Show OIL AND COAL NOTES thomas T lamph is operating a coal mine under lease near orangeville Orang eville utah the valmont tularosa Tu larosa basin oil company has studded in its first well near valmont new mexico it is reported that the american fuel company of sego utah is producing in the neighborhood of tons of ore daily the wyoming illinois oil shale company is ready to begin drilling operations at its property near carter wyoming the wilson warren company has begun operations on the naylor property on montgomery flats near casper wyoming the pack allen alien mine has been leased by thomas bell of standardville Stand ardville utah the property is located near vernal utah the virgin dome oil company of st george utah has received the new walking beam for its plant and drilling operations have been resumed considerable oil development activity prevails in the near vicinity of wickenburg arizona and it is reported that the flores oil company is preparing for well sinking the oil creek petroleum company of canyon city colorado will sink its garden park well to a depth of 1200 feet which will be a greater geological depth than the well at florence col andrew corry of cedar city utah is building a good wagon road from his coal mine on cedar mountain near that place it is stated that the price for coal f 0 b mine will be per ton it is reported that the indian oil refining company has reached the oil sand at emery twelve miles north of shoshoni shoshone Sho shoni wyoming but the flow cannot be determined until the water is cased off the producers refiners refinery Re finers corporation has completed the erection of one of its rigs in pass creek basin near saratoga wyoming and it is expected that oil will be obtained at a depth of from 1000 to 1500 I 1 feet the pioneer oil company is the latest to enter the stillwater field near fallon nevada and will soon have its drilling outfit ficat at work the big derrick of the lahontan oil company has been erected and drilling will soon commence it is stated that the western allies oil gas company of moab utah has its well down to a depth of exceeding feet and that the mancos shale was encountered yat wat a depth of thirty or forty feet good headway is being made in drilling operations it is stated that the new york st louis syndicate has arranged for the building of an oil shale oil retorting plant at debeque colorado using the wallace process recently tested out at st louis an oil refinery is also contemplated by the company according to advices advises from parowan carowan Pa rowan utah ed S white is operating a mine near the mouth of maple canyon four and a half miles from that place mr white it is reported will use auto trucks in hauling coal from the mine to parowan carowan Pa rowan where he will maintain storage bins the arizona wyoming oil company oprea ting in the fossil field in wyoming is busily engaged in placing the producing wells on its holdings on pumps and will be ready to market the first arst oil within the next few days well number one is now being pumped and is showing up splendidly advices advises have been received from lus dusx 7 wyoming that the buck creek oil company has brought in a well with a production of more than 1000 barrels it is reported that the well is feet deep and that with the tools seven feet in the sand the oil is gushing over the top of the derrick the production of crude oil in the rocky mountain fields for 1918 is reported to have amounted to barrels an increase of barrels or 38 per cent over that for 1917 wyoming produced 12 barrels barrels more than in 1917 the production of this state during 1918 increased from barrels in janavry to barrels in august it was barrels in december showing a net gain for the year of barrels a month dr A L murray under the operative cooperative co direction of the J S bureau of mines and the state bureau of health is to make a survey of the mines and mining camps of utah dr murray is an assistant surgeon in the united states public health service and is in utah accompanying the bureau of mines car now making a trip through utah camps reports will be made to the federal bureau and the state board of health calling attention to the conditions as they are found and they will be the basis for whatever action may seem desirable 0 |