The Delta independent., 1920-08-06
Big Six Stockholders
Attention

The undersigned stockholders of the Big Six Oil
Company of Moab, Utah. have just returned from that
place. where they for the purpose of making
animation of the property of the company, well in
specting the drilling operations under way.
We unhesitatingly state, as a result of
nation that readily endorse the business conduct
ed by the Big Six Company which is under management
of the business of Moab whose standing in that
munty is excellent These men have the utmost conf
dence in the ultimate of the well drilling
the Big Six lease and backing their faith with their
dollars. The company is in way promotion propo
sition and little effort is being made to market the
small amount of available treasury stock
Saturday morning party conducted to the
lease by Mr. Strong, president of the company, and
manager of the drilling operations. We found that the
well being drilled with diligence and considering the
formation, good progress is being made The hole has
reached depth of :37 feet and changes of
formation has been encountered. Drilling being
done in lime stratum, and while at the rig the baer
sent to the botm of hole and and oil colors
quite evident when the baler dumped. 1t was
stated by Mr. Strong that these coors have been
from depth of 25 feet, when thin stratum of sand
was cut. The hole is being drilled with practically new
No % Star Rig, which is fully equipped with tools 1t is
estimated that there sufficient casing the ground
take the well the first oil sand which according
geologists, should be at from 600 to 500 feet.
AT the office of the company it ascertaned
that the company controls in the neighborhood of
$4,000 acres of oil land on the Moab, Salt Valley and Big
Six structures. This land is held by virtue of private
leases patented land and lease the
Act of February %, 1920. The of the lease now
being drilled in Moab, is $50 The Salt Valley
structure is practically controlled by the company,
which holds leases 5000 of oil land situated
the antcline The Gustavensen Oil Co. of Salt Lake
under contract to drill on 16O acre track of this
land upon which 800 foot hole has ALREADY been
drilled. This company has moved rig that loca-
ton and prepared to begin operations The Big Six
Company will receive one-fourth royalty from any oil
produced from this well.
The Big Six dome is situated about seven miles
south of Moab and photos at the company head
quarters This structure to be the best
oil producers in the The field comprises nearly
1000 which entirely covered by contract the
Big Six Company Two of the leading geologists of the
United States have examined the field and pronounced il
to be perfect and faults found The geoogsts
who examined the structure Fl. VIC. Prommel of
the firm of Fisher and Lowery Denver consulting
ogsts and h. b. Emrick of the Carter Oil Co (Sandard
Ol). The latter company is considering operating
in the field under working agreement with the Big Six
We found that the concensus of opinion of oilmen
in the Moab field that the oil obtained in the Allies
well seepage oil from the nearby Pennsylvanian
formation Through the aid of geologists the well
being drilled was located cut this formation ard
that they correct in the location selected
by the log of the WELL which shows stratas of FOSSIL
ferrous limestone which Pennsylvania characteris
tic Every dollar received from the sale of stock is be
ing expended in actual drilling operations and we con.
slider that Delta people who have invested Big Six
stock will get square deal III every and for get
ting oil in the present well there seems to be little cues
ton if any, of bringing in big well in near future
A. l.. GERST,
CLAY DAVIS,