Show activities IN PASS CREEK BASIN according to well founded information received here this week says the sun of saratoga wyoming there are at least three drilling rigs now en route to pass creek basin east of elk mountain where active drilling operations are to begin at once with every indication in favor of striking oil at a depth of 1000 to 1500 feet one of these rigs is reported to be coming from the ferris field while two are being moved from miller hill where some drilling was done last year without results the pass creek basin field has been undergoing a thorough examination by expert geologists during the greater part of the present year and the reports made by these agents to their companies have been very encouraging one geologist has made the statement that the structure which embraces the H C paulson ranch and some adjacent territory was the most perfect oil dome he had ever seen arrangements were made some two months ago with mr paulson for oil rights on a portion of his land and the contract entered into at that time called for a drilling rig in operation by the of july this proved impossible on account of bad roads and weak bridges interfering with the transportation of the heavy machinery but it is likely that within two or three weeks at least one hole will be started while it is expected that three rigs will be worked on test wells as soon as they can be transported to the ground of this project last weeks rawlins re publican said this structure was dincov ered and geologically worked out by A T whitehead of rawlins and is known as the whitehead structure dr F F hitze chief geologist for the producers refiners refinery Re finers corporation has checked whiteheads White heads work and has found three distinct closed anticlines anti clines to exist this structure is located in T 18 and 19 R 81 and takes in the paulson cheesbrough lla and the quealy ranches the muddy sand the rich productive sand of rock river will be reached within a thousand feet the producers drefin ers corporation is now hauling a twenty eight star rig to the structure two more rigs will be hauled to this structure within the next thirty days 0 |