Show it notes the oil it g on industry it oil has been found near notom lotom in wayne county by john curfew of gainesville Caines ville the intermountain oil company in which senator thomas kearns is heavily interested has ordered a standard rig from the oil well supply company of pittsburg pa and will soon berin begin dri drilling on its oil lands at fossil wyoming the baku oil company of this city mentioned elsewhere in these columns has been incorporated on large tracts of oil lands jn in emery and carbon counties the company is a strong one and will undoubtedly soon begin drilling Dri drilling for oil in western wyoming now presents a most interesting feature of the oil industry in this section two rigs are now in commission in the fossil fields five are in active operation in spring valley and two more are en route it is learned that steps are to be taken for the development of oil lands on the promontory north and west of ogden ogden the indications here are said to be very promising and it is a matter of no little wonder that nothing has been done in this locality although many locations have been made there S F mining and engineering review work is progressing steadily and satisfactorily at the arroy seco company s well the flow of gas continues very strong the seep ages of oil from the foot mark down have been very heavy and a good flow of oil is looked for at any moment the financial affairs aff airs of the company are in excellent condition news register evanston wyo the indications for a speedy development of the oil fields in this county look better with each succeeding day several parties of capitalists are about to conclude arrangements for ma chinery and up to date five drilling rigs are in position three of which are doing active work with fair luck one or more of these companies ought to strike the productive oil sand before winter sets in castle dale progress word was received in this city thursday from one of the officers of the new york utah oil and minin mining g company recently organized to develop the oil lands of emery co coil nty that shares of the treasury stock had been sold in a few days at 25 cents a share the company will have its plant and derrick on the ground in a few Mays I days the wyoming oil company of pocatello idaho owning oil lands in the ios fossil district wyoming has purchased a drilling rig and began sinking for oil on september 20 on the ath of this month a flowing well was struck at a depth of between 40 and 42 feet the oil being ot a dark brown color and of excellent quality equality this well is one P r L 4 y 7 jel 7 DRILLING PLANT OF THE PIEDMONT OIL 00 mile south of the old dark clark wells the successful result accompanying the initial efforts of the company has caused great excitement amon among el oil men in wyoming 0 at ogden and in this city the duquesne oil company owning section 26 near jamison in the green river country this state has ordered a no 8 star rig made by the star drilling company of akron ohio and expects to have the rig on the ground and in operation at an early date S L boggs of this city is managing director of the company which is a pittsburg pa corporation the el verde rio oil company of ogden salt lake and philadelphia J andrew guttery president is making every preparation for the extensive development of its spring valley wyo oil lands president guttery who has opened an office in the D F walker block this city being notified the first of the month that the eastern officers of the company had ordered a standard dr drilling illino rig which would be shipped west at once it is stated that daniel guggenheim chairman of the executive board of the american smelting smelling Sm elting 4 refining company has had some exhaustive tests made wit with hoil oil as fuel at the refining plant of the company at perth amboy new jersey and with most satisfactory results and that it is the intention to substitute oil for other fuel in his smelting smelling sm elting plants in mexico R E russell bussell a wealthy california oil man has obtained a lease and bond on part of section 33 near hilliard wyoming A standard rig is now on the way and sinking will begin before snow flies files mr russell is field superintendent for several large california oil companies and also a geologist of considerable note his opinions on oil formations being held in high esteem A california company which has bonded and leased the southeast quarter of section 32 township 15 north range west in the wyoming oil fields field which corners on the land of the piedmont oil com company rany has a standard rig from california and drilling will soon begin under the direction of A I 1 anderson a very competent oil man this company is said to have an ample bank accorn account t to draw against and no effort will be spared to make a success of this enterprise the wyoming illuminating oil com company liany operating ing in spring valley wyoming which is sinkin sinking a well under the supervision of L E has reached a depth of 1250 feet a 30 foot strata of oil sand being encountered coun at this depth the well is a mile north of the union pacific well and is capable so the review is informed of producing six barrels of very rich oil daily however the t h e company is not no t satisfied with this amount and proposes going deeper for a larger flow northeast of this well on section 14 mr has started drilling with a star rig 0 on this page we give a fine halftone half balf tone illustration of the well digging rig of the pled piedmont oil company the holdings of the company being located between the oil producing aspen tunnel and the now famed union pacific well in spring valley wyoming the well being sunk by the company is now down a depth of feet in a self supporting formation which requires but very little casing and the review is informed that drilling is being pushed at a rapid rate water from springs is carried feet in a two inch pipe direct to the boiler supplying all the needs for drilling a continuous flow keeping full three tanks with a combined capacity of gallons the coal used by the company is purchased in carload lots from the spring valley coal mine on the adjoining section and is hauled to the companas comp anys ground in railroad cars the well is located only 40 feet from the railroad and at a sufficient elevation above it so that the oil when struck can be run to tank cars by gravity below the well nature has provided a natural reservoir in which the oil can be retained in case a gusher is encountered according to predictions made by expert geologists and if their theories of an anticlines anti clines hold good the well is almost certain to be a large producer as it is located a quarter of a mile from the apex of a well defined ant anticline ieline the officers of the company are reputable business men and livestock live stock raisers and not promoters of wildcat wild cat companies they expect to make their money out of the oil and not from the profits of stock sales their success seems assured from the fact that their machinery is new and of the best make it is all paid for and the company is free from debt the company has meritorious ground many natural advant advantages azes and its future outlook is most encouraging 0 t news register evanston wyo word comes from piedmont to the effect that tb at the piedmont oil company encountered a small flow of oil on tuesday at a depth of feet this company has been drilling but a little over a week and the news is most encouraging this is no surprise to those who have studied the formation in that locality however as it is the general verdict among the informed that this company is almost sure to strike a large flow of oil at a depth not greater than 1200 feet we greatly miss our guess if the well of the piedmont oil company does not prove one of the best producers in the entire field an exchange says that at new orleans recently a test of fuel oil was made on a tug boat the test demonstrated that the oil was a great improvement over coal the fire was hotter and more uniform while steam could be raised much more quickly another point brought out was that the engineer could attend to the entire apparatus dispensing with the services of a fireman the oil is fed into fhe furnace automatically and the engineer can can regulate the fire as nicely as the supply of water in the boiler those are points that wll count very strongly in favor of the oil wherever it is possible to secure a supply people are constantly on the lookout for that which is cheaper and better and they are likely to demand oil for fuel because it possesses those advantages mt pleasant pyramid another oil strike has been made near this city this last one was was found by william zabriskie some years ago a I 1 cro but nothing was done with it until recently when it was thought best to locate it accordingly mr zabriskie and sons with some other gentlemen located 2000 acres of land covering the prospect and all adjacent territory according to report this discovery is the best one that has yet been made in this vicinity it is located about seven miles from this city in a northwesterly direction and consists of a number of amali small surface obedi openings n r s from which pure oil oozes out as water dots does from a swamp spring the oil has been flowing from these openings for years and has dried and partially evaporated until there is enough of it in a hardened condition on the surface at the different springs to fill a wagon box several samples have b been en brought to town atwil n and are on exhibition the owners will attempt development on a small scale in order to learn if possible without going to great expense just what their oil well amounts to it is the only discovery in this section where the oil has forced its way to the surface without any boring or digging |