The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-19
RAILROADS SEND
MEN TO SAN JUAN
Engineers for Both Santa Fe
and Rio 6rande in Oil
Fields.

nat NoEk IN the san Juan OIL llelu
r. progressing with great deal OF en-
thusiasm Is indicated by advices from
Bluff. the center OF the field. Almost
daily arrivals OF capitalists or their
Representatives. looking for oil land.
g. reported
Engineers for the santa Fe railroad
arrived IN the field recently They
came in by the way Of Gallup, n Nj,
driving over the government road TO
chin Lee and thence into the field. II
~ said on good authority that these
engineers were sent out by President
RIPLEY OF the Ssrta Re 20 view the
road and report to him personally
other engineers hare been through. but
this e. the first time that the president
has asked for report. The -. a r.
C. engineers were also in the field dur
ing the moath. which shows that they
arr taking notice OF the field.
NJ IL stated that the Chicago OH com
pany has three rigs on the road with
which TO begin drilling. This company
be- supposed to be backed by the stand
ard OIL interests. therefore their de-
cision 20 begin active operations is
gratifying to the other operators in
the field
The shooting Of the Arcola well was a
success In every particular. The water
has been eased off and the well now
stands half fun Of oil. the bailer not
being able to lower the OIL particle.
Before the shooting. 10 was an indiffer-
cnt producer. but now a. Is estimated
that 10 will yield 100 barrels day. The
ArcOla company Is already selling $50
WORTH Of oil a day for fuel In the field.
and % has ordered a pump. storage
tanks and delivery wagons. when 20 ex-
poets 10 sell from 500 20 $500 worth
day.
Government Experts There.
Government biologists arrived in the
ficld during June and will make a com
Clcte report to Wash ng-on- Il Is
learned on good authority that one OF
the BIOLOGISTS in the number. familiar
with the field. says that report will
show the field to have great possibili-
ties. with signs Of making one OF the
biggest oil fields in she country.
or his observations in the field upon
a recent visit. W 4. Tarbell. editor Of
the Denver Mining Investor. says:
"Otl seepages occur In the canyon OF
tine San Juan for forty miles up and
down the river. II is stated BY MT
MendcnhaIl. who went through the
canyon BY boat. that in places the par
affine is accumulated in great chunks
u here the OIL has cvaporatcd- Al the
Hcnakcr trail a scep from the honaker
sand yields from four TO six barrels OF
OIL a day This is remarkable. as II
must have been going on for Eeologi-
cal ages. and 40 would seem that the
supply would sooner or later becpr4e
exhausted. The inference Is that there
o. n tremendous supply OF oil in this
sand back for miles in the formation.
and that when wells are drilled an al
most inexhaustible supply Of OIL VIII
Already there are five wells in the
field which produce oil In commercial
quantity. Two Of these are on the
Coodridre TOWNSHIP. belonging 10 the
Cfl company Of San Juan. Two are just
Forth u the GOodridge townsite. be
longing 70 the Arcola oil company. and
fno other g. the Galloway well in john
canyon. twelve miles I'm an airline
northwest from the others. Number
one wei on the Goodridge townsite Is
220 feet deep and struck oil March 5.
1907. II flowed over the casing con-
tinuously for five days after coming
IN. the flow being estimated az 500 bar
rels day. small gasoline pump h7s
recently been Installed and the well
viii be pumped from now on. the pro
duct having ready sale in the district
for use IN gasoline engines II Is esU-
mated that ~ will he good for at least
100 barrels n DAY. and may exceed that
amount
or T. HIEh Grade.
a comparison Of the oil produced in
the San Jpan field with the California
oil will be interesting. since the public
f. more OF less acquainted with the
quality Of the latter oil. While the
Raumc the san Juan is from IS TO 81
degrees Raume. The California OF
brings from 50 cents to 81 a barrel
while the san Juan oil will bring from
81 to $3.50 a barrel The products man.
ufactured from a barrel Of Caltfornis
oil when refined. amount to from - q
$40. while s2l worth Of products can b
manufactured from barrel OF Sar
Juan OIL This oil contains 50 per cen
OF light oils. 80 per cent Of lubricant'
and per cent residuum. IL has a par
affine base ard f. an ideal refining oil
producing a great per cent OF gasoline
which IS a product now greatly in de
mand for automobiles and gas engines
in general. In fact. the crude oil. as +
ZONES from the GoodridEe No. I well Il
rcinE used 20 run a gasoline enEin'
Tor pumping purposes and makes verl
good substitute for gasoline, whici
speaks highly OF Its quality as ligh
refining OIL