Show wyoming oil 01 1 and coal developments in 1915 BY C ja JAMIESON shows an increase in oil pro action and a decrease in coal output during 1915 as compared with the preceding year n the spring and early summer production f oil was curtailed on account of the pre railing ailing low prices but with the improved M arket conditions of the fall and winter the oss of the first half of the year was more than han made up elk basin oil field probably the most important develop ent of the year was the opening of the ek E k the bringing in of the first well and by litigation among the operators the greybull field the greybull field has attracted much attention during the entire year and the town of greybull has experienced a genuine oil boom early in the spring denver operators brought in a well within the town limits immediately the price asked and in many cases paid for lots by thirty feet jumped from 50 to and drilling became very active at wie one time thirty drilled among them one reported to td be the largest producer ever drilled and estimated by the owners to yield cubic feet of gas per day at grass creek at grass creek in hot springs county drilling was continued throughout the year though operations on federal lands were stopped by injunction an eight inch pipe line was laid from the field to chatham on the burlington railroad by the ohio oil company at present oil from grass creek t t va Z M FIX am V franco wyoming refinery casper wyoming Wyom lne basin asin oil field in park county the yield of bells ells in this field which lies partly in montana ranges from twenty five to barrels per day the oil is high in grade yie yielding ding pore than 40 per cent of gasoline and the bells ells are not deep the average depth of those already drilled being about 1100 feet unfortunately fortunately development has been regarded by the withdrawal of all the federal T lands ands within the field which closely followed 11 t 0 A mining aping engineer and borning wyo ming ning geologist cody strings of tools were operating within the town and a number of new wells were brought in about sixty wells have been drilled in the field most of which produce oil or gas A refinery topping plant of barrels daily capacity was erected and commenced operations in december at the close of the year the boom was at its height the byron field in the byron field a steady production was maintained though no new oil wells were brought in 11 several gas wells were is shipped from chatham to cowley and to greybull for refining the buffalo basin there was no activity in the buffalo basin oregon basin and cody fields during the year though drilling was resumed in the cody field in the latter part of december the buffalo basin and oregon basin fields produce gas only that from buffalo basin containing a high percentage of gasoline wells drilled in the cody field yield from ten to barrels each of high grade oil |