Show petroleum notes J H ginet inventor of the ginet shale process and president of the monarch shale oil company was in spokane on a business trip in connection with the financing of his enterprises he reports the widest interest in the northwest in oil shale six solid trainloads train loads of 1 gasoline asoline have been shipped out of casper for baton rouge la already this month by b y the standard oil co of indiana and the company expects to make the total for march 14 trainloads train loads the shipments average 60 cars of 10 gallons ea each ch wyoming inland oil index inde production from wells on government land in the cat creek field in montana is showing a steady increase according to settlements made with the land office total production under tinder government permits and leases from august 1 1921 to january 31 1922 was barrels and royalty amounted to carter oil co cos s test in beaver valley no 1 anna costlow sec 6 42 61 weston county wyo is shut down dowa on top of the dakota sand at ft with 1800 ft of water standing in the hole it is now waiting for more casing to shut this water off and 6 go down to the dakota sand the fact that this sand is found in place in this test lends encouragement that the dakota sand may prove oil bearing C A howard whose arrival in january from the pacific coast in order to continue to prosecute drilling operations on a well for the wyoming pacific oil company in the fossil field was in town monday from the well accompanied by john tannehill who has been assisting in the work for the past three weeks these gentlemen report havin having encountered oil in small quantities at a depth of f feet e t but intend to continue the drill drilling ing until a depth adepts of at least feet is reached kemmerer republican A wildcat well being drilled west of the principal range of the in cavilli county mont by the bitter root oil co has encountered a good sho showing wing of high grade oil at around 1000 feet and has developed into an important operation the test is located 1 12 1 2 miles east of the town of corvallis on a branch of the northern pacific railway running due south from missoula and is about 12 miles east of the idaho boundary the company drilling the test is composed mostly of local citizens and has approximately acres under lease the city council of rawlins wyo has granted a 25 year b gas as franchise franchi se to the rocky mountain gas co which a few weeks ago was given a certificate of convenience and necessity by the public service commission of wyoming for the construction of a gas line from the mahoney dome to rawlins the company proposes not only to deliver the gas at rawlins but also to put in the distributing system and to furnish it at a rate not to exceed 50 cents per 1000 feet for the first cubic feet and lower rates in proportion to the amount used down to 15 cents per 1000 feet in in wholesale quantities the ohio oil co has two large gas as wells on mahoney dome and another is being started |