Show BIG MERGER OF Oil i COMPANIES M PAN I ES IS ISI I III II r POSSIBlE v and Merritt Merritt Merritt Mer- Mer Glenrock Midwest vest ans ritt Prominent Prominently y Mentioned Mentioned Men Men- J in Rumors j Special Dispatch CASPER Wyo Vo May lav IS Rumors Rumors I are arc rife but cannot bo be confirmed here aLa oa proposed merger of some of oC the firms finns In under the name of ot the Standard Oil or ot The Glenrock is mentioned as well as the Midwest l and anti Merritt In the various arlous fields drilling goes goC steadily stead stead- ily lIy hEad ahead and new concerns arc oUy entering the field Near ear ShoshonI in Fremont county count the thc holdings of ot the tho H no company havo tiao been taken over by bytho bythe bytho tho the Old Faithful Oil company a n. Montana firm and drills will be bo started ten miles north on Tough Touch creek Jealous of 0 tho fam lame into which other cities s of ot the state havo have sprung as tho the result r nt ot oil nit development de and hope hopeful ul th that t it ma may yet ct share sharO a a. portion ui vi or to good fortune Cheyenne Is preparing to sink tink a well to te test teat t a a. structure n Adjacent jacent to tho the capital city and prominent business business busi busi- Since n ness ss men are re said to be interested tho the well of or the Ohio company compan north of or nock Rocky River came romo in with the Ja pay southeastern southeastern southeastern south- south eastern Wyoming has had Its hopes raised tso the nth de degree In the Bip Bg Muddy dy the Youn Young Oil com corn J pa ij in has in its well No lo 2 on faction 3 and th the samo same concern is placIng pine pine- I In Iii Ing a standard rig in the Pilot Butte field I The Florence Petroleum company's well veli on Castle creek recently taken over under lease b by tho the Cactus Petroleum and the Producers ers and Refiners Refiners' corporation is again drilling after aCter a lapse lapso of some time From the this Cumberland coal district comes the report that thit a well wen being drilled t tto to test the thickness o of a coal vein eln encountered en encountered en- en countered a flow of cru crude e at feet oct b but f the sta statement ement is said to be lIc Near Sheridan the wildcat of 0 the Absaraka Absaraka Ab- Ab saraka Oil and Gas company Is also re reported reported re- re reported ported to have c encouraging in indications In the form of or a shalo shale oil found at 30 feet The The contract signed wIth tho the Midwest t Refining com company pan for a supply of or GOO barrels barrels bar- bar dall dally daily from tho the Warn am Springs field immediately Immediate the completion of the he tt upon n I IU U i 1 0 r. r b impetus to drilling operations and development de- de Is in full fun blast The prominence n nence nce which this field has gained g In the tho eyes ees of ot the c 11 fraternity has been vindicated by successive strikes and tn area arc of productive territory Is constantly being helm extended Numerous wells are arc near the pay nay sand Water Yater Is being cased from Leo well No O. O 4 4 on section 30 36 The LeHe Leslie Leslie Les- Les lie He Company is Ss ready to spud In No Xo 7 i. i B. B F. F Dra Drayton Draton ton Is down feet with well No Xo 5 and well No 4 on the Metz ground round Is reported down feet Williams McGrath h have succeeded ded in shutting of I the water Wlter in their wen well on aeL m io The Yellowstone Yellowstone Oil company compan Is unloading a rig at Kirby to be bo erected on ona ona a drilling site eighteen miles wr-st wr of or that town A A. firm has been organized ors in Daus Douglas to take over o the holdings s of the Glenhurst- Glenhurst Glenhurst in the Big nil Muddy and Is II known as tho the Douglas Doulas Petroleum association It will start active operations operations opera opera- soon The Glenhurst is now nearing nearing near- near in ing the lower sands with Its Us well On Ort the Hamilton domo dome on Cottonwood creek twenty miles northeast of ot Ther- Ther and close to the Grass Creel Creek dome the tho New York Oil has started the l. l or oira olJa a test well to be drilled Jointly with ith tWi Empire State and Cook Oil companies Eight ht miles southeast of 0 Douglas Doulas near the town of Irvine Irvine- the tho Ajax Ajax- AJax Wyoming has In a new wll wildcat t c as an extension extension ex ex- tension tension- to Its Us development program on section 6 of ot tho the Big Muddy Iud h |