Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-29
NEW INTERESTS ARE
ENTERING SAN JUAN
on, Fields show Great Actlvity--Tclc-
phone Line Being Buiit-ficid lias
Two StOrcs-l.aying Towns'tcs.

thousands of dollars now being spent III
assessment work, n large amount OF
deeper drilling is going on. Alany pco-
pie are now going into the fields ana IT
number Of new companies are nuw be
ing formed to develop the lanus. On
account of the present showinsTi there
seems to he but little DOUBT as 10 thc
future OF the field.
j. r. Nash, field manager of the.Giohr
We'll Drilling company of Reno, has
lust reached the fold and Is now set
ting up his machine FOR {, large amount
of drilling The Redwood on company
has contracted for n l.0O0-foot hole with
this company. and the PACING san Juan
company also has contract drawn ZIP
for deep hole
A. l.. Raplce, ono of the pioneers OF
the field. is laying out the new town
site Of Mexican Hat. where seven tents
arc now up. AT this place are a res
taurant, bunk house and store for the
accommodation of persons In the field.
Work has started on the water works
system for the town. a SHAFT will be
sunk ut the river bank and II tunnel
driven IN the solid rock under the river
bed From this tunnel holes VIII be
drilled up to the gravel so that the SIT
cannot come into the water The water
viii be pumped 10 y settling tank on
knoll close to Mexican Hat winch
will give n pressur,, of so feet into the
town.
Another townsitc IS being laid out at
the Redwood camp four miles from
Mexican Hat. There are nov two
stores in the field. one at Goodrich and
one at Mexican Hat.
At the Chicago Exploration company
camp the big rig is now down some
thing over $50 feet. The Monumental
Oil company has an excellent showing
of oil In it's well at n depth OF rev
hundred feet but General Manager w.
A. Jackson has decided to go still deep
or The San Fraucisco-San Juan also
has good showing of oil that would be
productive IL shot.
ANDERsoNs ERECT RIG.
Tie Anderson Oil company has just
erected a rig and started work. The AZ
tee company. is now down $50 feet with
it's first we'll At the Galloway well IN
Johns canyon. the only one in the field
using a tower and q standard llg, a
depth of over 500 feet has been at
tanned. This company has gone through
two fine sands. either of which, l.. w.
Galloway, the manager believes. would
make fair we'll II shot. Tho COM
5pauy Is going to the llunaker sands,
which should be encountered at about
$500 feet
The Navajo Oil company has reached
n depth of over / 100 feet and Is now in
n sulphur water, which In several cases
is above the oil sands. 1t passed
through the Goodrich sands which were
30 feet thick. Should the company
strike a we'll it will mean the adding
of an immense area to the field as the
company is operating nine miles north
of the first oil wells sunk by T.. l.,
Goodrich.
from Bluff to the OIL fields and stage
also runs every other day from Month
cello to Bluff go that person can now
travel from Thompson's Springs on the
Rio Grandr railroad to Bluff. dis
lance of 175 miles to the oil fields. The
fields are 25 miles east of Bluff.
The Arcola well has now furnishe5
500 gallons of oil in tho field. ans
Ill Is being sold to the various COM
panics operating for fuel. In one or
two cases the crude oil Is being used
az IL Is in electro gasoline engines. The
oil brings s275 a barrel in the field and
from 20 to - barrels u day are beinr
sold Some days as nigh as 40 barrels
are sold. This we'll Is the only COM
! n,crc;al we'll in the field, and the hrs
| in Utah SO far and Is probably netting
| the company close to $40 day. i.s
CAPACITY Is unknown. On account oi
the small storage capacity and tho
] 200 barrel a day pump no test has
| ever been made. 1t has yielded as higl
as CO barrels IN five hours and moi
lowered tho oil ~ quarter OF an men
| II is also the only well In the fiet
that has been shot. Before shooting
| II yielded from one to five barrels a
u depth of $40 feet
AT SPENCER WELL.
The Spencer well on the London an.
San Juan ground at depth of ~
fec, was in 30 feet of oil sand, which
gave every Indication of being larG'
| we'll AS the tools were then lost an
a shot put IN on top of them In hope
OF either loosening them, or breakin;
up the oil sands, the true value of tn
| we'll has not been shown. a. II. Spcn
Ger, the manager OF the company Il
now fishing for the tools ana within tn
next few weeks 1t is expected they vii
be removed, In spite of the advers
conditions the we'll Is producing SINAI
amount Of oil.
There are now % rigs In the fell
and at least 20 Of them are in actua
operation The number of people il
the field Is growing every day. Abou
100 men arc employed while the nun
Der actually there is much greater
-Four new rigs are on the way into tn
field The Pinnacle Oil company has
large new rig at Dolores. Colorado
| which is being loaded on wagons 70
the field, under the direction OF Man
.agcr a. l.. Raplee.
The small rig owned in the field b
w r. Dancer Is busy doing assess
ment work on various properties.
The south side oil company has jus
been organized. with W. a. Packso
as president This company owns
largo acreage to the south OF tn
Arcola we'll a contract has hecn lie
for an 500 foot hole to tho southeas
Of the Arcola we'll. n. g. Brice o
Bluff Is the general manager of tn
company AS this company lays be
tween the Goodrich wells and In
Arcola we'll. thr company has cxccllcn
prospects Of getting oil,
PRODUCTION OF FIELD.
Various estimates OF what the nel
can now do have been made. but I
is declared that If tho many wells noI
in oil were shot the water raScd oi
, and properly Axcd for pumping, IN
| production would be between 400
, and 5000 barrels Il day During tn
. past year quarter OF million o
, dollars has been spent In the field.
a telephone line Ia now being bull
into the field aud Will be 1nlshe
within the next 60 days. This give
direct communication with Thomp
son Springs. Utah and Dolores. Colo
RADIO.
At Bluff The two hotels are file
WIFI Ragw