The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-07
SAN JUAN THE
COMING FIELD
Oil Expert From Washington
Enthusiastic Over Utah's
Oil Possibilities.
TO ADD THOUSANDS
TO ZI0N'S DIRECTORY
Never Tested Such Splendid
Quality of Oil as This Field
Contains.

Within the coming year the oil fields
OF the San Juan section are going TO add
10000 people TO the population OF Salt
Lake City. and they will be the right
sort, TOO. men with unlimited capital
said Il. a. Clark, OF Everett, Wash, one
OF the best known oil experts OF the
country Mr.. Clark up TO April IL last,
was for five years state oil inspector for
the state of Washington. lie Is now
vice president and assistant general man
aGer OF the Associated oil and Land
company. which company Is the owner
OF 25,6Oo acres OF oil lands in San Juan
county, Utah. Mr. Clark states that the
headquarters of this company VIII be es
tablished in Salt Lake City
Mr.. Clark has just completed a three
weeks visit to the San Juan oil fields.
and when asked Tor an interview yester
day he said;
Two years ago I was given some
IL the highest grade oil L had ever given
my attention TO. On investigation
found that this oil came from the San
Juan fields of Utah, and a party of Us
your fields. The result is that we own
2o,SoO acres of oil land. and we have
California and New York people.
after q three weeks visit TO the San
Juan section, during which ] travelled
for 800 miles by horseback and wagon,
,ion. of this being the greatest high
grade oil Held in the world and time
Will demonstrate this to be the case.
never tested oil of such a high grade
for The making OF gasoline, naphtha and
distillate, The oil has q paraffne base
Just remember that gasoline today sells
Tor ~ cents wholesale. and the supply
is l,ooc.o 900 gallons below the demand, If
the production of gasoline is not in
creased to meet the demand you will see
u retailing for 30 cents gallon soon
oil hnE - ora Nf A
and il viii make an Sc gasoline. while
the best gasoline we have on the Pacific
coast today is only 64. The by products
from the san Juan oil will be worth
sl3.l0 per barrel. or one barrel will be
worth rs much as five barrels Of the
coast oil.
rot appreciate the wonderful opportuni
ties OF this state. I deem it the most
rndevelopcd yet the most promising
part OF the United States and the op- |
eastern Utah are not surpassed by any |
part OF the country. The soil is rich. |
and countless acres OF land are simply |
awaiting the plow TO produce abundantly |
In the development Of the San Juan |
field however, l want TO commend your |
fellow townsman. Col. Ellis. who has
the credit for so doing under conditions /
that would discourage less rcsoute and |
confident man. II the field turns out as
land there which is worth one million
dollars easily.
"At present the main drawback TO the
san Juan field is its inaccessability, but .
there are three railroads looking up the
fields which should be productive of "A
line into the heart OF the section shortly.
1t Is a field that belongs TO the Rio
Grande company. There are three So
lutions 10 this difficulty. ono is a pipe
line. the second is a refinery and the
third is railroad. The latter is the
better solution. end l am sure il will soon
come
There now are thirteen drills work
ing at San Juan. and met three being
taken into the field. There arc ten more
enroute. and by the first OF the year |
predict there will be fifty rigs drilling
there Our company is going to begin
developing its territory without delay.
and we will establish headquarters In
Salt Lake: want TO say here that Salt
Lake strikes nc much more faborably
than ] had expected II looks to me as
2 mighty good place to stay with,
II want tn say this much for the peo-
pie Of Bluff. Monticello and Thompson
that I never met a more hospitable peo-
pie in my life. and my meals were ex-
tremely fine all the time. The weather
was mighty hot. the average temperature
being 81 during the time 7 spent In the
hills. ! must say. too. that the best way
to reach the field is via Thompson"