| Show THREE GUSHERS IN BYRON Oil FIELD Has New En Encouragement Encouragement Encouragement for Its Active Work The Tile Byron Wyo Wyc yo oil field has three gushers and W S lAmoreaux of or the Consolidated Oil com corn company company pany pony who has just returned from the field brought with him pictures of ot all aU of or them thorn spouting oil high above their derricks Mr Lamoreaux himself was surprised at the development since his last 1 previous visit to the field two of the gushers having been brought In since that time limo Tho three flowing wells are In the tho territory of the Mon Montana Montano Montana tana tano Bullfrog Oil company Eight Bight companies are operating g in inthe inthe the tho field tlell and oil has been struck In 14 wells At on the tho Milwaukee railroad seven miles from tho the center centero of o the tho field Is a refinery of ot bar barrels barrels barrein rein dailY dally capacity and it is capable of handling only a small portion of the output Tho Montana No 1 well waIl upon test showed production production production tion of or barrels of ot oil In seven hours Considerable Con of or the oil pro produced produced produced is shipped to Denver and Kan Kansas sas ens refineries And It Is expected when favorable railroad rates can be ar arranged arranged arranged ranged for tor to send some of it to the Salt Lake refinery Tho The company Is drill drillIng drillIng drilling Ing Its Us fifth Inh well ell Oil has hll been struck struel In three of or them The fifth firth well Is down feet teet Some oil has haa been en encountered encountered encountered countered but It has not yot yet appeared In paying quantity A large flow low Is IB expected In the o second sand end at the tho depth of from 1200 1100 to 1400 feet It ItIn ItIs ItIs Is In In line IIno with tho the big producers of or the field and for the reason that it itis ItIs itis is on the tho apex of o the anticline It Is believed that an especially good well will be brought In Water has recent recently ly been b n encountered In this well and the gas pa pressure Is strong The water is being rimmed out and with that accomplished further urther sinking will be pushed Strong Well The No 2 well of o the company at the tho time It was brought In h ed production at the rate of or 1404 barrels a day which was wu about double the capacity of or the Montana No 1 I gusher before it was wa shot The Th No Xo J 2 well was wa put out of business b a flow of surface water wat r and the two other producers of or the Utah Wyoming company campan were Incapacitated by deeper flows Jow On account of or orthe the operator operators having been ben new nw to con conditions conditions existing In the tho field leW they were wore unable to cope cop with the water situation They The have havo since solved the problem and the No 2 well Is III now being re rehabilitated rehabilitated habilitated No Xo doubt Is entertained by any ex cx expert expert pert who has been In the Byron field recently Mr Ir Lamoreaux says 1178 that It will make mako good In a n large way A circumstance which for a R time lent a discouraging air to the situation was the abandonment of ot a string or of wells which had been belm put down by one con concern concern cern Word was given out that the wells were all 11 dry although they were closely guarded and visitors were ere re repulsed repulsed pulsed Some Som of the other operators became suspicious auspicious and recently a apart party part of ot them paid a midnight visit to one ono of the tho wells They The found It to be filled with oil to the rim while the others which had been plugged are ald nid to tn give Ithe forth unmistakable sounds sound of or oil In agitation A feature of or special sp olal Importance Is the high quality of the oil produced It runs from 46 U 4 to 51 specific gravity Mr Lamoreaux says Kya compared comred with the 12 to 29 gravity of or California Call Cornia oil It ItIs ItIs Itis Is rated nominally as containing 35 U per percent percent percent cent gasoline but the refiner at Cow Icy loy says Buys that he takes out 40 49 per cent gasoline There being 4 nor ner cent nt east w l 1 loil oil and IE Th per cent lubricating oil there Is accordingly no waste to |
