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

serereet * PAGE PAGE FOUR _ “NSIT WELL HAS lL Good Showings Encountered aa Caprock Is Pierced; Strike Would be Important to Lance Creek With*the section 3 well of the Lusk Petroleum company and the section 9 well of the Midwest company extending| the proven area of the Lance Creek field for some distance, prospects for bringing in the Sunset-Union well on section 22-35-65, eight miles southwest of the pioneer well, are the basis for claims emanating from operators in that district that potential production is due for a great increase coupled with bene- fits to stocks and companies that would accrue from such an important strike. The drill of the Sunset well pierced the caprock last week and the tools! are said to be dripping with oil. The showing 4s considered . excellent and drillers are optimistic. The well is now drilling around 3800 feet, according field reports, within the next 100 feet. The successful completion of the well would change the outline of the Lance Creek field and tend to bear out the theory that the western anticline ex- tends far to the south MARKET GOSSIP AND FIELD NEWS Cactus Berchet Near Sand in Al- bany County; Indiana Well to Go Deeper An important wildcat well being drilled by the Cactus Petroleum, com- pany 3 on the county SE of , three mile 18-75, Al- east of James and approximately 15 miles north- west of L mie and southeast of the Rock Cr field, is nearing completion, The hole is below 5 feet, but mak- ing slow progress as the drill is in a sandstone which is unusually hard. Oil showing in the hole and there are in- dications that the well is In a cap rock. The thickness of this rock is unknown, but the presence of oil indicates that the thickness is not very great. The James lake* structure is described by geologists as being very promising. STAR RIG DISCARDED The Indiana Oil company is moving a new Standard rig to the Indiana dome, 12 miles north of Shoshoni, to re- place a Star rig with which the initial test well on that structure has been sunk-to a depth of 1,050 feet, The hole will be carried to whatever depth is necessary to make a thoro test of the structure. OIL IN CENTENNIAL WELL An unconfirmed report states that gas and a small amount of oil have been encountered in the Centennial well in Goshen Hole at 1,550 feet. This field lies southeast of Guerhsey and the structural formation of the field is said to resemble closely that of the Lusk field. NEW FIELD IN LARAMIE REGION Ohio Starts Work on Two Rivers Structure, Held Favorable for Oil Production has The Ohio Oil company started work on what appears to be an entirely new structure. The well is located on seetion 3-18-74 and the structure is about six miles east of James lake ana} 14 miles northwest of Laramie. According to the scouts who have ex amined the location, the Two Riv anticliye is a true anticline with a s! break in the ¢ portion and the forming a sad ck with the How dome. ‘The* latter structure has been known for some ‘3 by the geolo- y of the southe n belt but the ex- of i anticline instead was not sus! ence of full a small dome a only until the Ohio's operations drew atten tion to it. The over in the Two River vicin y is mostly pleistocene’ deposits lying 1 cous formatic in situ pleistocene deposits ‘consist of avels und other aqueous deposits left and are not to be & the tertiary se considered when estimating the depth of probable sands of the eretaceous period. After drilling through the overlay, the bit will probably eneounter shale as the first strata in situ unde the unconformity but this may also be wove and the Niobrara or Benton shales form the top co ng of the formation lying in place is would allow a probable oil horizon to be found in the Benton, Cloverly, Morrison, Chugwater or Casper formations. ‘Two uncenformi ties are probably existant in the Two ti ructure, the first one between Morrison and the Chugwater and next between the base of the Chug- water and the Cusper. The whole gevlogical column rises in this vicinity to the eastward and the igneous rocks of the Aezoic surface about 20 miles east, because of the Sherman uplift that brings the granites to the surface in the range crossed by the Union Paeific at Sherman. The ultitude of the Two Rive ture varies from 7,100 to 7, making, it aXrather high territory to work in and especially to get up steam in a boiler. the the se Histri ie ee. Historie. Little. Girl (to fim actress) My father says he often ‘saw yeu uct on th stage before you went jiito picture Excited Actre: “What did he suy lie bad seen me t f Little Gir “The Wighties,’ don Pit-Bit MES: ere. eS - s to! and should be completed | the Steele | Local Oil Stocks | Wye] Bid , Ask | Wy. ‘Amalgamated Royalty -....$1.25 | $1.50 | American - aae--- 02 03 é ; jAtlas —-_.- 05.06 Open Close mer 24 .26 Midwest Refining -~.----$169,00 $170,00 Boston Wyoming ~ 78 80 Midwest Common 1.75 Big Indian - 48 -52 Midwest Preferred -. 2.00 Burke Oil - 35. 38 Merritt _-_.. 24,90 shag Buck Creek - 1.05 1,10 Glenrock Oil . 3.84 |Black Tail 16 -19 Cosden -...---. 10.50 Columbine 42 43 Okmulgee P. & Rw — 1.75 Consolidated Reyalt y 1.02 1,03 Sinclair Gulf ----.--. 59.00 itt ;Cow Gulch 27 .30 Salt Creck Prod. Assn. 52.50 53.50 Elkhorn ~ 27 .29 Western States O. & L. 1,60 1.75 Great Western Petroleum. 11 13 Prod. & Ref., Com... 8.75 9.00 Hutton Lake - et New York Stork Exchange Stocks ee i Mexican Petrolgyps S--<ofa64.00 $268.75 bf Texas Oil -----.. 37.00 337.00 perce Royalty. 38-88 Sinclair Of —.-- 62.00 63.36 foe Cay #8 31 Uy, §, Steel -Jo-cc---2-- 110.00 110.75 Lusk Petroleum -. eehaa: cee Units Mountain and Gulf. uty {'} pl Stanley Greene... $46 $ .50 aa on = 480 =, Mosher -.. 5.00 6,00 pa ka = 50 SF 200 Club 3.00 3.60 Picardy Se. & Siok, Ag ee A ~ Riverton Refining --------- 16.17, Liberty Bonds Royalty & Prod. Corp-.----. .27 Sunset oe 14 -l7 Qn@ 4’s — 93.14 Tom Bell Royaity - A719 Ist 4%'s — = 95.04 Gate ~120 126 ona 4%'s - 93.14 Wind River Refining -- 07 10 3rd 4%'s --. 95.18 Williams, E. 'T,----- w------ 142 145 4th 4%'s --... 93,38 Western Exploration -----. 3.80 3.85 Victory Loan -. 99.46 WYOMING AY iy MARKET Warm Springs $1.85, Soetersetl Sapam. Ts GEOLOGY OF CARBON G0, FIELDS State Geologist Morgan Issues Interesting Data State Geologist G. B. Morgan has issued the following inter- ‘ ecting report on the Carbon county structures north of Rawlins: “The Lost Soldier, Mahoney and Ferris oil and gas fields, are focated from 35 to 45 miles north and northwest of Rawlins. They | lic in what appears to be a continuous anticlinal fold extending from/| about the northwest portion of Township 25! N., Range 86°W, The Lost Soldier field occupies the ex- | treme western limits of the anticline; who hold to the latter theory believe the Mahoney dome is located approx-|that the main structure is the last de; imately midway; and the Ferris struc-/ scribed, and that the axis runs more ture is at the extreme eastern end of nearly east and west. They also be- the fold. The genera] trend of the lieve that there is a fault between the; in the Lost Soldier structure is}two structures, which has thrown the | northwest and southeast, the major northern part of the field up about | axis being north 36 degrees west, Go-| 1,500 feet. If, as has been indicated, ing east from the Lost Soldier field|there are really two structures, this/ the axis appears to bend northward) fact would explain the discrepancy as} and to run in an almost easterly di-|to the widely varying depths to the oil r n to the Ferris field. It is the|sand in different wells. opinion of some that the three fields ; “here are four producing wells in re mentioned are domes, or cross| ii. northern part of the field, a! gas folds, located on the one large antl | yoy "in section 26, two oll wells in clinal fold, which, lies practically pa-| % A ecauiah wectiant Jratiel to the Ferrix: mountains, ‘These | {ron 25. another sas wellatn eeeat ficlds Ce Sede count ue. Sesto west. The oil’ wells in the east half st Eee Fue of section 25 are reported to be pro- that other and smatier structures wii} | Gueing about 200 barrels per day, and be discovered on this in fold. The Lost Soldier Field. “The Lost Soldier oi! producing ter-! 'the depth to the sand is approximately | 1,580 feet. This is believed to be the Muddy sand. The gas well in section stion ion 10 and the west one-hall of| northern part of the field is controlled ‘ 11, township 26 north., range py the Producers and 90 west, The highest part of the field) noration. near the quarter corner between! «ty section 16 township north, sections 10 and 11, and at this point) range 86 west, the oil sand was struck the first oil d is reached at a depth: at a depth of 3,010 feet, which is the is 25 of about feet below the surface. | only well that has been drilled to the OF Maps Blue Prints | are about 20 or 21 producing }synd@ in the. southern portion of the, wolls in this field and the average field, Of was found in this well fs Reports : disily production 18) ye bably around it is. not flowing, although it s Wyoming Map & Blue Print Co. iP yraarms< mt De & fone y 4 nbout 2. eet he casing. A si a ) De 1,500 barrels. So far a test well, 1,145! spout 2,000 feet in th ing. A stray 1 "@: Bow 396 | Keep inhandy feat dee jows four producing sands!sand was struck at 2,417 fect and an-||&s VU. BOX 325. Rm. 10, Lyric | the f t approximately 300 fect other at 2,430 feet, both showing a! depth, containing medium light oil, the] jittle off; but commercial production — = = second at _ approximately “9600 feet| was not obtained until the lower sand 4 depth, containing similar oil, the third) way reached. This appears to be the fs at 900 feet depth, containing medium| ¢ipct Wall Creek sand. The west end ‘ ¢ heavy oil, It is possible that these/o¢ the southern portion will be tested so-called sands are not all true sands/oyt in a well on séction 3, township e | but some be heavily saturated, north, range 87 west, which is now i lsundy whales. It is a well known faet| 9.699 fect deep. These wells are owned eS 1 % tbat the ration in the Lost Soldier)}y the General Petroleum corporation, e ee j field is y heavy, and the pressure} 4, number of wells are being drilled j m3 j hes ca the oil to saturate even in this area by the General Petroleum, : . . , ’ [the surface shales. Apparently, al/ te ‘Texas company, the Ohio Oil cor Operating Jointly with Producers’ and Refiners’ Cor |. though there are a number of sand| pany, the Midwest Refining compan: Wits : istones from which to draw, the res-/the Sand Hills company and others. poration in Wyoming, Oklahoma and Louisiana. jervoix, or pool, oannot, be of very|1t was thought at first that the pro- si large extent on account of the steed | ducing area of the Ferris ficld wonld dips to the north, west and south,)}e of limited extent, but «indications : epee eR which ranges from to aS. demret now are that it is a fairly large struc- Authorized Capitalization...............$2,500,000 The stecply dipping rocks ‘partially!ture and will be very productive. g " ; suvrounding the field are the Mc East Lost Soldier. Nase 26 oo i ee ee ce ee eee - +++ 1,850,000 verde siindstones and jshaleg. The) Apout five miles soytheast of the Par Value of Stock. aii - $1.00 Per Share been eroded well Lost Soldier ficld proper some pros- wa, inte th of the Colorado} pecting has been done in whut is eae eS groop. (Up ecous), and the) known as the Bust Lost Soldier field. | oil is probably derived from the fron-|‘rhe United States Petroleum company Conservatively capitalized. e tier formation. The drainage is to the} pas been drilling a test well for several| s | years on section 16, township 26 north, Under efficient management. | four-inch pipe line from|yange #9 west. This well is reported | Union Vaile rail’ to be down about 3.000 fect with no re- Operating under minimum expense. 1 sults as yet. It is probable that the; i f vcietrenne ng Fie. came | oll. saga Se uitzarwen.2? Ebi district, Proven acreage and large production in Beggs, The Merris field, th rem Mahoney Dome, Okl h fi Id ern extension of the main fold, * “The Mahoney dome is a separate] a oma, e1 . 2 E as rounded on three sides by an Bee lund fairly Wefined structure in the! An immediate market for its oil at $2.25 per barrel. ment of the Mesayerde in 4 similar! south gpe-hal€ of township 76 north, ie . Z manner us the Lost Soldier with the] range st west and the north one-half Valuable holdingsin Louisiana and Wyoming. eaception that the escarpment is to] o¢ township 25 north;-ramge 88 west. 3 ais ry i the wnorth, east and peut and fhe! tn 1916 the Midwest Refining com- An income from its four producing wells in excess rocks dip away from the dome in #/ pany started @ test well in the south: : ay. northerly, east and southerly di-|\out onequagter of section 34, town) of $5, og 00 nerd y 3 point toa mudh| gupth of L882 fect, The sand was on plus and yang sivetonttel giveg gia r producing area. Practically the| countered ot 1,686 to 1,710 feet, and '¢ of the Ferris field is} was ayy. Later developments reveal! ed by sand dunes, and it is prac:/the fact that this wel] was not a fair} tically impossible to trace and develop) test pf the structure. The Kasoming the structure in the field proper e€x-| Oj) company is now drilling a test well cept by actual drilling. The field! i) the northeast quarter of the same covers. the extreme southwestern por-} section, whieh at this time is about ton of township 26 N., range ‘86 ¥ 180 feet deop. <A strong as flow the northwestern portion of township! was struck at a depth of 1,230 feet,} 25 north, range 87 west, and the nortly) ang gnother and stronger flow at the eastern portion: of township 25 north. / present depth, reported to be 35 million range, 82 west. | cubic per day. Thix well will Tt was at first thought thut the main} probably completely test out the strye axis of the dome wan in 4 southeuster-|ture, as'the gas is belg shyt off and pdbSSESSSTE TES ETESESSSSESETENEOSOSOT ly direction through sections 26, 26|qoeper drillihg is contemplated. | and of township 26 north, range | Sherard Dome. S87 west, but it is the belief of sume, po the poythwest of the Mahoney now that the muin uxis will be found) dome, in the eqyslern portion of town: to the svuth thereof nnd. that there | ship 26 nerth, range 69 west, and the aye really twe structures in this ffeld,) southwestern part of township 26 © in the southeastery part of town-|horth, range” 88 west, is the go-culled ship 26 north, range 87 west, and an-/Shorard dome, anether — structure! lother running through the northeast! which bas been worked out. by the of lownship 26 nerth, rege 97 west, | geologists of the Kusyming Oil com rthivest pal. Lie of ‘Wowivlip 29) pany. One The powoglsts ct mieture i -eegtion t u well was put down in this anal 12, ‘towayship — 2h leased from the New ers’ ground. » Nov. 4—The ‘egrole + Produ corn’ ~_ corporation $8| deme in its third well at Hamilton dame, last week. ‘This well, was struck a@ depth of about 2,458 Yeet, being 15 Somewhat deeper than the other two. This was caused by the contour of the found that brought the oi! sands at @ greater distance from the surface. Some oil had been fourid above the limestone cap of the Embar sands last week. Friday the cap-reck was drilled through andthe sands penetrated. The oil rose rapidly until it stood about 1,950 feet deep in the well. Al- though this is the third well brought in, it is known &s well No. 2. It was the second weil started and the rig was moved away to work at another site, letting No. 3 come in ahead of it. estimate of the pumping test, to be the largest producer of the three, and the output of any of them will run into hundreds of barrels per day. Since the other wells were brought in there has never been any doubt about this one' proving to’ be a good} producer, but there is now actual proof that the oil pool under the dome extends over enough territory to make it one of the big fields of the state. The Producers have enough territory to guarantee an immense output. They have three new Standard rigs in the railroad yards here which are being hauled out to the fields as rapidly as the muddy condition of the roads wit! permit freight trucks to run. These! rigs will be set up and put in opera- tion at once and will aid greatly in the development of the ficld. Occidental Is Busy. The Occidental Oil and Gas company, which, like the Producers, has a con- siderable tract at the Hamilton dome York Oil _com- pany, is making good progress with .its Grilling and there is no reason to doubt that their efforts will be rewarded by tapping an extension of the big oil pool that underlies the Petroleum Produc- ‘Elk Trdvsterved to Wind River Canon Again in Evidence}. RIVERTON, Wyo., Nov. 4,—A dozen elk which four years ago were trans- perted from Jackson Hole to the canon pf the Big Wing riveg north of this place and there liberated, and which!» disappeared “Mm the fustnesses of the | niguntuins -threc*ycars ago, have reap-| pegred,in the m, having been driven back to the vicinity, of railroad by scar-| city of feed. The band has incréased ba 40. north, range 89.west, and went into ritory is located in the east one-half of) 36 js 2,200 feet decp to the sand. The|a@ water sand’at ‘a depth of about 1,800 feet. Another well, pfesumably high- Refiners cof-{er on the structure, is being drilled in| section | |GEOLOGISTS OIL EXPERTS| | 2 of this township.” In}secretary, will be secretary of the dele- 1.00 | the case of this well, as with the other/gation. Besides Mr. Fisher, Casper will two, there is no way of making a close|be represented by M. P. Wear, first al- production without}ternate in the convention, who also wili -$101.00 }enough tankage in the field to make a|represent the Daily Tribune at the na- This; however, appears | tional convention, 1 ioe { {American Legion as the city for hold-| M.- Py Pe ‘on Dalapeicn from , Pais 5 ‘National sti ae tion, | Accompany tate State Secretary Fisher Buffalo, Carl G. of pou! Buffalo, and R. M. Emily of Doug’! <The delegates ac ‘large are’ Les- yA. Miller ofsCheyenne, -R. H.) Blk-)« f Rawlins, and Claude MeDer-| Douglas... M apical and Mri\ | Dyke of bsence et BO Fish-| ‘the work inthe office of state sec-|» ‘ary of the American Legion and sec-| 2, will. be assumed by his wife. The) detail work in tHe ortice will -be done by “D. O. Peterson, present assistant) secretary, but Mrs.. Fisher will haye si; rect charge of, the office. Mrs. Fisher is thorely familiar with the work here and ork at Camp lence has nat cs eras a owe money vas Meatile relieves you.” IMBALL DRUG STORE Announcement of tne revised delega- tin of Wyoming. which. will leave Wed: nesday for the first national conven- tion.of the American Legion was made last night by Harry Fisher, stgte secre- tary here of the American Legion. The national convention including the pre- liminary work will be held in Minneapo- Us, November 7 to 11. R. L. Nsmey of Douglas will be chair- man of the Wyoming delegation to the convention while Harry Fisher, state Realizing the importance of this, the first national convention of the veter- ans of the world war, the Tribune has decided to have the meeting in Min- neapolis covered in detail by a spe- jcial correspondent, Mr. Wear has been appointed by the American Legion as official press representative from Wy- oming. The Tribune in*this manne will furnish its readers with special service on the American Legion con- vention each day starting with the pre- liminary work Friday afternoon. The Casper delegation headed by Sec- retary Fisher, will leave for Minneapo- jlis, Wednesday afternoon. They will! ymeet other members of the Wyoming} delegation in Omaha and arrive at the convention city, Friday. Minneapolis was decided upon by the ing the first national convention out of} six cities suggested at the caucus of the Legion in St. Louis last May. Chi- ce was turned down flatly because the fact that the Chicago mayor was Shanna with not being 100 per cent American. H Besides Mr. Esmay and Secretary Fisher, Miss Mildred Webber of Butf- falo, E. C. Calhoun of Van Tassel, and Major Warren Dean of Fort Russell will make up the remainder of the state| | delegation. The list of alternates includes Mr, Wear, Bert Waddell of Moorcroft, Gean “OUCH! 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