Show petroleum notes the new casing to replace that worn through and a reamer have arrived at the virgin dome well and work is being Z rushed to b get the drill again at work it is reported that another test will soon be started in the big hollow district west of laramie wyoming it is stated that the test will be drilled by louis bartholomew who recently took over a lease on acres from H 1 L gibbs of denver royalty and producers and glenrock glenbock Glen rock oil co will put in in a plant for the recovery of 6 gasoline from casing head za gas gas at a central point on oil their producing properties at salt creek work will be started shortly and rushed to early completion spring operations at the carter oil well which is situated about ten miles below cumberland have begun and the drill is being operated daily says the kemmerer wyo the colville district they have run a crosscut feet and telephone message from carter yesterday was to the effect that a b good showing b for oil is being made including con sid erable gas gas the carter well is now being v operated lay denver people As a result of geological work done by joseph jensen of salt t lake who is chief geologist 6 for the amalgamated oil company of california that company no now w has the largest producing oil well in california in its new barrel a day well which was brought in in the santa fe aprin sprin springs b s district last week according 2 to clarence bamberger bamberg ger the bamberger interests of salt lake are the larg largest I 1 e st mi minority stockholders in the amalgamated company conigan y which is commonly known as a southern pacific company cheyenne tribune recently carried a story to the effect that E V porter of osage wyoming was digging an 0 oil ii well on his lot with abick a epick and shovel harry E F briggs has him beat a mile he owns a lease in the shallow district of the osage field where all he has to do to get a nice well is to pull up an old sage sae sa b e brush and stick a a small diameter joint of stove pipe in the hole great activity is expected in the osage field forthe balance of the year the daily average crude oil production of the united states showed a decrease of 2875 barrels for the week ended april 1 according to the weekly summary of the american petroleum institute the estimated daily average production was barrels compared with barrels the preceding week production increases were shown for oklahoma north texas gulf coast wyoming and montana and california but these were offset by the losses in cent central ral texas north louisiana and arkansas and kansas P S hendershot secretary of the american workers oil field company which has holdings in section 27 range 93 west advises advise republican that his company has placed an order for a carload of 6 14 1 4 inch casings and a foot drilling line in preparation for the resumption of spring work well no 1 of the company is reported to have reached a depth of 2232 feet cased with 8 inch casing cemented at 21 2120 20 feet and the officers and directors are very optimistic over the prospects of reaching oil sands with a short period of drilling rawlins wyo republican according to the Batt battle lit mountain scout ten men have been added to the crew of the catlin oil products company compan y of elko the company expects to begin commercial production this month the first photographs of the cailin plant permitted were recently taken by an agent ifor dor julius new york capitalist and railroad magnate the agent taking the pictures also made a a complete examination of the plant and upon its conclusion stated that the plant was the most thoroughly equipped shale oil products plant in the united states the midwest oil co cos s test on the mceldo structure montezuma county colorado encountered a flow of wet gas estimated at cubic feet per day at feet the hole is cased with 6 inch casing down to feet and the remainder is open water is standing 1200 feet in the hole but this is coming in from above the sand and will be shut off the drill is now at feet and is believed to be on top of the goodrich sand the hole is in good shape and in spite of the great depth the indications are favorable for bringing an in a producer the most interesting well in the rocky mountain fields according to the oil and gas journal is the test of the gordon campbell kevin syndicate 16 miles south of tl the e alberta canada line in montana Alon tana this well is reported to have 1200 feet or more of oil in the hole from sand found at 1770 feet in the salt creek field wyoming E T williams company shot their well in section 22 40 79 and increased it f from rom a small producer to barrels a day which is expected to be followed by a general shooting b campag campaign n in that part of the field the mosher well which extended the salt creek area a mile southerly is expected to make a barrel well when shot the western states oil land company drilling in section 5 59 78 has what looks like a barrel well in the second wall creek sand |