Show oil notes the sage creek cam camp p in the buffalo basin field fremont county wyoming has been completely destroyed by fire with the exception of one bunk house and the power house the misfortune will delay the companas comp anys test well in this region the sinclair oil company is erecting a parkersburg feet east of its number one wellin well in the osage wyo field with which a depth of feet can be drilled this company brought in its number five well recently at 1400 feet on a three day test it averaged eighty five barrels the well is practically a flowing well the white oil corporation has entered the cat creek field montana having formed an organization in that district with headquarters at lewiston it is putting down one well about one and an eighth miles from the discovery well of the frantz corporation in all white oil has acres under lease in which its interest represents about acres the Esthon ians have been using a mixed shale coal fuel for some time according to the shale review investigations of the possibilities of using shale as fuel where coal and wood are lacking have shown that the mineral can be successfully used in one place in esthonia the shale is being used extensively for the manufacture of gas experiments peri ments are now being made with fire boxes suitable for using shale in locomotives an plant for the treatment of oil on plans prepared by george A taff consulting engineer for the schuyler doyle interests on a site on the companas comp anys holdings directly west of grand valley colorado will shortly be constructed several cars of material including machinery and nd equipment rails and lumber have already been unloaded in the railroad yards and will be hauled out as soon as auto trucks and teams calobe secured geologists connected with the Natio national naf exploration company of new york are in the field looking over the prospects of obtaining drilling acreage on one of grand countes coun tys four oil structures the company is now engaged in drilling four wildcat wells in the western country and makes a business of selecting favorable structures and developing them by the drill C D johnson and J B are the geologists representing the company in this portion of utah |