The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
UTAH

ron. but dry holes have made their
appearance during tho past y
months ON 4lructurca thHt looked
very ENCOURAGING lu Hpcaking ~
tine eastern division you Hre tol1
lihbt VI is considered by ReolORiHte
Uud Oh men as possibly the greatest
petroleum region yet uudcvelOpcd In
thig country but, Ou top ~ THIS,
those who arc testing out The rs-
sources have come 20 the realization
that II ls a long and costly task.
That this country Whirh now
looks 40 promisiug, has not been de.
vcloped before is due largely Go Its
rpmotencHs for railroads and tho alb
annce OF highways that ara passabls
IN number pf Instances roadbeds
had 20 be graded and streams
brldRed before material could DO
I hauled 10 the various lOcatlona. This
alone takes = large outlay OF ready
caah and n shows that ths initial
work win have % be done by COM
pRuics or individuals Of considerable
means
Tlue troubles have been worry
10 the operator ana 10 IS saii u is ale
most impofg.ble 90 get clear title
without some sort ~ compromise,
Many claims Ovcrlay each other on
.
surveying the land many lnacnura
/ cleo are said 90 have been made,
Then the government regulations
state that a well must be started
1 within ak months after tho approval
af permit The royalty ranges
/ from one twentieth 20 unc-eishth
I After one has secured poruit Tor
"a lense ha may have some trouble by
/ finding the tract as pile OF stone
may be the only way 20 designate a
corner Whore Il Is impossible 10
get permits the operator buys or
| suble;s four sections from those who
/ settled on the LAND paying as high az
| $40. 600 for the four sections and on
/ TOP OF this there Is a royalty When
a title dispute arises much time 1,
/ lost and that In the reason some OF
| the tests are now idle rs ths govern,
ment officials take their time wher
/ 1t comes TO investigating troubles oi
/ this kind
san Juan Basin Interesting.
Interest In the southeastern pOr.
/ tion OF the state has been revived bS
/ the striking Of the shallow well or
/ the Navajo n Il Ian re6ervation
across the state line In New Mexico
Rud there has been considerable
/ leasing done OF tate and geoloRlstf
} IlNNN RNil illthIIlE hil lilNFol lhAhltll VI
/ this area. II was IN san juan county
that tho first drilling was done il
| Utah, way back Ia 1882. and the
| early settlers report many "uil seep.'
| m ese conditions were again dlacov'
cred IN 1901 by Capt. Il l. Good
| rich who was prospecting for gold
along the San Juan river He iatsi
/ Interested some Salt Lake capita
and test waa drilled TO ITO feet thai
[ is said to have made Is barrels. A.
/ II was far removed from transporta.
! ton tho project was abandoned. Five
/ years later another attempt was
made. and in March. 1908 second
well was completed et depth %
| 22b feet. This was said to have had
a much larger production than the
| first we'll
These two tests were approx
mately 10 miles apart, east and west
so IL gives one an idea OF the size OF
that particular structure, The first
well wan drilled on the west side Of
| the dome and the other on the east
| side. the axis OF which 1, is said car
| be traced 80 miles north and south
| Three years later 81 rigs were re-
ported running In this area. Ac'
cording 10 the United states geolog
| zeal survey there were six PRODUCING
wells in 1915. The oil is said to be