This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 Excerpt: ...San Pete Valley. A hole was drilled in the north end of San Pete Valley near Mt. Pleasant. No information is available regarding the results. Shores of Great Salt Lake. More or less interest and some excitement has attended the drilling for oil and gas along the shores of Great Salt Lake. Oil has not been encountered ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 Excerpt: ...San Pete Valley. A hole was drilled in the north end of San Pete Valley near Mt. Pleasant. No information is available regarding the results. Shores of Great Salt Lake. More or less interest and some excitement has attended the drilling for oil and gas along the shores of Great Salt Lake. Oil has not been encountered in paying quantities, but considerable gas was produced by wells about 12 miles north of Salt Lake City. The wells were from 400 to 600 feet deep and originally had a pressure of from 140 to 240 pounds per square inch according to depth. Great trouble was experienced in keeping the wells open, due to the silting into the holes of slate and sand which finally choked the wells. In 1897 about 43,000,000 cu ft. vauled at $15,000, was produced and consumed. The last figures available are for 1898, during which year gas to the value of $7,875 was produced. The gas was piped to Salt Lake City, where it was used for about 19 months, until the wells failed to yield sufficient gas to pay the costs of operation. A well was drilled to a depth of 2,480 feet near the S. P. R. R. track at Lemay, about 80 miles west of Ogden, but no oil or gas was found. Another well, along the same railroad, was drilled to a depth of 800 feet at Strong Knob at the north end of the Lakside Mountains, about 52 miles west of Ogden, and obtained some gas but not oil. Several wells were drilled south of Rozel Hills, on the west side of Promontory Range, to test asphalt beds, but they were not deep enough to test the oil or gas possibilities of the region. A well about one mile southwest of Farmington was drilled to a depth of 2,000 feet in unconsolidated lake beds but found neither gas nor oil. A deep well was drilled on the south shore of the Lake near Grants station, on the West...
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