The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-22
WHERE NATURE IS
OIL PROSPECTOR
San Juan Field Compares Fa-
vorably With Any, De-
clareS Expert.

In the midst of this oil excitement
perhaps the statement of James r. Mar
tin, Pennsylvania expert, that Utah
is destined to become the high gravity
oil producer of the future" and that
Its resources will compare favorabIy
with the eastern field" should not be
passed unnoticed.
Mr.. Martin was sent to examine the
San Juan field in the interest of Penn
sylvania capitalists and his remarks
apply particularly to that field al
though Utah has other promising
fields. in Wayne. Garfield. Washington,
Uintah and other counties. Without
the handicap of long distance from
railroad the San Juan field would un-
queSt1onably be a large producer at this
time. number of good wells have
been brought in which have been
plugged" awaiting transportation ia
cilities.
With transportation" says the
Pennsylvania expert in his report on
the San Juan field. printed in the Oil
City Derrick, the field viii be a cheap
of water for drilling, and the forTna-
ton stands perfectly when drilled. The
climate is fine and work can be con-
tinued every day in the year.
Many prominent oil men are going
into the field, especially from Calif0r-
mia and this summer will see some deep
wells drilled, which 1 think will dem
onstrate the richness of the field
The field has every indication of
being one of the largest, If not the
largest oil producing section in the
United States.
There are seepages at intervals fer
$50 miles north and south, and Tor 100
miles east and west.
Prospected by Nature.
There is no better field in the world
to my knowledge. where nature has
prospected the field as in this Ease.
The cut of the river makes t an
open book for 1.40G feet in depth.
Numerous oil sands are exposed by
the river cut and their aggregate thick
ness is several hundred feet.
"Of these sands, there are three prin-
cipal ones from which oil is cunning,
all of which can be reached by drilling
1,000 to 1900 feet
I'm some portions of the field the top
or uppermost sand is comparatively
shallow. The drilling done so far has
been confined to the shallow sands, and
as all the land is government land. the
locators have confined their work to
making discoveries and validating I'll
ties.
''These wells so far have been drilled
along the synclinal basin between the
two great anticlines, and on the east
limb of the western anticline. Some
of these wells are very remarka BILE
when one considers the conditions. The
Goodridge or discovery well. is located
about one and one-half miles west of
the syncline. This is a well 225 fee
in depth and when struck spouted oil
at the rate of several hundred barrels
per day
GoOdriGge Well Is Great.
Some time after. when the gas pres
sure had been exhausted test of this
well was made by bailing. which
showed that it yielded at the rate of
six barrels an hour.
The quality of the oil is exceedingly
good, being a paraffine oil of 80 or 40
gravity The tests made of this oil
show it TO be the best refining oil, and
very valuable.
After a careful study of conditions
and the country in general, for the past
two months, 1 am inclined to think that
Utah is destined to become the high
gravity oil producer of the future and
that its resources will compare favor
ably with the eastern field
'In conclusion 1 wish to say that
there are great opportun'tieS offered
for investment. and the country is we'll
worth looking into by any one who is
interested in or familiar with oil de-
Velopment''