The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-09-19

ty fllmneS6 ana fallS In clouds ana
layers upon the ground beneath
The chance OF sudden wealth turns
the heads Of all. For this reason the
greatest emigrations the world has
known have been opened ZIP by rush
es to the gold fields. and for this
same reason. too, men will drill for
oil and strike IL and gushors, never
thinking OF the picturesque features
OF the industry, but rather OF tho
wonderful source OF sudden wealth
which their wells have disclosed and
added to tho worlds possessions.
Back OF this prosaic money making
calling Is a picturesque history that
stretches farther than the birth of
mankind upon earth. All this ID con-
cerned with the prehistoric period.
and the formation of the on Itself
in the sands beneath the earth To
our geological friends, then. must we
leave the picturesque and technical
field Of determining and telling us OF
how the agencies are still at work
forming the gases and oils and that
tremendous hydrostatlc pressure that
forces them to and above the surface
Of the earth
The whole oil industry represents
successful stages OF development, and
today, from a commercial viewpoint,
the Uinta oil field Industry is only In
Its infancy This field has begun TO
attract the attention OF the oil men
throughout the United States Its
possibilities have penetrated the ave-
nues OF finance In the eastern states.
In staid old London, and the ccntcrs
Of Holland. Taken the world over.
most, II not nearly all of the oil
fields are diminishing In point of pro-
duction This Is especially true OF
all fields on the American continent.
with tho single exception OF Califor-
MIA.
The total light oil stocks on hand
are being gradually depleted, and
there is at this date less than six
months supply on top OF the ground.
But the great demand today is for
gasoline. The refiners are perploxed
to know what TO do to meet the grow
ing demand for this by-product. The
advent of the automobile. the In
crease of motor propelled machinery,
the hundreds of uses to which gaso-
line Is now put, has increased the con-
sumption until tho manufacturers are
hard put TO find supply. There are
three alternatives: discovery of new
high grade fields. the manufacture of
a substitute or the construction of
machinery which can use some 9TH
er kind OF fuel, In France owners of
automobiles are paying as high as Go
cents gallon for gasoline. Only
recently the papers announced that
tho Standard Oh company had I'M
ported 100000 gallons of gasoline,
the first Importation Of oils of any
kind IN tho history of this great com.
pany.
With production In tho high grade
fields diminishing and a demand up
on the oil fields of this country ap-
proximating 1000 barrels a day 1t
would seem as IL Wyoming must be
looked to for future exploit No
where in the west are tho economic
conditions so favorable for the pro-
ducuon of oil as right here in tho
Uinta field With cheap fuel ample
water supply. two overland railroad
systems crossing the field, and a oil
mate remarkable for It's invigoraung
qualities, we seem to possess all the
essential elements necessary TO cheap
production. There can be no doubt
as to the value Of the oil, which tests
from AZ to AZ degrees Baume grav-
ity. It's lighter parts are so much
In demand at this time and market
conditions SO sound as to the future,
this superior quality of crude oil for
the production of gasoline and kero-
sene is unquestonably tho most val
liable In the country today,
The following analysis by Thomas
Price & Son, San Francisco, was
made from oil taken from the Union
Pacific well at Spring Valley by the
writer. and In general is an average
of the oil5 Of the field;
Per Cent
Naptha gasoline and benzine) :. IS
Kerosene ..,. .. "a
Signal and headlight oil . s
Lubricating, reduced stock ...... 23
Paraff1ne ................... II
100
Tho whole country underlain by
the Ft, Benton shales may be expect
| ed TO Yield oil of the same character
| as that found In the neighborhood OF
Spring Valley.
1t has been pretty we'll demonstrate
ed that the wells will stand shooting
as the cap rock everything the lower
sand is heavy and a flInty limestone
| and stands up well.
When we consider that tho by
products obtained from this oil are
worth from $40 to Sl2 per barrel
crude oil from this field Is cheap to
the refined at $3.50 per barrel t. o. b.
Spring Valley or Leroy, At that fig
ure shallow wells OF small produc-
ton can be drilled in nests OF 10
TO 20 each, and pumped by one jack
aud made profitable.
Refineries would be built at the
| most advantageous points and facili-
ties given for working up the prod