The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-20
Salt Lake Capitalists Should Be
Considering Building of
Pipe Line to Zion.
80 DECLARES AN EXPERT
WHO HAS BEEN THERE
This Region in Utah VIII UIti-
mately Be Greatest Oil
Region in Country.

You people in Utah do not know wba,
you have In your state, for If YOU did
salt Lake capitalists would certainly
nave their eyes upon the oil fields OF
oan Juan county and begin the prelIrn-
lnaries toward the construction Of a pipe
inc from the oil region there TO Salt
Lake City"
Inc speaker was NJ, r. Fillmore a
capitalist Of San Francisco, and who is
largely interested in tine oil fields of
southeastern Utah. Mr.. Fillmore was en-
route TO his California home from the
san Juan fields. where he has been for
several weeks. Continuing, he snid:
To build pipe line from the San
Juan oil fields TO Salt Lake City-ann
those fields. I might say. will ultimately
be the greatest oil fields in the world
would cost about three and II half MIL
lion dollars The distance for which H.
pipe line would be constructed Is about
go miles III view that the oil In the
san Juan fields is thin and OF very high
quality. an eight-Inch pipe would be suf-
hcient, with pumping station about
every twenty-five miles.
What By-Products Are.
'The by-products of this oil will reach
In the neighborhood of SIS per barrel.
Now. II Salt Lakers got this oil at the
wells for $3.50 or So per barrel IL seems
TO me that 1t would he worth going after.
and IL could be secured at these prices,
ior local use alone II nothing further
was In view Last year the demand for
OIL OF the gravity OF this oil from San
Juan county fell short 1000 900 barrels
from iron the production. and this year it
and preliminary steps taken to build IL
pipe, line from the fields to deep water,
distance OF 500 miles, this in addition
TO local lines projected TO other points
Your townsman. Colonel Ellis who
was the pioneer in these fields were he
70 shoot his wells. would have gushers.
The deep oil sands, you understand. have
not been penetrated the drill only going
to the fine oil sands. Then the wells
are either capped or left open In order
that they may be proved up and patent
secured.
Brice Well Has Been Shot.
''The Brice well. which was shot three
weeks ago. continues TO hold good. 4
new strike was made on Saturday even
ing' June II in the McGee property OF
the Texas Oil company. This well is on
high ground and the oil was struck al
1920 feet. The gravity and quality had
not been determined before I left, as the
well was capped
Sin the Galloway we'll, oil has been
reached at 1900 feet. which is 50 to 56
gravity extraordinarily high, you
KNOW. he company mas now on the way
between Dolores and Its property a spe-
cially made cable 5000 feet long and
when II arrives it is the intention to &c
to the length OF the cable, unless a gush-
er should be struck before.
Ten Commercial Wells.
'Thore are ten wells now down al
sufficient depth. II they were shot to be
commercial wells. and there are twenty
others that have only been drilled &c
the first sands. The Chicago Explora-
tion company had oil expert visit its
property, with the result that two small
rigs have been ordered and one standard
rig for depth has also been ordered.
The Santa Fe railroad started a corps
of engineers on Sunday, June IL. from
Gallup, n. NJ, and II was expected they
would reach the bridge across the San
Juan river in the oil fields today (Sun-
day). Arrangements were being made IT,
give them big reception. The distance
from Gallup TO the bridge Is $50 miles,
and the survey is TO ascertain about a
wagon road preliminary to railroad
later.
'I am going home for n short while
and will then return TO San Juan. 7 ex-
pect a rush 10 the townsite OF Goodrich
at any time now, and | feel confident
that these oil fields will prove TO be tho
greatest in the country