Show oil notes A considerable number of salt lake men who are interested in the byron wyo field are watching with interest reports of progress on the test well being driven by the carter oil and gas company on the holdings of the pryor mountain oil company in the byron field the wyoming spindle top oil company has awarded a contract for construction of seven miles of road to its camp on section 32 f 74 dig big hollow field so drilling can continue during the winter the hole is down 1514 feet with the water shut off and five 3 16 inch casing set the company preparing to drill for oil at sulphur nevada has the derrick up and ready for the drill machinery which is expected to arrive in a few days three or four buildings have been built and everything is in readiness to commence drilling as soon as the machinery can be put in place the oil and gas company a recently organized montana corporation is planning on starting a test well in the immediate future on its land near fort benton the company holds acres in what has been passed upon by geologists as having excellent prospects for commercial production and the land will be be given a thorough test the midwest refining company drilling on the southeast quarter of section 12 33 77 in the big muddy field wyoming on a lease held by the parker oil company has completed a second well at 7 feet which has an initial in bial production of barrels with the tools twenty five feet in the sand this well extends the field to the west feet the first well drilled on this section is making seventy five barrels a day on the pump the production of crude oil in the united states is now reaching record breaking proportions after averaging barrels daily for the first nine months of this year or at the rate of barrels a year As the september output was at the rate of barrels daily or barrels above the daily average tor for the nine months period it is estimated that the output for this year will easily exceed barrels |