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Show j j Oil "Wells. A gundemun just in I frou' the oil wells- nenr Bear River I City, east of Bear river,, reports that i .'he oil prospects in that region are ex-woi'ent. ex-woi'ent. There are several springs on which the oleaginous matter is- tound in quantity, some of 'them yielding in this wy a barrel of crude petr letim a day A well has been started with fine Bia'hinory from Pennsylvania, which wfl he sunk 600 or 700 fe. t if necessary. The locality and its prospects pros-pects have attracted considerable attention at-tention east, and several prominent oil men nave been there who speak in a very encouraging mannerr of its future. The locali ty is in Wyoming, nd is about a hundred miles- from this city. |