Show OIL NOTES A total of new wells have been started so far in the california fields this year standard oil is to resume operations in germany according to hamburg germany reports thomas C clinton president of the lin coln idaho oil company was a recent salt lake visitor burk burnett texas now has producing wells and wells drilling rigs and locations the fallon oil gas company operating near fallon nevada has started work on its first well shipments of oil from mexico in the first nine months of this year amounted to approximately barrels the victoria star oil company is the third company to begin operations in the colorado springs field near fountain colorado early in november the price of crude oil was advanced in the eastern markets pennsylvania now being quoted at per barrel the cheno oil company which has until lately confined its operations to wyoming has secured a forty acre tract in the I homer louisiana field arrangements have been completed for the erection of a refinery by the united states oil refining gas company at moorcroft wyoming A depth of 1300 feet has been reached in the drilling operations of the montana IN mutual oil company about seven miles west of dillon montana the virgin dome oil company operating on purgatory flat near st george georg utah is held up on account of the drill becoming fast at the foot level there were new oil companies organized t in the united states during the in month anth of october with an aggregate authorized zed capitalization of the third well of the lusk petroleum company was brought in recently on their holdings near lusk wyoming with a reported production of 2000 barrels daily during the first nine months of 1919 a total of oil companies filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state of wyoming this includes both domestic and foreign corporations while drilling for artesian water F florio a rancher living near duckwater buckwater Duc kwater nye county nevada encountered so much crude oil in the well that drilling operations were discontinued A well reported to be good for from ten to fifty barrels a day has recently been brought in on the ferris farm in the seven lakes country of mckinley county new mexico at a depth of feet excellent reports are being received from the prospecting being done in the hol hoi brook arizona field already five outfits are at work one of the wells having already reached a depth of 2250 feet twenty six rigs are already on the ground in the ferris field wyoming ana another forty five will be moved in as soon as possible making this section one of the busiest oil fields of the state the refining capacity of the union oil company of california has been increased to barrels of crude per day by the completion of the new barrel plant recently completed at san pedro with the combined use of steam and dynamite the fire at the cubic foot gas well of the Kas oming oil company in the lost soldier field wyoming was extinguished early in the month the lahontan oil syndicate has its first rig on the ground at the companas comp anys holdings near fallon fallen nevada and work will be started at once A second well w will ill be studded in as soon as work is started on no 1 1 A fire caused by lightning striking thirty eight 1600 barrel tanks of oil at waggoner city texas almost completely wrecked the town and rendered some 1000 persons homeless on november 10 the gulf coast oil company recent operators in the fossil field lincoln county wyoming have moved a rig to a site near folger ten miles east of kemmerer this will be the first drilling operations in this vicinity the ohio oil company which operates largely throughout wyoming has declared its regular quarterly dividend of per share and an extra dividend of payable december 31 to stock of record november 29 what appears to be an entirely new structure located in section 33 18 74 is being tested by the ohio oil Com company bany the new location is six miles east of james lake and fourteen miles northwest from laramie wyoming J W matthews and associates of bingham utah have secured about 1100 acres of land in the big piney field of lincoln county wyoming from charles lackey pioneer driller of that section for a reported consideration of christian geologist of the associated oil company of california is at present in the big piney section of lincoln county wyoming and has expressed himself as being very favorably impressed with the oil possibilities of that section several large steamship companies controlling a total of 1750 vessels which are now coal burning are planning the installation of oil burning engines it is estimated that the conversion will effect a saving of tons of coal annually oil has been discovered at a shallow depth in wakulla county florida and considerable sid erable excitement is in evidence throughout the entire western portion of the state the standard oil company has secured acres some miles south of tallahassee A party of oklahoma and pennsylvania oil men recently made a visit to the bluff oil fields located near san juan utah there are a number of producing wells in the bluff fields but the lack of transportation facilities has hampered its development after more than a months delay waiting for a boiler the much needed article has been received at the railroad and will be hauled immediately to the holdings of the big piney oil refining company lincoln county wyoming and work will be started at once A number of wyoming geologists recently paid a visit to the grand county utah fields and expressed themselves as being very favorably impressed not only with the work being done at the levi well near moab but with the possibilities of the salt valley district as well san francisco capitalists are negotiating for acres of oil shale land situated in townships 8 11 12 and 13 ranges 19 to 21 east salt lake meridian from salt lake and uintah basin owner owners 4 the lands are located in the rich uintah basin country of utah at a depth of 1175 feet the van dusen oil company operating in the devils basin district eighteen miles north of roundup montana recently encountered a heavy flow of 32 gravity oil this is the first commercially merci ally successful well that has been brought in in that state the buhl wyoming oil company is a new company formed to operate in the lincoln county wyoming fields thomas clinton president of the lincoln idaho oil company whose recent gusher was a sensation in western wyoming oil circles heads the new company the supreme court of the united states recently rendered a decision against the southern pacific railroad relative to its ownership of acres of oil lands in kern county california the estimated value of the lands that must be re returned to the government is the standard petroleum is one of the newer corporations organized to operate in the fields of lincoln county wyoming the men back of the company are all prominent mining men of nevada who have secured some very desirable drilling sites in both the waterfall and dry piney fields three rigs have been purchased one of which will be placed on their holdings close to the second well brought in by the lincoln ida ho company the labor factor is considered less important in the oil business than in the majority of other business activities which are handled on as large a scale in illustration of this fact only men are required for the entire operation of the main trunk pipe line system of the sinclair consolidated oil corporation from ranger texas across the states of oklahoma and kansas and on to east chicago indiana the line handles about barrels of crude oil each day |