Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 18, 1919, Page 4

d I n t FREMONT OIL INTERESTS PROJECT | BIG DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, 1919 Wind River Refiners and Western Explora- tion Lay Plans for Ex- ploration . Wykota, Producers & Finances have all been arranged for | considerable development work this season. The Sage Creek Petroleum com- pany, which is operating on the Win- : kleman dome north of the Sage Creek - and Fremont eo -nty oil ine fell is making ready to do some &; ae bY more dev nent work in the near have devel- future, and_ past work in this very opment program on a large scale for promising field by this company will the year 19 teres promulgated a ) and measu: fect have been instituted, , 5t¢ckholders. a: according to the Wind River Moun- taineer. he Wind River Refining company force of workmen bu f the work to increase the cay y VALUABLE lA the refinery at Lander. If the refin ery enlar the present plant in ac- ith the newly arranged for Lance Field Adjustments Gives Wyoming Corporation Large Interest in Structure boiler city, the plant will at least triple its present capacity, The increase of production in the Lander field necessitatesthe doubling of the present plant, and with the possibilities of production of nearby fields the refinery will in all likeli- hood have to quadruple its present ca- pacity. Tank cars for shipments are now being supplied more regularly time during the yar, and the ‘pan: Adjustment of the controversies ir: the new ‘ing has given the Glenrock Oil com a half interest in one 640-acre r t is looking forward to nd a two-fifth interest in 80 obtain the financial results outlined acres, so that the company is well for this represented in this promising district ‘in a large way. The company has one well at a depth of 2,500 feet and ing on the new develop-' erected for seven more all of which t work scheduled to be done inj will be in operation in the early 1919. A force of men are being spring. Besides this development lined up for the work and material is the company I quired a third in- binge moved into the new field for the terest in the profits arising from the work. While sixteen new wells have drilling of a 2100-acre liease on the been contracted for to be drilled in Orlenda structure in Cook and Gray- the Lander field this year, it is ruamor-, son counties, Oklahoma. ed that the company contemplates to oe driil out ail the proven ground, which GREAT WESTERN PETROLEUM would mean the drilling of at least Great activity has characterized the Wind River Petroleum com- from 30 to 40 wells. Equipment to market in shares of the Great We do this is almost now in stock and Petroleum company in the y 1ore would have to be days during which the price complish this. Sufficient vanced from five to ten cents bid, be have been arranged for. cause of the poten ies of the com — pany’s lease in the Lance Creek field. nd Refining com- Of the company’s holdings of 4000 right along in the acres, about 1000 are regardec ex- ld and orders given for cellently located. The Western States new development work are being car- Land & Oil company, a subsidiary of ried out as fast as the cold weather the Midwest Refining company, has will permit. Two carloads of mate- of the Grea: rial and well supplies have been land and will be- shipped to Lusk, Wyo., to be used in gin development at an carly dat d : the holdings of this en- The company has 5,000,000. shar terprisin sompany.* The secretary of a par value of one mill, of whici. ring ef the Wykota Oil has been look- less than a quarter.is in the hand: ing over the ground in anticipation of the public. The company is not of pushing development work fast selling any of its treasury stock at possible, and getting material on this time. the ground during the cold weather oe to presecvie the work in the Lander CAPITALIZATION INCREASED field with all speed in the spring. The Standard Oil company of Ne t ka, a distributing con- a large part of om the W oducers and Refiners cor- started new work in the uch drillin dd products has just 1 stock from $3,000,000 to 000,000. Tt is i robable that th of help in, will be a distribution of this in the near future for the sons which hi nental Oil company v stock dividend, na vernnent on ploration com ery harmonio and while the | the cor Refiners corp. jointly in re { such disburse- the ne Capitol on Jan. Petroleum company vuted a dividends 0° MAGE Tea Rea ual (LOMDOEIce officers of the com eee eee at beth | Dany say that similar dividends will a be maintained thru the stock has a_par value il and Refining: com- rangements for ex snt work in the yon New material ment will arrive to start the JAPANESE EXPERTS Mm STUDY GIL IN WYOMING :; , ters Oil comy on its first wel seen dents yromising: com among the mi Lander territory. K. Ueno, a Janan is touring the oil fi of the L Y States in the inter of the vernment is expected to ar per soon for a visit to the oil = fields in this vicinit The Japanese California Wyoming Oil Co., expert is now visiting Midcontinent pended work during the last) fields on the trip that will take him put will resume work as into every producing region in the p when the weather country. It is believed that his will permit continuous operation. Mr. to this country is in connection th Lucas, the local manager, is lining up ay endeavor to be put forth by the to bring in the best well yet struck Japs to develop the oil resources of in the vicinity of Lander, and is Aooks the islands, TO REOPEN JANUARY 20 learned today that the den- oil expert who youn andy will make operator lot field in general is ex pe ‘ing operation somewhat diffi- cult during the cold weather, but all com. ies operating in this field have to keep their forces lined t work as much as possible, t deal of new work is out-) It lined to! done this ye The Mid-| tal offices of the late Dr. C. W. west Refi company, st’ Thomas, whose death was chronicled Oil company, the Fort W Oil a short time ago, will be reopened, , the Pilot Butte I . erve Oil ¢ ¢ Oil Company z ow oil compar Pilot field are pring come to eduled for this ) Mrs. Edna Stowe Thomas will con- Yi esta! having, se¢ured the. ser- ov vices of Dr. Charles” Builey, a very graduate of ‘the Kansas Gity ‘Dental’ out the wor > ginning with January 20th. ae ¢ It is understood that Dr. Bailey te Oil ¢ ompany is maki * comes to Casper highly recommended dy to drill its first well in the v and he will without doubt prove to be promising section of the Big Ho a valuable acquisition to the Draw, southeast of the Pilot fie. | munity. The Whi for carry- no doubt bring financial results to its ance Creek field of Wyom-; ,on > tracted hed practice ef 2. y college, who will be in attendunée be-,. com-j THE CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE TODAY'S MARK MARKETS BY WIRE Furnished by TAYLOR & CLAY Room 212, Oil Exchange Bldg. Local Stocks New York Curb Ask | Midwest Refg. ~~ 1283 | Midwest Com 1.27 = Midwest Pref. 1.56 Merritt -- = 22.50 Wyoming Glenwaek Oil os 3.75 om Fe ; Cosden _- 7.25 Big indian ----- Okmulgee 2.12 Columbine — Serulpal i o0Ve Con. Royalty 2. Houston Oil = {Yd 78.00 10.00 Casper Embar ~~. lkhorn Oklahoma P&R __ ary Hecla New York Stock Exchange Jupite Stocks Kinney Open Close is inferred from a géological bulletin Mount. & Gulf___ Mexican Pet. --__- 174% 1672 Northwest --.--- Texas Oil - 1884 186% Outwest. -=- = Sinclair Oil 345 343 Pathfinder = U. S. Steel _-- 90§ 9u Premier - = osu Picardy ~_- . Riverton Ref. —- Liberty Bonds ae | Republic Open Close Shiloh __-_ 99.20 99.10 ‘ United Pet. + 93.60 93.60 93.80 93.80 96.10 96.10 2nd 44s _ 95.04 | Brd 44s _ 96.00 | | 4th 44s -. 95.06 | WYOMING CRUDE OIL MARKET | Warm Springs — -$1.00Elk Basin ~-_ - 1.85 | Salt Creek - 1.50Grass Creek - - 1.85 Big Muddy - 2.50Fossil _- contract Pilot Butte --_ 1.50Lander -- 1.25 CUILPHUR REGS MOSHER WELL SHOWING Thermopolis a Soon, Say Officials Oil rose over 300 feet in the new well which was drilled for the Mosher Oil company on section 16.40-79 and which scratched the sand at a depth) in the world, which lies about three| Of 2740 feet. A slight cave in just miles north of Thermopolis is about after the sand+was reached prevented to undergo a period of exploitation the drillers from taking the well that may make a new phase in Wyo- further into the sand. ming’s indust: development. A delay of only a few hours was Perry Elsw field manager of encountered in cleaning and casting the Shoshoni Sulphur company, left the hole which will be drilled into the| this morning for Thermopolis ac- sand for a preliminary test of pro- anied by J. C. Bloom and other’ duction today,.,Qil and gas pressure of the company to supervise gave indications of a goog medium tallation of a steam shovel on) producing well. The sto¢k of the the sulphur property that will have Mosher company is all held by Casper a capacity of one’ ton of material | owners. every 40 seconds, [t is also claimed by the company that they ha the only known de: posit of pot: sulphate that » to advices, the second phur and mineral deposit GO TO BU in thistcounteyiin (aus perior im Cc “BRODIE FOR SERVICE” Car Owner Would you not be interested to know that you can buy your auto accessories cheaper here than any place in Casper? to the famous potash fields in Ge. many which have supplied the wart for decades. - Bloom, president of the com- pany, stated yesterday that the com. pany had y purchased 2 pla for the di on of the raw pro- duct in Denver and that arrange- ments had been made for opening up the Wyoming fields on an exten- sive scale. From surface indications there arc 30,000,000 tons of sulphur compos Mr. (We absolutely do in an estir 000,000 tons and 25,000,000 tons that it i ed from.the preliminary te: tires and tub: will average better t 60. per cent We give the best service and carry the largest pure sulphur. 4 i . Rar UA TReEaliG lea c andianatleahies stock in town. Why not give us a call and been drilled on the property, nine let us prove to you that we can save you money, of them to a depth of 280 feet, in you will be surprised to hear our prices. varic arts of the huge acreage and “VULCANIZING” in every hole the same condition pre a iled at the bottom of the holes as “RETREADING’ surface. According to Mr. Bloom’s state: ment the company has already con- for the delivery of 10,000 tons daily to the crude ore and with the steam shovel hope to be able to == deliver the contracts. The impoc- = ance of the property is seen in th fact that the Burlington Railroad company is building trackage to the handle the company’s capacity | no logical reason why the basal Per- We carry a full, complete line of Goodyear Do not overlook Goodyear when buying tires. Brodie Rubber Company 166 S. Center Street Phone 772-M “BRODIE FOR SERVICE” ag } 1 eM tia Tee 0 ‘i ic pany, which sank the first well, will] the ‘world’s ‘oil supply is found in > srs IN WELL ON 6000 STRUCTURE, TEXAS FIELD) Regarding the beginning of de- velopment work by the Texas Elk- horn Oil Syndicate, mention of which | has previously been made, the San Angelo (Texas) Daily Standard has) the following to say: “George Richardson Well No. 1, from which the pioneer San Angelo wool man believes oil will be flowing before 1919 is half gone, was spudded in Thursday on the Richardson ranch, twelve miles southwest of’ Water Valley and twenty-five miles! north of San Angelo. The site is in! Sterling county south of the North; Concho river. Incidentally it is the! first in the county, Water Valley,| the point on the railroad from which | all supplies are hauled, is in Tom Green county. “The Texas-Elkhorn Oil Syndicate cf Casper, Wyoming, is drilling the well. Operations will be carried to a depth which will insure a thoro test. H. M. Sellers of Bartlesville, Okla., is superintendent in charge, while E. E. Sturm is the drilling contractor. “The San Angelo country, where} “wildcatting” for oil is increasing steadily, is near the center of a belt 125 miles in width and 200 miles long which should produce oil. This recently issued by Dorsey Hagar of Dallas, petroleum geologist and engi- neer, who outlined the great arch of the Bend series in North Central) Texas. The bulletin says: ‘There ‘is | mian beds shoud not produce oil;; below it are the upper Pennsylvania beds, which 70 miles west of Santa Anna should be reached at a depth of 3,000 feet. In fact there seems; , to be no reason for contesting the | possibilities of oil over an area of at} | least 125 miles in width and 200 miles long.’ | “Santa Anna is only about 75 miles | east of San Angelo on an air line. {| “The new wells are soon to be Vasiica for oil on the ranch of R. R. ; Russell of San Antonio, which is lo- | cated in the, southern portion of | Ranels county. What is probably the best well to date in the West Texas | field is located on the Russell ranch, 15 miles south of Ballinger. It was brot in late in the fall of 1918, and) several times oil spurted over the top of the derrick. It is understood that | drilling to a greater depth is now | junder way and that prospects are| excellent. The Gulf Production com-| ee ee eee We will buy your second hand fur. | niture and pay highest market price. | Phone 249. 121 West First st. | 1-13-26 Save your money—buy a meal ticket | at The Harvey. Cy | GEOLOGICAL WORK Maps and Blue Prints, Surveying Crude Oil Testing a Specialty Wyoming Map and Blue Print Co., ‘ P. O. Box 325. Rm. 10, over Eatte Casper, Wyo. I | rman RR OTT eu not add to the list) put with a minimum expense. 2 — a COTTON TAKES JUMP DEVOE PAINTS United Pres.) MANC NE ISTER, Eng. (By Mail) -A bale of Texas cotton—sold for) $41,000 at a Red Cross auction in the Cotton Exchange here. The ,pro-| ceeds will go to the American Red | Cross. The bal epreviously had been auc-! tioned on the New York and Liver- ool hanges, At Liverpool it brot $13,000, elsewhere. > We pay the highest market price 353 Noy Beech, AT YOUR DRUGGIST. : Building Material» es All pare STOVES STOVES STOVES Let us show you our line ot Sto'ves and Heaters before you buy We cat: save you money. Natrona Lumber Co. WE SHEE fe” drill the two new ones, it is suid.” the 'ennsylvania beds, also that the In additioh to. the above the offi-| Permian will be penétrated at 1300 cials of the Texas-Elkhorn Oil syndi-| feet, leavmg the Pennsylvania beds cate state that they are advised by|to be explored in which the big oil their geologists that. 80 per cent of! producers of the world are found. rr THE HUB "Stnoay™ A’LOIS WEBER JEWEL PRODUCTION MILDRED HARRIS Be hint Charlie Chaplin sae - WHEN A GIRL LOVES * Scene Front Tw 23 AL Girl Loves stating Ltrs. Charli Lie Ze lie fat iy Hae Has Young Woman Townsite id the Lusk Oil Field i [he Mlinois Pipe Line Co. ‘is building a pipe line from the Lusk Oil ‘Field to Lusk. Thousands ‘of men will bé employed in the Lusk Oil Field. « The Families ‘of these men will mean Thousands more. , Young Women is the natural place for them to live. An abundarice of good water, Telephone, U. S. Postoffice, on the main’highway, and many other ad- vantages, at Young Woman. All lots $100.00 each, 1,000 shares of the capital stock of the Y..W. Oil & Dev. -Co., with each lot. Send for folder and particulars write To the Young Woman Townsite Co., Room 3, Mokler Bldg. Phone 467-W Casper, Wyoming zs — WHY WASTE TIME AND MONEY BUYING NEW PARTS? Ship or Bring Us Your Broken Castings or Parts to be Welded. Ordinarily we will save you one-half to one-third the cost of a ew part and save the time lost in ordering from the factory or agency. Welding also makes the brok:n casting stronger than the new by adding additional strength to ihe weak part that is broken. We have an Oxweld Portable outfit for field work for welding such pieces that are not easily moved; also for cutting out and welding in seamless .patches in fire boxes, welding, cracked flue side crown and door sheets, calking edzes, etc. Let the best equipped shop in the west give you an estimate on your work, WELDERS AND BI OF CAST IRON, STEEL, BRASS, BRONZE, ALUMINGH AND OTHER METALS AL WELDS GUARANTEED OXY-ACETYLENE WELDING SHOP 118 South David ‘ “Actoss from Shockley Garage.” Casper, Wyo. Phone 611-J3 LY dacisnnietsinsguiatupeesdoenieeetHtteptennseun . BUILDERS’ HARDWARE TAYLOR & CLAY, Inc. «+ STOCKS AND BONDS Daily telegraphic quotations from New York, Denver, ana other. markets over our private wires, Place the convenient facilities of onr office at your dis- posal to buy, sel lor obtain the best markets and up to the min- ute quotations. Information and quotations furnished upon request on Local Oils, New York Stocks, Liberty Bonds and other issues. 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