Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 4, 1919, Page 4

“TODAYS MARKETS BY WIRE Furnished by TAYLOR & CLAY Room 212, Oil Exchange Bldg. Local Stocks Williams, E. T. __ 1.55 B Western Explr. __ 3.90 Amalgamated Rity .75 Wyo-Kan ae 3.00 American ~~ ---- 02 Wy-0-Tex 26 Atlas -.- 19 a Boston Wyoming -63 Stan Buck Creek 3.80 ia 2 500 700 Black Tail - 28 200 Club - - 800 400 Bessemer ~~ Teapot —-__. 90 100 Big Indian New York Cur! Midwest Refg. —- Midwest Com. Midwest Pref. Burke Oil Cor. Royalt Cow Gulch — Columbine - = Che Casper Daily Cribune ROCK GREEK IN SW#SETFOWMNGAMNY VEITCH WELL [S “THE SPOTLIGHT. TEs ce ceex STILL DRILLING |Promises to Hold Lead among | “Bear” Reports Emanating at Newer Fields; Refinery Sit- Glenrock Declared False, Well uation in Doubt Down 3,315 Feet agreement | A. A. Spaugh of Manville, presi dent of the Sunset Oi] company, in, a report on the field operations of that company, says: | “Our new operating Rock Creek is steadily pushing to| With the Union Oil company of Cali-| t the front and giving signs of making /|fornia has increased the value of our that the Wyoming Peerless had | the best of the newer Wyoming fields. {Company more than 100 per cent, and abandoned its well on the Veitch Inasmuch as it is practically a one or) We &Te adding valuable holdings all) ranch, neer the Natrona county line, | two company district, with the Ohio the time to our original property. are branded as false by company offi- Oi] company largely controlling what|We have just secured some valuable cials and drillers who have experi-| has so far developed as the produc-| holdings inside of the escarpment and |enced more than their share of grief tive area, the public has taken small,°¢ Piece of land within the area ot |in sinking this important test. Con- notice of its advance. It is today de-| Production in the Rock River field. | trary .to all unfavorable statements livering from five wells, the oil be-| We have a geologist, engineer and a double shift is being worked and! ing piped to Rock Creek station and helpers, together with our secretary, the hole is now drilling at 3,315 feet from there sent by tanks to the Uni- Robert D. Hawley, and our vice with five md three-sixteenth) _inch ted Refinery at Florence, Colo., or president, W. P. Spaugh, in the Rock casing on the bottom. S. F. Eishel- to the Utah one at Salt Lake, in about! River field, and other prospective oil man is in charge and has a contract | equal proportion. 'fields along the Union Pacific, and fo complete the well to the oil | W. M. Armstrong, the original dis. have had them there for the past six | sands, | coverer and leasor of the patented| Weeks: They are going from there, The Wyoming Peerless well prob- tgricutural land coverine the anti t2 other localities in the near future,| ably has been the target for more| me 7 Merritt __ _ 26.50 s 7 apna ee osden __ 11.37 Great exiern Pet. Okmulgee P. & R. 2.62 Mike Henry Sinclair Galte=== 57.50 Jupiter — Pr. Assn. 58.00 Ale . Wst. Sts. 0. & L, 4.00 4.50 Taine: Greek BiG. Pr. & Refg. Com. 8.75 9.00 Lusk Pet- New York Stock Exchange s 3 Open Close Lusk Petroleum Mexican Pet. 189 189 Mountain & Gulf Texas Oil -- 264 2644 Mosher Oil ~ an Sinclair Oil 60 59 Northwest %y U. S. Steel — 111 109 Outwest - Picardy ---- = 3 99.56 Riverton Refg._-- Ist “t 94.40 Rity. & Pr. Corg 2nd 4s 93.66 Sunset ..-----.. 1 Ist 448 2. 94.96 Buck Creek 5.60 ; 2nd 4is 94.06 Tom Bell Royalty .56 8rd 44s _ United Petroleum -09 4th 43s Wind River Refg. 41 Victory Loan ____ 99.86 ' WYOMING CRUDE OIL MARKET Garm Springs — -aecooe~-$1.00, Elk Basin —__. Salt Creek - Big Muddy Pilot Butte ; “REALTY TRANSFERS STILL oT yioee LIVELY, LARGE LIST 15 sce Gea wae wo pe FLED FOR REGORD HERE Known Soon with Many Wells Near Oil Sand The real estate market as a barome- | ter of local business conditions con tinues to reflect unusual activity a Boundaries of the Lence Creek {Shown by the following list of war- field will shortly be cxtended and{T@nty deeds filed for record with the more clearly defined as shown by a|¢Unty clerk: a 4 summary of developments L. J. Bahsinger to T. H. Baysinger Iprogress of drilling in Wyoming’s lock & sper; Co. $1, fmost interesting field from an invest-|, Butler Corp. to Peter Mellas on loi ment standpoint. The majority are|}) block 9, North Burlington Addn. still firm in the conviction that great developments are in store. ‘Thef.,, ic near summary of developments is con-| ¥: Buck on lot 3, block 115, Casper ‘) $3500. tained in the following report by B.|C0n. $8500. Chuck EOat Oe Le Elsey Patrick to C. H. Townsend on In Febru: 51 5 and 156, 5, the Ob asper Addn. Con. , the Ohio struck a sand w $1 h yiekled about 50 barrels a day of O. I. Thomas to Bert Lawson on lot high-grade oil. This well later fellfg lock 134, Casper; Con. $1 off considerably in production and’ Airee C. Riker et ux to H. E the well was drilled deeper. In Oc-|Grude on lots 3 and 4, block 126 tober, 1918, this same well struek abCasper; Con. $1. j sand at 3,665 feet, with an estimated Joseph Jennings to ux to Geo. B. flush production of 2,000 barrels a}Nelson on lot 5, block 49, Casper Con, $1. few later an enormous) Butler Corp., to Dors B. Sanders gas well was drilled in by the Buck{jots 7 and north half of 8, block 126 {Creek Oil compeny on section 34-'Rutler’s West addition; Con, $375. (36-65. This was estimated at 60,-! p. ©. Nicolaysen et ux to L. N 00,000 cubic feet. Ellis on lot 4, block 153, Casper “Immediately following this the }Con, $1, Tots block 1918, on section 36- days Ohia developed a $,000,000 cubic Edwin A. Peterson et ux to Dan feet gasser on section This |jel B, Farnham et ux lot 7, bloch well was drilled deeper and it wasi146, Casper; Con. $1. reported at the time that water was/ struck below the gas sand. !Farnham on lot 7, block 82, Casper “In March, 1918, a joint, welliCon. $3750. drilled by the Western States, Ohio! Raymond Rouan et ux to H. N Rosa M. Sayles te vir to Daniel D and Buck Creek companies, on sec-' Castle lots 41, 42, 43, 44, block 1 tion 35, came in for a 2,000-! Casper; Con. $1.00. barrel producer, Raymond Rouan et ux to Frank “In May the Buck Creek, on sec-'Helder, lots 1 and 2, block 13, Nel tion 35-36. hit a stray sand around!son’s addition, Casper; Con. $1. 73,400 feet, which was said to be good —— for 500 barrels a day. This well is B. B. B a member of the now being drilled deeper, but is not “Memphis, Chamber of Com yet completed. merce, and his famil re in Cas. this, the Ohio, on sec- per today on their way to the Yel lowstone National park. They are making the trip in motor car. Mr Buchanan is a recognized seed mer- nt in Memphi: tion 33-36-64, brought in a water well at 4 feet. Later by the Buck Creek company on section 26- 34-65, an offset to the discovery well, |‘ was brought in with a flush prodac- tion of about 2,000 barrels a day. ““In June, the Western States, section 3-35 drilled in a well. southeast section 30-36-64 is down 3,500 feet, having struck a good * ©M |showing of oil in the first sand. This water well should be completed at 3,720 drilling "°° The in July the Ohio, » Buck Creek, in the center of in close proximity to the discovery }.ection 3 is down 3,870 well, brought in a 1,500-barrel pro- fect, ‘This well hit a stray sand at ducer on section 36. This well found! 3 4090 feet, which made considerable a wat id overlying the oil sand, 03) which is giving considerable troubles!” i 4 8 ‘In addition to these wells, prepa- “Immediately after this, the Buck Is, Prep i rations are being made to drill ose ¢ le Tenet pee ae ab deeper the water well brought in by on 34-36-65, ght in another 60,-'the Western States on section 3, 000,000 cubic feet gasser. i Wark now dade and tt jwith a hope of tapping a lower sand. a y » #nc on the It is also reported that the Ohio, result of which the public will to a : ‘th ite ieee. extent awe GE : ection will go on deeper with i are xtent shape its investing jwell, which originally came in water. course in the future, is going on! “fp the East End: The most im- in the two distinct parts or Struc: /portant test is that of the Western tures which have developed in the States on section 19, in which Cow |Gulch’ has an interest. rdown about 2,300 feet. “On the south end of this structure Glenrock Oil company is down 910 feet, with a considerable flow Completion of this well is ~lexpected in the next 150 feet. field, which still is generé known as one. The West End now has four good producers and the summary re- ports progress of further develop-'y), ment in that division as follos rf ““The Ohio, on the northwest cuar- jo ter of the northwest quarter of sec This well is gas. BH g : BB 04s Tis down abent %,700) “In the South End: The Union Oil feet. This well is within a short dis-|company of GC ili eer er ae Nae {company of California, drilling for Gulch | Sunse' well, now drilling at 1,800 feet. The Ohio struck a very strong showir of oil in the well zt 2,700 feet. The t Oil company on section 22- 36-65, is down about 3,500 feet.” well is expected in momentarily and | fig SA Si Gopi vows etdifionsh eames SEALS: RUBBER STAMPS “The T s Oil company, on the METAL SIGNS — DIE MANERS northeast quarter of section 25-36- is down approximately 4,000 f is well is expected to come cline as at present developed, is re- adding velueere dtd aad Se ole. inaccurate reports than any other! ported to have sold the remainder of (N&*: an we pe hed! be Sane : is or | well of this region, it having been re-| his holdings to an unnamed purchas- pS tea pone sattiong) Fea jp, Ported variously as a water well end er for $3,000,000 cash. That the ree on eee eae i ieeeeaind fall 22 oil well at frequent intervals | leases were bot by one of the Stan- urna phe ESENT NG. J ariling “ince early spring. These arose from | dard subsidiaries, either the Midwest; section 35-34-61, known ne the, il Showings encountered on the way | Refining or the Ohio, it is believed. Haciay Greakven De PanSInEN feo down and trouble experienced in the Armstrong had originally a 40 per towers, drilling nights aa wall gatas cai loss of tools and other discouraging cent royalty interest in the leased| prey are down about 3.900 feet and, P@PPenings. : lands. Hé parted with a 6 per cent) ought to reach what we believe to be| At the present time prospects of to an associate, sold his royalties on the pay sand at about 4,200 feet | Chcountering oil are perhaps the most 960 acres to the Lance Creek Royal-| within the next thirty or forty da favorable of any since drilling was! ties company and the recent sale was|if they have no accident ¥ The hole is for the remainder of his holdings. The “Sunset well, No. 2, being drillea 1 ¥ ¢ Lance Creek company purchase was} on section 35-65, known as the Which, according to geologists, should in some cases a 30 and in others a Harris-Baker well,’ is running two, be Feached just above the caprock. 85 per cent royalty, and these make towers, drilling day and night. They G04 progress is being made and it one of the strongest positioned com-| are down about 3,000 feet and ought ‘here will be no delay in operations panies operating in the new field. to get the sand some place around Util the result of the test is definite- The refinery situation as regards) 4,000 feet. ly established. Rock Creek remains a bit in doubt.| ' “Sunset well, No. 3, drilling on the ———— The Midwest Refining has six stills! northeast corner of section 16-35-65 NOTICE OF SALE up at Laramie, Wyo., but stopped|is running two towers, drilling work on the plant some weeks ago. /and night, are down about 1,500 feet,; Notice is hereby given that by vir- It has also projected a plant to be and ought to reach’ the sand some- tue of an execution issued out of the built at Rock Creek station. It seems where around 4,000 feet. District Court of the Sixth Judicial to be a question of deciding whether nset well, No. 4, drilling on sec-| District within and for the County of to pump the oil up to Laramie or wa- tion 36-35-66, should spud in some|Natrona, State of Wyoming, in the ter for the refinery up hill to the | time day after tomorrow and will drill it of Coliseum Garage Company, a nearest railroad station, with present day and night. The distance to the oming corporation, plaintiff, vs. C. indications that Laramie will be the) sand at this point is somewhat uncer. W. Mathewson, defendant, dated July | point ultimately selected. Unofficial-| tain, but we think it is somewhere 24th, A. D. 1919, the undersigned as} ly it is said that work on the refinery|around 4,000 feet. | Sheriff within and for Natrona Coun- | at that point will be resumed in a! “The well on section 18- be- ty, Wyoming, has levied upon one five short time, and there is an intima-| ing drilled by the Rock Oil company passenger Oakland touring car au- tion that consumption of the deal/on Sunset land, is drilling day daj}tomobile of the appraised value of with Armstrong for his royalty rights | night and is down about 400 feet. It, $200 the personal property of said | is responsible for the resumption. The | ought to reach sand at about the| defendant and situated in my county, Carter and the Sinclair companies are same distance as the other three wells| Notice is hereby given that on the both awake to the refining opportun- named above, which are drilling in |13th day of August, A. D. 1919, at the ities in Wyoming and it is understood| the Lance Creek field. | hour of ten o’clock, a. m., and at the that the former was negotiating with “All of the above outfits are well,Casper Supply Company on Center! Armstrong, and at one time stood equipped and well supplied with plen- | Street, in Casper, Wyoming, I will| erted. dry and the Reports emanating from Glenrock | ill is i i | baking by bi asl arill is now working in = dark shale: | Ta vues ice octorcasioadm tore stsselvuer neti MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1919 ee | khown as Gordon No. 22 has been re- ‘ported by the New York Oil com- |pany. Company officials are enthu- NEW YORK BETS igiastic over the prospects of the new gasser and believe it will be as good We [ as any of the previous wells. gia? od aie: French brides were married by five thousand American soldiers in ser- at Poison Spider vice abroad. os buy blindly ‘When you bayany- Majestic thought it w wanted. Yor Range with a Reputation your money's worth and yel be making a bad investment. ‘The Majestic Range is here at our store where you can examine it thoroughly. Before you buy, you can prove to your own satistaction that it is the best range value. The M saves repairs and gives longer service than ordinary Tanges, Because Ils ade ot Malleabie irom aud Charcoal ros Malle. iron caunpt break and permits all parte to be riveted, practically (no stove putty charcoal tron by actual tests resists rust 0 900 per cent greater than steel Itkeeps the heat in and saves fuel. It bakes perfectly without turning, because beat is circulated to all parts of the aven and reflected to ail suriaces of the boards. The Majestic copper reservoir, Don’t compare the price of the Majestic with the price of a cheap range unless you compare th: sOaey also. The Majestic price is really not a hig! more quality fora little more moncy. The is to le who Cy Sa pe before LA, y actually escing this remarkable range, can you appreciate its gaapy adv Gixe a4 ihe oppopmuniey te —the right Sere 0b our floor where you can con: veniently examine It. Sold by oes 2 Schulte Hardware Co. Store 132 South Center, Phone 64W Blacksmith Shop, Second and David. Phone 368J J. J. GIBLIN All Local Oil Stocks Bought and Sold We represent the Equitable Life Insurance company of the best chance of acquiring his hold-!ty of water and fuel, and some of sell said personal property of said C. ings. them ought to come in within the|W. Mathewson at public auction to! An immense amount of new work} next thirty to sixty days.’ the highest bidder for cash to satisfy | is planned by the Ohio. Six = said execution and all costs, AB HGTAE well batctigltave now on the SINGLE ARREST PAT ROYCE, to develop sections 2, 3, 10, 11, 34 — ; toned Creakeriilaven.new.walle Sheriff of Natrona County, Wyoming. and 35, all on the axis of the anti-; Only one arrest since early Satur-| eo have been located and work is to start 1919, cline which cuts the country for sev- day is the record established by the on all as fast as possible. They are eral miles. | police department here during the The Lance Creek Royalties com-|last forty-eight hours. “Unusually } pany holds the former royalty| peaceful for Saturday and rights of from 30 to 35 per cent on/is the report at headquarters. Charles 960 acres of the ground to be drill-| Redman was arrested by Officer We- ad. Two other wells are now being| dell Saturday night on an investiga- | drilled on royalty ground of the same| tion charge. company by the Ohio. | Surface rights in the new section are owned as a rule by farmers and, are under irrigation. Flooding of the lands during the growing season has interfered with drilling for oil all thru the summer, but the season is now ending so that the roads are becoming passable and material can be taken in. The next well to come will probably be the Trapshooter on the southeast! quarter of section 34. The hole is; now 3,305 feet deep and the boilers are being moved back in expectation, of an early start of the flow. The Inland company’s well in the southeast quarter of section 24 is down )0 feet and completion is expected at 3,200. The Inland and the Kinney companies are drilling a joint well on the northwest quarter of section 25. Last week the Ohio-Lance Creek Royalties well, drilling in the south- east quarter of section 10 at 1,600 feet encountered a strong flow of gas! declared sufficient to furnish fue] for all the drilling operations in the vi- cinity. The gas starta will be gone thru, and when the pipe is set, drill- ing resumed for the Wall creek sand in which the oil is expected. ‘The wells that have been completed “Watch the Eigin Movement” If you wish to ma a fav- orable impression, anywhere and everywhere,—wear the right clothes. Here are the suits that will give you, the right appear- ance. Waist seam models in plain shades of flannel and fancy worsteds. Smart styles in two and three button sack models in a wond- | erful assortment of patterns. Summer suits $21 to $60. deliver from 250 to 2,000 barrels a Silk shirts, neckwear and y with the producing sand scarce- socks, soft collars, belts and y more than entered, and their ca- straw hats. White flannel trousers. @ pacity to hold up as to those of Salt Creek and Big Muddy help to the be- lief that the district is to make one of the best in the state of big ones. GEOLOGICAL WORK Maps and Blue Prints, Surveying Crude Oil Testing = Specialty Wyoming Map and Blue Prist Co., P. O. Box 325, Rm. 10, over Lyric Casper, Wyo. ble for you to buy lots Successor to Blo Clothing TAYLOR & CLAY, Inc. STOCKS-AND BONDS Daily telegraphic quotations from New York, Denver, ana other markets over our private wires. St. Phone 968W Place the convenient facilities of our office at your dis- posal to bay, sel lor obtain the best markets and up to the mm- ute quotati Information and quotations furnished upon request on Local Oils, New York Stocks, Liberty Bonds and other issues. fhe Ohio Oil the Cow company, drilling Gulch Oi] company on) Penver, Colorade Phone 203 Casper, Wyo. 212 Oil Exchange Bldg. Don’t wait. The McPherson is going down deeper every d There are rumors of Big Things doing on THE EAST SIDE. So don’t wait. I have only a few lots left. New York and several excellent Fire and Automobile Insurance companies. If interested call at the office and talk it over. Rooms 312-313 Oil Exchange Building. Phone 1176 EAST BURLINGTON LoTrs Are still selling for $25 cash, balance on terms Have You Got Yours? ere Or jay. !mposs in this addition after the well comes in, met emery y & z