Show WYOMING the well known machinery house of landes company of salt lake is reported to have secured promising acreage in the fossil field near kemmerer and plans to incorporate the twin creeks oil company for its development announcement has been made that the ohio oil company has brought in a big well in the lusk field the company capped the well before the public could learn the possible production but oil men in that section are so positive that it is to be an important producer that there has been a rush tor ifor leases in the vicinity the kemmerer republican states that wyoming oil produced and refined in 1917 represented a value of the refineries fin eries of the state treated barrels of crude an increase of over 1916 the oil brought the producer about 1 per barrel and was sold by the refiner at an average price of 0 f about 5 the mascot oil refining company early in the month let contracts for the drilling of five wells on oil its holdings in the fossil field the lackey drilling development company will do the work and it is expected that the first well will be completed before the end of march the mascot corporation will change its name probably to mascot oil shale company owing to the fact that a colorado company has adopted the former title A G burritt of salt lake is consulting engineer for the mascot which is made up of salt lake interests te rests the kemmerer big piney oil refining company has been and will develop holdings in the lincoln county field adjacent to kemmerer the capitalization is shares par value 1 each claude hamilton is president PI it christmas vice president C G elliott El llott secretary J D hamilton treasurer and dr J II I 11 I kendall additional director all are residents of kemmerer the company will operate on land leased from the petroleum company of which dr F J buss of salt lake is president an and d plans to commence drilling in the near future |