Show petroleum notes the ohio oil company has started drilling on mercer dome near basin wyoming production is expected in the amsden with work under tinder way on two pipe line outlets from salt creek and two more lines under consideration the oil business in W wyoming y b is is picking up and running away at the wertz camp in the lost soldier district work has been resumed on no 2 wertz which was shut down for the winter on account of frozen water line it is cleaning out now to get to the bottom of the hole at feet revenue stamps in transfer of leases to the sweetgrass Sweet grass oil gas company a new jersey concern indicate that the company paid for leases on 1100 acres in in the kevin sunburst field toole county montana A well has been spotted on 2 35 w w four miles northeast of the discovery well new york people are said to be back of the company it i is s reported that interests identified with the midwest will put down a test well on notches dome in natrona county Mont montana aria this summer on I 1 I 1 a permit recently granted t to 0 etyler E tyler smith et al it is stated that the midwest and other interests drilled a well on sec 10 37 85 in the same locality three years ago and found considerable black oil standard oil company of new jersey pays first class postage on its printed communications to stockholders it costs the company between 1800 and 2000 2 in postage alone to send out a call for an annual meeting and a reply envelope for the enclosing of proxies it has between and stockholders and when it comes to issuing dividend checks the task is not only an expensive but an arduous ardt ious one the harrison oil gas company drilling one mile south of greybull wyo brought in a 15 bbl abbl well at a shallow depth company is getting ready to start another on the same lease known as the homestead property this company has extensive holdings in the lake basin district on battle butte structure where the barnsdall foster corporation has a showing of oil around feet the union oil of california has closed a contract covering in the whole of the hale dome in the thermopolis thermo polis district H hot ot springs county the dome has been proved productive of black oil which has so far been the objective of the union oil in wyoming leases acquired comprise over 1000 acres and development will be bein begin 6 in at once union is about to enter the liht light li 6 ht oil district 1 it t has lately acquired acreage in the vicinity of cody aher high grade green crude may be expected G B morgan byorn wyoming f in 6 state b geologist eol it ois estimates remaining recoverable oil content of the rock creek field in carbon county at barrels estimated on the basis of 1100 productive acres with one well to each ten acres and an average 6 total production per well of barrels the field is operated by the ohio oil company which is said to be planning nin 6 an extensive drilling campaign the mutual oil coni company has large interest in part of the acreage being developed by the ohio byers emrick geologist ZD for the inland oil and refining company who was the means of inducing b his coin company P any to drill a test well on the battlement structure south of de beque which proved only a dry hole last year has been ordered to report to great falls montana where he and his family will be located instead of grand junction mr emrick had hoped to remain on the western slope for the spring and summer but the transfer changed these plans de beque shale and oil news the recent cut in the price of gasoline from to a gallon in butte montana by the continental oil company which gave indications of a rate war between the standard and independent retailers has been done away with and the retail price advanced to proposed action by the attorney b general of montana growing out of this situation probably will be dropped in the meantime the continental has reduced the price of 6 gasoline in casper to 20 c it is stated that this was done for the purpose of establishing its customary differential of ac between tank wagon and filling station prices the continental tin recently took over two filling stations in casper |