Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-03-10 | Page 33 | Pioneer Oil Man of Wyoming Will Return

I I I PIONEER OIL MAN MANOF MANOF OF WYOMING WILL RETURN Salt Lake Resident to Go GoBac GoBack GoBack Back Bac to Bridger Bridge Butte Dome After 17 Years I L. L G Gr G. Acocks of Salt SaIt T Lake Ie possibly the leader In the tho original oil boom In Wyoming seventeen se years ago aJo hut but who l has as not participated In the oil ame since h he with with others were ousted h by bythe bythe th the Union I Pacific winning Its land laid suit Just t when thc they had fortunes within their grasp is serious seriously planning to return to the fields of the southwestern section section section sec sec- tion of or the Prairie state and endeavor or to toI re regain aln not only the fortune which ho lost through h a court decision ion but more more besides Mr Jrr rr Acocks has been een living quietly In InSall Salt Sall Lake for a number of or years cars but a afew afew few tew days ago was attracted h by the announcement announcement announcement an an- In The Telegram Re publican n that a company or organized b by local business men wa was preparing to begin begin be he- gin de development work worl within a few weeks on land which was Included In his holdIn holdIngs holdIngs hold- hold In Ings s acquired from 1901 to 1901 Yesterday In tho the office of Clements Cook fiscal a agents of the El EI Hey Rey Key Wyo yo Wyo- ming Oil company company Mr Acocks l declared that the ci evidences ence of oC activity In the Bridger Butte dome domo district of or Uinta count county Wyo o where ho he had hael begun op operations operations operations op- op nearly two decades ee es ago hall hail given I cn him the oil fever fe again and anel that the chances were he lie would revisit the scene of his development le nt work which was stopped when the Union Pacific won Its suit against the American Consolidated Consolidated Consoli Consoli- I dated Oil company compan ousting that concern I and the Acocks company compan from its lands and after the American Cor Consolidated had brought In a gusher In section 23 23 township township township town town- ship 13 15 Hi range This well was capped after r It had decorated decorated decorated deco deco- decoI I rated the surrounding lands landscape pe with I some of or the finest oil ever brought to the surface of an any country countr and it has remained capped through all these years ears 1 The Tho location is only two miles from rom Spring Valley and is close to part of or the I hol holdings s of the El EI nC- nC Wyoming Roy Oil company In Uinta count county Mr 11 Acocks possesses possesse maps of oC the en entire entire entire en- en I tire Uinta country countr where he had bad under uner underlease underlease lease or location nearly nearl acres and I from these maps he pointed out the exact location of the first well to be bc drilled b by the tho El EI ne- ne Rey Wyoming company company com com- pan pany on land lanel adjoining the famous sec sec- section I tion 10 10 township 1 13 15 range near I Medicine Butte in the Bridger Butte Butto dome Ionic and which was direct directly involved In Inthe in inthe inthe the suit of oC ouster brought by the Union Pacific against the American Consolidated Consolidated Consoli Consoli- dated elated Oil company compan This same samo land later was thrown open b by the government Mr Acocks predicts that the entire nL Ill b h. h the i Bridger Butte dome district tt n. n 11 c I greatest oil producing field In the world I INVESTMENT SECURITIES J. J A. A le Co 16 South Main I street furnish the following quo quotations I. I Bid I 1 Asked Bank stocks stocks- e Deseret National Farmers rs FIrst Nati Ogden Co 90 00 I Merchants I O. O 00 Bank BanI Republic lIe I National City Ii 00 National Copper 1300 Security State Stale 1606 S. S I I. I Sec T. T l OO Utah State 2700 Utah Savings T. T Bros Zions Zion's Say Sa 1 T. T 1 Bankers Bankers' Trust Columbia a Trust I Industrial stocks stocks- Amalgamated ted Sugar OO 2030 Cement Securities Consolidated Wagon agon 00 Home Fire Insurance 3 00 9 95 Lion Coal Coal Mt States Telephone I Ogden Ogen fete Prot Standard Coal Coal I Utah Fire CIa Clay Utah Idaho Sugar 9 Z C. C M. M I I. I Bonds Bonds- Alta AHa Club Gs Gg Con Ry It Power Gs Cs S. S L. L C. C Ret Ref I S. S L. L Stock Ex Gs Lion Coal O. O I. I L. L T. T R. R R. R Gs Utah L. L Power Utah Power I I. I Se is Utah Securities j STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSE Badger Bros brokers South Main street furnish the following quotations I Tec received lv d over their private wires R I 1 m Bid I Asked I Calumet and Ariz 67 63 Copper Range c ti I 45 f I Dab sly West est 4 East s t But 2 9 J iI I 9 I Island Creek Cree I fj 1 I 63 I lo do preferred 34 IndIana S Lake Copper G c Ch 64 Mason Iason Valley r. r 5 51 North orth Butte 8 5 Iii 15 15 Pond Creek Cre k 19 19 Superior and Boston 2 3 South Utah 10 17 Swift Co i 1 29 Tuolumne 1 1 11 16 1 Utah Apex 2 2 2 8 Utah Metals 3 21 Utah Consolidated led 31 11 11 4 Wolverine ol 33 I 3 34 OGDEN LIVESTOCK OGDEN March Cattle Receipts ji 75 steady J ChoIce steers steen 1000 good SOO feeders I I choIce cows and SOO fair to good canners feeder feeder cows rt veal cal calves 90 ii 1000 choice bUllS bUllS' bologna bulls Hogs Hogs- market steady Tops Tos 16 bull bulk ot of sales Rales 1675 I Sheep Receipts 1665 market steady Lambs 1550 ewes