Show UTAH WYOMING OUTLOOK H E havenor havener a well known real estate and mining man of salt lake who has long been associated with the utah wyo ming consolidated oil company has the following to say regarding the bringing in of a well near byron wyoming that is producing in the neighborhood of feet of gas daily the strike has caused considerable rejoicing in the ranks of the utah wyoming consolidated oil company as this great well is drilled within less than feet of a very large tract controlled by the utah people it has just come to light that the utah wyoming consolidated oil company has of late for a things big been doing some oil company the drilling long time the ohio end of the standard oil Coln company Pany has been thought to be anxious to take over the utah concern the utah properties of the company sent its exper expert t into the byron field before the arrival of the standard experts obtained by far and in consequence the more desirable property some two months ago it is now learned the utah company made a deal with the ohio company whereby tile the latter acquired one half interest in certain undeveloped tracts and in turn agreed to drill a large number of wells in the producing sands thus assuming tile the entire financial responsibility of developing the field immediately after the deal was consummated the ohio company set up two large machines which since that time have been drilling day and night A report which came in yesterday states that one of these wells has now reached a depth of 1500 feet and the other 1715 feet tile the producing sands will be reached at a depth of about 1750 feet it will be seen therefore that both wells are closely approaching completion whether oil or gas will be encountered is as yet unknown but in either case the results will be highly satisfactory the utah company already has two enormous wells both of which however are surpassed by the new find the byron field already has developed enough power in tile the form of natural gas to warrant its becoming one of the biggest smelting smelling sm elting or manufacturing districts in the united states the development of the utah company for the next few weeks will be watched with intense interest |