Show S notes on the oil industry 0 news Re register 11 1 crister 1 evanston wyo W A gray foreman for the ellis company and R C baker were in the city wednesday on oil matters they are confident that the spring valley district will prove the best oil field in the west within the next year press evanston wyo the groshon carter oil company struck a good flow of oil on section 34 near the famous union pacific well last tuesday itis it is understood that they will case off the first sand and sink their well on down to the gusher producing strata they are down feet news register evanston wyo an assessment ses rig doing work for the columbia oil co encountered a healthy oil seepage on thursday between hilliard and aspen at a depth of seventeen feet men of years ex peri ence in the oil business predict the opening of a 0 great areat field near aspen price advocate ketchum shores are still drilling near and as yet have met with no considerable flow of water this is something rew new in the experience of inter mountain oil operators the well is now be low the 1000 foot mark and the indications are very flattering they expect a strike within the next feet the spring valley oil pipeline corn com pany of spring valley wyo of which major matt daugherty of salt lake is general manager is making arrangements for the drilling of another well on its wyoming property A refinery is also being talked of another year will doubtless witness increased activity and progress in these promising oil fields press evanston wyo confirmed ir for mation received at evanston is to the effect that the ellis people made another good strike of oil wednesday on section 24 in the spring valley country this company have already the best paying well in the field and indications are that a second one will follow shortly ic at least it looks that way to a close observer evanston wyo news register mana ger craig who is drilling a well for the carter estate on section 34 encountered the first oil sand on tuesday at a depth of feet the oil is about the same gravity as that found elsewhere in the spring valley dis district brict only the showing is said to surpass others in that with this kind of encouragement it will be but a short time before the drill taps the heavier and paying sands price advocate isador wise has succeeded in organizing a syndicate of chicago and cincinnati capitalists and now has a standard rig on board the cars headed for the southern country the first well will be drilled near block mountain south of the san rafael river in the heart of sinbad basin sorn some e forty five miles southeast of castle dale fishing tools and all the n aces saries belonging to a first class drilling plant accompany the rig mr wise expects to be drilling by december 1st ast evanston wyo news register R harowitch Hard witch of trinidad england passed through laramie this week en route to rock springs where he will assume the position of head driller for the belgo american oil trust a recently organized corporation which proposes to sink several hundred wells in W wyoming y oming the first work will be done at salt wells two miles from rock springs charles walter resident director of the trust has gone to rock springs where in a few days he will be joined by professor W C knight of the state university consulting chemist castle dale progress county commissioner gillies informs us that the first well to be put down by the peoria utah oil company of which isador wise of green river is field manag manager er will be placed at the mouth of the forks of iron wash some 24 miles southwest of green river station besides a strong aggregation of eastern capital a number of green river people are interested interest ed in this new company which will begin operations with sufficient capital to thoroughly exploit their land A standard rig has been purchased together with the necessary tools to meet any emergency the outfit will soon be on the ground price advocate R M pope who is opera operating tinz at dewey springs has g gone 0 one out to his property and expects to have two small rigs t at work within a few days they are being taken in from a point on the rio grande western near thompsons Thomp sons SODS springs and should have arrived on the ground by this time the policy of his company will be to sink a number of hallow wells mr pope is enthusiastic over the oil outlook in his section and says it will be possible to keep up work all winter he having prepared for it when things are once working well he will himself look after the development of some bome gold and copper mines in the la sal country |