The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-28
DECLARES UTAH IS
WONDERLAND OF WEST
San Rafael Oil Sands Have
Few Rivals in World
in Area.
ARE 800 FEET THICK
When Developed, Output
VIII Be Limited Only by
Number of Wells.
ARE 800 FEET THICK

The issue Of the Mining Investor OF
December 22 contains q report on the
San Rafael oil hells IN Garfield, Wayne
and Emery counties, Utah, writtcn by
E. T. Wolverton, who has spent much
time In exploring and studying the
district.
lie spys he calls attention 10 the dis
trict chiefly from broad sense OF the
good which may como to many who
have not had the opportunity Of visit
ing this oil field and desire to place
the best information concerning tnat
norton Of Utah before tho public lie
declares anyone who Will investigate
that district will see ono o. the really
mammoth undeveloped resources or
that wonderland of the west-Utah;
The district visited and described oy
Mr.. Wolverton embraces portions OF
the counties Of Emery, Wayne and Gaf'
field, and is very far removed from the
district known as the Green River DIS.
trict. which is In Grand county and
about fifty miles TO the northeast
Largest Known Oil Sands.
II the reader, says Mr.. Wolverton,
could place himself on the north wall
Of the Colorado River canyon, at
point twenty-five miles east Of the
mouth of the Fremont river, in Gar.
field county, and face north, he would
look ont over one Of the largest known
deposits of oil sands in the world
The deposit is usually referred 70
under the general term Of San Rafael
oil fields, as distinguishing the district
from the Green River section, from
which it is removed 70 considerable
extent both geographically and geo.
logically.
For convenience's sake, among the
few who have knowledge Of the dis,
trict, the different sections bear local
names In Garfield county, along the
southern end OF the deposit, we have
the Standing Rock and Nequois basins
In Wayne county, on the east side
are the Elaterite and Crescent Butte
basins, and TO the westward Happy
and Roost canyons.
Mounting TO the top OF the plateau
known as the "Spur' are situated
South Spur, North Spur, Antelope and
East Spur basins IN Garfield and wayne
counties, and in Emery county village
Springs, Flat Tops, Wild Horse, Old
Woman. Crows Nest and San Rafael
fields.
In area the known channel is some
sixty odd miles north and south and |
between thirty and forty miles in
width. covering over 1000 square miles.
It is twice as large as Rhode Island, |
and the sovereign state OF Delaware
might rest within its borders.
In Three Counties.
As far as known at present the de. |
post extends from the wall OF the
Colorado River canyon, northward
across Garfield, Wayne and part OF
Emery counties.
A superficial examination of the dis
trict, even under the most favorable |
conditions, must take months in its
accomplishment.
To the writer, who, in company with |
his oldest son has ''hiked," ridden on
horseback, in buckboards, and carried |
transit for weary days and months, |
in all sorts of weather. in order that
the outside world might be able TO
gather some of the facts in concise
form, this district has grown to be one
Of the challenging points Of interest in
part of the earth which is undeniably
stupendous and majestic beyond COM