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;etg2rnHitaltvmert-c!cnothewnthetorastheomatat73emdithteaise,32c,ureHe;tic.lehonsfed.. • - r 00 35 0541C5MI ■ 1 B IOTH,11S5.fx)CO :*0 .00 » « * 35 .15WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21,1907.OIL BOOM EXTENDS NORTH TO CEDAR CITYMay Have to Go Deeper Than Virgin, But Han! Is Shorter.TOsumundotainvalr*urotlHi ebe 1tunaprotinvlt;*ccciIrrijwatriveSacofonefll'«W, J. Dooley, who returned yesterday from the Virgin river oil field,says that the fact that people In that section have begun to fight over land locations is to his mind a pretty gornl .indication that It Is a promising Held,Ho saw other Indications, however, that were convincing, and he with j fns his associates succeeded in acquiring several tracts of good land*Land In large tracts that has been newly located Can be purchased at this I llJ* time* for $2.50 an acre, Mr, Dooley says, while patented ground is to be. ,n had for $10 an acre. Ho says there Pr Is no question that the field is a large one. His *own observations and In- y1 formation gained from other experts H4 lead him to believe that it Is fully | f? 20 hi lies wide by 100 miles long. Ground as promising as any Is found j c.c 40 to GO miles north of Virgin Clty|n and- good indications are reported from the Bscalantfc valley. In the 10 neighborhood of Cedar City It will be P necessary to go deeper for the oil than | r on the Virgin liver, but ho believes It will be found In paying quantities I fi In the former locality and after It is I* produced the transportation problem 1} will bo more easily overcome.Exports all the way from New Orleans, as well us from Los Apgeics and many other points are In the field locating and buying land for syndicates of capitalists. One man from Indian Territory told him that he had five oil boring rigs an the way. Several rigs were at Lund awaiting transportation to the scene of action.The oil In the Virgin well at its present depth is seepage oil, Mr.Dooley says, and it Is the Intention of the owners to sink right away to the depth of 3,000 feet In the hope ofobtaining a flow,SAIT lAliFRS ARP IN
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Salt Lake City Intermountain Catholic
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Wed, Aug 21, 1907
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