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Show OIL GUSHER CUT IN GREYBULL DISTRICT Spei-ia! to The Tribune. GREYBULU VtyOy Sept. IS The greatest ol! gusher ever brought in in the Greybull district Is forming a spreading spread-ing lake of oil in tlie heart of town and the entire population is in the grip of tlie "oil fever." The. big well was brought in yesterday on land owned by the Lincoln Iiud coin-pany, coin-pany, whjch if the land department of tlte Rurllngton railroad. Oil shot from the bore with such force that a portion of the derrick was destroyed and quickly ft lake, which has been growing larger steadily, began to form about the well-lOmbankmer.ts well-lOmbankmer.ts have been thrown up to prevent the oil from doing damage, but It Is feared that these will be insufficient and that the oil will overflow the emergency emer-gency reservoir before the well can be capped. The oil tests 5? per cent gravity, which means that it is the best yet discovered west of the Pennsylvania fields. Score's of persons are making arrangements arrange-ments to put down wells on lota in the vicinity of the strike. |