Show petroleum notes it is reported that the mceldo well of the midwest mid west company has been shot and proven a duster rico item word from the vir virgin in dome oil well is that the drill ers have it nearly cleaned out to the bottom of the hole and expect to have it entirely cleaned out today it will then be baled out after which drilling will be resumed washington za county news atlantic drilling co composed of casper and new jersey people is starting a test on sec 16 42 79 burris dome about 10 miles north north of the shannon wells at salt creek the structure was mapped several years ago it is a small structure but is looked upon favorably on account of its nearness to salt creek there is also said to be an oil spring on the dome dome reports have reached this city that the leonora mining company has secured a flow of oil at its property near rozelle station boxelder Box elder county cording lAc b to president madsen who has visited the property recently a new formation had been entered at a depth of feet and gas and oil were rising to the surface the fact that there is is oil at rozelle had been previously established it has been necessary to order another casing spear and slip socket with which to pull the casing from the big six well across the river from moab and it will be several days before the equipment arrives says the moab times last week the job was held up by the breaking of the calf wheel pinion and when a new part arrived the steel nipple failed to hold the obstreperous casing I 1 it will be feces to t get a new hold on oil the pipe with a casing spear and jar it loose half a million dollars it is reported will be spent within the next few months montha by the utah oil refining company in an enlargement of its plant in salt lake city Fres president ident john C howard is now in the east it is stated for the purpose of completing arrangements for the improvement of the plant which will consist of the erection of a number of additional stills on oil the land recently purchased by the company and which lies immediately to the west ivest of the companas comp anys refinery site A new oil field has been discovered in wyoming ninety miles from the famous salt creek field where the producers and refiners refinery Re finers corporation has brou brought ht in a discovery well according to frank E kistler chairman of 0 f the board of the corporation the well is in the ferris ferns field carbon county at a depth of 1800 feet fedt where the company owns leases in one block covering approximately acres the well has only just touched the asand but i is already making barrels a day the mammoth oil company to which the government awarded the lease on all the lands within naval reserve no 3 teapot dome has commenced active operations under the provisions of the contract T F white chief engineer and S C herald chief b geologist foti for the sinclair interests arrived in wyoming early in the month and in in company with T F algeo local representative went to the field where a force of engineers anid and 6 geologists were put to work running out the section lin lines es and nia making kinty z locations for the 20 wells w ells to comprise the first series they were preceded by men from the bureau of mines under tinder the direction of F B tough |