Show ow ft a i notes on the oil industry S it of it OF a it it it it r it it 44 it it A 44 aa the piedmont mont oil company operating in spring valley wyo is pushing work in the sinking of its well drilling machinery has arrived for the clafin well near the carter seepage in spring aprin valley wyo and will be set setup up on the southeast quarter of s section 32 township 15 range judge clafin of bakersfield cala is the leading spirit in this enterprise camera kemmerer wyo hundreds of claims are being located in the fields near opal to the south and east of kemmerer I 1 those who are working in these fields claim that the indications for oil are the same as in the fossil fields some parties are taking up vast tracts there and we have orders for location blanks in large quantities coming into this office daily L L bettys of san francisco has just closed a deal with the milton land oil company by which he comes into possession of acres of oil lands near woodside in emery county in the green river country this state A drilling rig will be installed on the ground as soon as the plant can be brought in from the east L W ely the well known oil man examined the property in question and reported upon it before the deal was made P F H mitchell mitchel an oil man of note of presno fresno gala cala who recently inspected utah oil fields is enthus enthusiastic las lic over the showing and surface indications and states that in time utah oil fields will be the wonder of the country in fact he is so well impressed with the outlook that he has secured four sections of land in the green river country from the california utah oil company and within sixty days expects to have a standard rig on the ground san francisco mining and engineering review the arroyo seco well is down now about feet the drill still going through shale gas and oil still forcing through a heavy body of water to the top of the casing so strong would the odor of gas be if the water did not fill the casing the drillers drillars dr illers could not work the review is reporting the log of this well regularly as we consider it to be the test well of monterey county don C robbins robbing manager of the california utah oil company came in last week from green river utah where on section 8 township 22 south range 15 east he has begun operations preparatory to sinking a well for oil on the companas comp anys property one carload of lumber supplies etc is now on the ground and men are at work putting up the derrick buildings and other nece necessary 8 sary structures while the standard rig will soon arrive drilling should begin by the first of next month A carload of coal has been ordered and tb the e work will be pushed as rapidly as possible the company expects to expend in the neighborhood ot of several several thousand dollars in the sinking of its initial initia 1 well and i ample means with which to continue ont adiong b P I 1 castle dale progress J R bettys of san francisco a prominent oil man and expert making a thorough examination of the green is river oil fields he was one ond of the pioneer oil men of california an analysis of the local ideal oil showed such superior qualities as to at tract the gentleman to this section ile he re bently disposed of oil lands in california for and says a big slice of this money is on tap to exploit the eastern utah fields if he finds the venture looking favorable mr bettys says from what he has so far seen and heard he believes that the foundation for a great industry here is building F A virtue of this city who is heavily interested in the fossil con oil company now sinking a well at fossil wyo received a telegram on tuesday of this week from secretary geo J kelly announcing the striking str ikino of oil in paying quantities at a depth of 51 0 feet the flow being at least fifteen barrels daily without shooting no water is associated with the oil which is of excellent quality mr kelly also stated that the stock of the company had been withdrawn from the market mr virtue who recently visited the oil fields is very confident as to the ultimate outcome of the enterprise in speaking of the well in the near neighborhood he states that they have oil in paying quantity and that much of it is being stored in barrels local shareholders in the fossil don con are feeling elated over the discovery A dispatch from kemmerer wyo to the tribune says that people there are much excited over the sinking inking of a paying well which the writer says is flowing from thirty to thirty five barrels per day |