The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-19
4. l.. GOOdridge Tells Tribune
About Coming Industry of
This State.
DROVE THE FIRST
WELLS IN DISTRICT
Believes Capital Certain to Be
Well Repaid for It's Pres
ent Activity.

The san Juan oil field certainly is as
worthy of attention and development as
any oil field in tho world. and when
capital comes to our rescue and opens up
the country all the friends OF San Juan
will feel repaid Tor their part in its de-
relopment. said T. l.. Goodridge TO The
Tribune. Saturday. There are few more
men in San Juan than Goodridge, and
no one knows the field better,
1t was as far back as August. 1907.
that he entered the field, being associ-
ated with Colonel Ellis Of Salt Lake City.
and during 1907 these interests drove the
first three wells in the field GettinG OIL
in all. 1t was with considerable reiue
interviewed regarding the field, yielding
only TO the fact that numerous salt
Lakers desire an expression from MIN
about conditions there.
Nature Opens Secrets.
The, development OF the field, ne ne
said. has been retarded by the lack OF
facilities and capital. by distance from
the base Of supplies and by the delay OF
congress TO make possible the perfection
Of titles To much OF the territory there
Man has never prospectcd for oil as
deep as nature has, for along the San
Juan river you will see where the stream
has eaten for depth of 400 rect
through the various formations, exposing
eight separate, distinct and known OIL
bearing sands.
wells driven in the field which deserve
the term real oil wells, and their depth
varies anywhere from 400 10 100 feet
You can sec why l say, thereiore, lore a,s 1nae
so far When the operators there are
able TO go 10 depth. say TO 5oo0 or 4poo
feet. or even deeper. there may be TWEEN
ty or more sands opened Whlcn carry OIL
Promises Of Depth.
every once in a while. you hear of
y hair N
capable OF producing 100 barrels of oil
a day. One Of the Arcola company s
wells when il was shot produced PC
tween 400 and 500 barrels daily. So the
field Will be n success from the nuIner-
Gus wells driven only - comps ratively
shallow depth. With greater depth there
on the production. The results so far
gained naturally encourage us TO antici-
pate greater things when these deeper
sands are reached.
'The eight distinct oil sands are found
along the San Juan river. showing
thorough saturation and emitting strong
odors of petroleum. These oll-pesrlns
sand rock and fossil limestone show con-
siderable thickness and Dorcsity, forming
tho most ideal storage rocks known for
so volatile a substance as petroleum.
"The geological ages OF the formations
range from the Cretaceous to the Juras,,
sic Triassic. Carboniferous. Permlan and
Upper Devonian. On the high points
The Cretaceous is mostly In evidence, in
the basis the Jurassic and Triasslc form
the chief exposures. Along, the banks
OF the river. Immediately adjoining the
Goodrdge basin. the Carbonferous Is
shown. and In the western portion of
the field the Perniau and Upper Devon
ian appear. owing TO the antcline being
tilted to moro acute angle than the
ones in the eastern part OF the field. The
heart OF the field shows absolutely no
geological disturbances such as faulting
Oil Area Is Large.
"The oil area begins abot twenty
miles west OF Bluff: extending westward
ly for fifty miles and for fifteen miles
north and south. This is the demon
strated area, and the probable length
north and south promises 10 be nifty
miles or more. Ut is d picturesque coun-
try. one OF the most fascinating in the
world for tho scientist. and You Will see
II soon Of equal attraction with capital.
'.Thcrc have been many Investigations
made by railroad interests. the engineers
stopping al my camp several times.
There will be railroad and pipe line ia
cilites reaching into the field when con-
dltons reach what capital calls Justifla-
BILE
Goodridge stated that the last or
eighth sand is known as the Honaker
sand. from which the best and richest
oil seeps are born. and when the drills
penetrate TO this level. about 1900 feet.
results are logical which will cause the
world 10 eit I'm and take notice,