Show petroleum notes it is a cold day in wyoming byomin when the oil field workers worker s have to stop drill drilling ing especially in in the hotel lobbies says the inland oil index pipe has been ordered and shipped from the mills for a 6 in line from the kevin sunburst oil fie field ld in north montana to the tank farm and loading racks of the imperial oil co at coutts alberta dominion of canada the line will be laid by the illinois pipe line co and will probably start from the town of sunburst where the ohio oil co has storage tanks and loading racks inland oil index in midwest the new oil town near the hogback structure says the farmington times hustler the streets have been plowed and the grader is at work from the hogback feet above the birds eye view is fine midwest has a main street one half mile long with only four or five feet variation very few towns can boast of tin this s several blocks are meadow some new alfalfa and some oil ground plenty of sand gravel and nd rock for building material the only thing needed is men with the money and the oil is bringing that well of the hughes oil company is reported to have baye come back after being cleaned out and to be f flowing at the rate of bals daily says the inland oil index of casper wyo good nutting well is reported as good for better than 1000 bals with this company having another well on the top of the sand illinois pipe line co is installing heaters in the lost soldier field so as to be able to take care of the oil it now has four pump stations on its line from the field to ft steele and is putting in another five miles from the initial station according to the inland oil index the teapot dome sprung another surprise on the talent on the when the mammoth oil co uncorked a ft gasser right in the middle of the structure it is located in the sw see sec 3 18 78 it started gassing 6 tuesday when the bit topped the second wall creek sand at 2914 ft by wednesday the flow had increased to or cu ft when about 40 ft in the sand thursday the gas blew out the tools and an estimate estima te by company officials places the volume of open flow at cu ft successful completion of his program to place salt creek wyoming crude oil on a price parity with similar oil froni from the mid continent field was announced on the 2 th by secretary fall of the interior department in awarding to tile the sinclair caude ci tide oil purchasing company a five year contract covering the purchase of all royalty 0 oil ia accruing b to the government from from the alie salt creek field acceptance of the sinclair bid wipes apes out as far as the government is concerned the price differential between the two fields this has averaged 67 cents a barrel over the past five years and now amounts to tj 70 cents a barrel on oil of less than 37 degrees 6 gravity agn and 90 cents a barrel on oil of better than 37 degrees As soon as the weather pen nits aits probably about may alay 1 but bd not later than june 1 work will be resumed on the eio eiga hl mile lake structure located as its name implies 8 miles from rawlins and a deep test well drilled which those who art are backing the new company which has just been organized t tor for this purpose feel certain will definitely defini definitely tel y prove that a vast pool poo of oil lies underneath the ground which chic h they WS have oil acquired this newly organized company is the hatfield at field f company incorporated for with the foll followings following 0 fibers and directors president F H hatfield atfield PI vice vic pes 1 H 14 mcfarland secretary treasurer george M U bergen berg T these hese three are ex officio members of the board of directors durec to which are added the names of C L haines N green 5 field and T W haig the corporation has five sec of land under lease two of them being railroad lar land id and thi re belonging to alke federal government rawlins WYO pu publican alican bl ican |