Salt Lake Herald | 1890-11-23 | Page 2 | Oil in Wyoming

Oil in IVyomine It has been known for some weeks that oil prospectors have been in the vicinity of Evanston looking up a location In addition addi-tion to this surveyors have been emplo edt ed-t make several surveys These prospectors are skilled men and can detect the presence of oil long ways under the ground Oil in Wyoming is as abundant as the How in Pennsylvania or Ohio only the former wells need development devel-opment The day i not far off when Uinta county will give her abundant oil to every state and territory west of the Missouri river A coal and oil country is ef necessity a rich country Capital never has gone past a locality where there was an abundance of fuel and light The recent looking up of the oil industry has resulted in the reultd locating of several pros pet J K Judd and others have filed on 640 acres of land three miles west of Hilliard and development work will be commenced at once Wyoming is less than a year old and since admission to the union millions of money have found place for investment here Only a few years ago when oil was struck at Lima and Findlay Ohio in a few weeks realty advanced 1000 per cent Of course COUee I Ohios giant cities made a differenca Hero fl we are not favored with that advantage I I Evanston Register