Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-08 | Page 26 | Oil Struck by Chemical Co. Near Fossil

OIL STRUCK BY t CHEMICAL CO i j iNEAR NEAR FOSSIL FOSSI Official of Wyoming La Pincy Barge-Pincy Co Sends In Particulars Oil 01 has been struck truck by the Chemical nl al Oil 01 Shale company in the new well ci at Fossil according to a a letter leler received the past week by hy Ceo Geo W W. Yo sec neo c- c of or the La Wyoming Ja BarSe Big Barge Piney Oil 01 company compan from tram the thc vice vlee dent ent R F. Julius Julus Anderson Mr Ir Anderson Ander son sn says s 's Kemmerer people peole hero received word lato late this afternoon that the tho Chemical l OH Oil 01 company had struck oil 01 In the tho well vel at Fossil toda today at nt about 0 feet and antI have havo sent telegram ram to tho the head office for Tor the officers to come como to Fossil arid ami look it over and decide on whether to stop in that oil 01 sand or go o deeper They will wUl wi test out the thc w well l right right awa away Our land Is a quarter of ot a mile mie south of or them and we uce are nearly feet teet lower than where they are drilling Secretary Danley saI said last evening that hl his company has 80 acres Immediately Immedi to the time south of or the Chemical well wel To the tho east are aro tho wells wels of ot the Pyramid Pyra Pyra- mid Mr Ir yesterday recel samples of at the oil al from one ono of or these The Tho oil 01 came from 50 feet depth It sells sels for 50 cents a a gallon an and Is la 8 5 so fine that It may be us used cd direct as asi i p. lubricant The he Wyoming Wyoming-La L' L Barge Darge com corn company company f pany has a a rig on the land JantI capable of or going to a depth of or 1000 to 1200 feet fee It I is i considered ered a sure thing that oil al will wi be bo struck Time The company has 1300 acres south also 06 acres of at what is considered excellent land Jand hite in hi inthe the te Dry Piney sectIon ecton to the north Big DIJ things arc are expected in that field feld this fall fail fal and next spring