The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-15
SPRING VALLEY
PRODUCING OIL
Big Field Ninety Miles From
City Opening Up
Splendidly.
LOCAL REFINERY NOW
HANDLING PRODUCTS
Petroleum Is of Higher Grade
Than Produced by Pennsyl-
vania Wells.

j. G. Roberts, president and general
manager OF the Texas King Oh and Gas
company, whose properties are fifteen
miles cast OF Evanston. Wyo.. and about
ninety miles from salt Lake City. was
In the city yesterday looking after q
shipment of 500 barrels OF oil made by
that company to the Utah Refining com
pany of THIS city, a few days ago.
MIR, Roberts says that a genuine old
fashioned oil boom is about due for the
Spring Valley section of Wyoming, and
that Salt Lake City Will get much OF
the benefit from that boom. A great deal
Of Salt Lake capital is invested in that
field, and naturally: salt Lake people are
closely interested In the work that is
The Texas King Oil and Gas company
brought in big well a month ago to-
day. and the average flow since that
time has been 100 barrels a day. The
quality Of tho oil is superior 10 that pro-
duced by the oil trust wells in Pennsyl-
vania- The specific gravity OF their
petroleum is AZ, while that OF the Wyo-
ming wells is i6.
Shipments are made by way of Spring
Valley, thence to Salt Lake City by
tank cars. over the Union Pacific and
Oregon Shor, Line railroads. distance
of ninety miles
Oll near surface.
The oil bearing area that has been
proven TO this time is about two miles
In width. and thirty miles in length. The
oil is found at depth OF about $50
to 775 feet. The flow In the Texas King
was caught at I65 feet, That company
is planning to drive a second well about
400 feet from their No. l.
The Roberts Oil company. of which
Mr.. Roberts is also president and gen
eral manager, adjoins the Texas King,
and has the largest acreage of any conf
pany in the field, owning 29o0 acres. This
company will start work Immediately on
a large scale, using three rigs.
large eastern company the Mauhat-
in the field at this time. and prepara
tions are being made 10 operate exten-
sivey In the Spring Valley district. This
company is now making arrangements for
q large acreage. and will start develop
ment work at once.
The Co-Operators' High Gravity oil
which has good acreage, Will
start It's development work al once. ac-
cording to the plans Of the company.
The rigs OF this company are expected
to be in operation within the next thirty
days.
The Duchess Oil company recently
brought in a well. with good flow from
the first sand. The company maintains
an air Of mystery about this we'll and
has posted signs all over the ground
warning against trespass. They are say
ing notninS ABOUT Wnat they are DONG.
but have ordered another we'll to be
drilled on their ground, so 1t looks all
right from the outside.
The Russell Miller oil company is show
ing up eXcelently in its well. The drill
has reached the top OF the sand In well
No, !. and the indications are as good
as anything in the field.
Home Capital Interested.
The Home Oil company. a new concern.
financed entirely In Evanston. is making
10 start a well at the depot
AT Spring Valley. within a few rods of
the railroad tracks.
w. A. Ieasure, an old time oil driller
and expert. is making arrangements TO
start a new well in the north end OF the
field.
The Fresno Uintah OIL company or
Fresno, Cal, is also preparing to start
UP It's rigs. The Standard Reserve Oil
is now drilling one hole one
half mile from lie Roy. in the north end
of Spring Valley.
Porter 6 Hansler OF Petrolia. Ontario,
Canada. arc in the field and are endeav-
oring to find a driller who will sink wells
for them on a contract.
Mr.. Roberts says that the average cost
for drilling in that field. including the
cost OF casing, TO a, depth of not 10 eN-
ceed 1000 feet. Is $50 a foot He Will
leave for Spring Valley this morning