Show THE SPRING VALLEY FIELD press evanston wyo the citizens oil co s well on section 27 back of the supply store at spring valley is down about feet they expect the sand at about 1150 feet hansler co of chelsea okla are getting along nicely with their no 1 well this well is being watched with interest as it is about ten miles ahead of developments henry E pearson of byfield mass who is president of the boston kemmerer oil co arrived in the field this week accompanied by boston people and are starting camps and a derrick on their property the international consolidated oil co s new well is holding up fine and we understand that they are getting in shape to start a great drilling campaign lew R henderson manager of the sublet oil co which is controlled by bangor maine capitalists has a derrick up and is unloading a new complete drilling outfit L E is unloading a new drilling jig machine and outfit to start operations for a new company on the northeast quarter of section 14 J H mccafferty of pittsburg pa who has been operating in the oklahoma fields is closing a deal with C G morrison for several hundred acres of prospective oil lands percy barton general manager of the nitroglycerine nitro glycerine department of the E I 1 dupont de nemours powder co with headquarters at tulsa oklahoma was here last week to inspect their magazine which has just been completed they now carry a large stock of explosives in the field for the shooting of wells we are informed that the duchess oil company are well v ell pleased with their well and are making arrangements to drill several more miller and kay salt lake city grain and milling men are heavily interested in the company also mr corry of the firm of corry bros of ogden the allegany allemany Alle gany oil co who are operating on oil section 23 started a new well this week from what is known of this section of land we would not be surprised to soon hear that the banner well of tile the field was brought in J T gilchrist of indianapolis indiana arrived this week to take charge of the field work for the company it is said that mr gilchrist is one of the best known practical experienced men in the oil regions he came here from the bluff utah fields where he had charge of property for a chicago company we were informed before going to press that the texas company a corporation headed by john W gates which has headquarters in texas is s going to operate in our fields it is said that th this s company is the largest independent oil refining and producing concern in the world they purchased the holdings of J C howard which consisted of the southwest quarter of section 14 15 with all drilling tools machinery etc and a new well down about feet this company controls the oil refinery at salt lake city of which mr howard is general manager we are informed that they are contemplating to enlarge their refinery and erect a large steel storage tank at spring valley |