Show A GUSHER IN DRY PINEY oil circles in salt lake were considerably excited and greatly pleased a few days ago to learn that a gusher had been brought in by the lincoln idaho oil company on ground owned by the cretaceous oil company in the dry piney field wyoming and that oil was spouting fifty feet above the casing another feature that is causing re poising is the fact that the oil is the highest grade product ever found in the united states still another gratifying factor connected with the success of the lincoln idaho company is the fact that a salt lake concern the wyoming labarge dry piney oil company of which george W danley walker bank building is manager has large holdings in the same field A G Du burritt of salt lake also has interests there mr burritt reported favorably on the field and its possibilities sometime ago and feels highly elated over the fulfillment of his predictions concerning it A special from Xem kemmerer wyoming has the following to say relative to the new gusher much excitement has been caused throughout lincoln county by verified reports that the lincoln idaho well has start started ed to gushing the oil is spouting fifty feet above the top of the casing and shows no signs of diminishing the well is on the property of the cretaceous company and is on the section adjoining that on which the original cretaceous well was drilled all companies operating or planning de work in this field are hurrying arrangements for active or more extended work as a result of the appearance of a gusher although the oil from the lincoln idaho well is coming through a three inch pipe the fact act that it is being forced up fifty feet above the casing is declared to prove the field which is quite extensive one of the companies having a large acreage is the wyoming la barge and dry piney oil company incorporated by salt lake men and which now has a representative in texas negotiating for a rotary rig with which it will begin drilling on one of its several tracts as soon as possible in addition to being a gusher the well of the lincoln idaho company is producing the highest grade oil ever struck in the united states this claim frequently has been questioned but a report just received from a well known chemist says that the oil is even a better grade than that produced in small quantities by wells around warren pa and tiona N Y and which is selling at 8 a barrel the report concludes as follows this oil would only need a steam still and wax refinery to turn out a marketable product and w with ith the above equipment you could put on the market an oil that would retail around 50 a barrel it will pay you to install a tank truck to haul the oil to the railroad until a pipe line could be built |