juan property.
"All the oil In the district carries
about Is per cent gasoline. At pres
cnt two gasoline engines arc being run
with this oil and it Is not necessary 10
put in any gasoline to start them.
business in and around Bluff Is in
creasing rapidly and the two hotels
there arc full all the time. At tines
1t IS necessary to send travellers around
to tho private residences to secure ac-
commodatons for them.
An idea of what tho people in the
Sheld think OF the prospects there is
shown BY the way they are willing to
spend their money. Recently promot-
cd company and in two dnys sold
10000 shares of stock to the people in
the field.
"At least Is new wells are being
started AS 1t takes about $4,000 to
put in q rig and run 1t for a year, some
Idea may be Cleaned of the amount of
money that is being spent in Utah oil
fields In San Juan county.
MOAB TO JOIN.
People at Moab in Grand county
also believe they have oil and ON my
way through they also made known
their willingness in aiding In putting
i'll pipe line to salt Lake
''Along the San Juan river can he
found eight oil sands that have been
cut by erosion. Tho lowest or Hunakcr
sand Is down depth of about 1900
feet. This Of course varies as the Gle
eratinns change in the field
MIR, DanCer Is in the city to close UP
u lease on go acres OF land ana to
purchase outright 500 acres of land The
property Is owned by the Lime Creek
Oil company. OF which f. v. Bodnsh liz
the manager and heaviest interest.
Mr., Dancer recently sold three and u
half sections OF undeveloped ground be-
longing TO Mcssrs. Adams. jackson and
DR.. Bisscll to California people. This
deal involved considerably over Sl0O. 900
10 develop this ground various compa-
MES are being formed in California.
California Interests are taking moro
interest i'm the fold than Utah people
and within a short time Utah will be
out of the field unless 1t gets busy. At
present there are II companies organ
lied to develop land there and out of
that number close TO GO are from Cal
ifornia Other places that have organ
lied companies to develop tho field are
one from Michigan. one from Illinois,
one from Kansas city. one from Texas,
two from Montrosc Colo, one from
Denver. ono from Telluride, Colo, and
one from Louisiana
According to test made OF the oil
by the Kansas city Testing laboratory
of Kansas CITY. Mo, the specific gray
lty at room Temperature was 0,S29 ana
| tho degrees Baumc ut room tompcra-
| t,rc were ass, The report from the
| laboratory says:
..The low specific gravity of this
sample OF crude oil indicates that Il
! contains an unusually large amount of
| gasoline and Kerosene and smaller por-
! lions or the less valuable heavier oils.
| Its specific gravity indicates TINT It
very closely resembles the high grade
West Virginia oils and IL far superior
to the California, Kansas, Oklahoma
ana Texas oils
| The Spencer we'll reached oil ut t75
| feet and the Navajo we'll is down $50
feet II Is nine miles from the Arcola
| we'll which was ono OF the first big
| wells IN the district.
Tho Utah well which Is owned by
| tho Utah OIL company, Il Texas organ
| ization, has oil Mt 1,OiO feet,
AT GALLOWAY WE'LL.
! Tho Galloway well Is The deepest in
| the district ana Is now down n depth
| Of l,4oO foct. t Is Is miles west Of
the hrcola. Already three strntas OF
! oil sands have been sunk though any
one Of which would have made u pro-
| ,luciug we'll AS the well Is equipped
with standard rig It was determined
| to get the lowest known sand. 1t Is
| ururpI that this Will hr rCurhnI n 4