Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-15 | Page 10 | Lyman Oil Field Giving Promise

LI1 OIL FIELD GUIS PROMISE Expert Comes From Oklahoma Okla-homa to Take Charge of Development Worlc Special to The Tribune. Kt: MM ICR ICR, Wyo., March 13. F. O-Freeman, O-Freeman, an oil man from the famous Tulsa, Okla., oil field, has lie on attracted to Lincoln county to look into the pron-pects pron-pects of oil In this ?etion. He la one of a company of seven who are now promoting pro-moting a "tield aroun.j l.yman, ahout ten miles below the .Lincoln county line in Vinta county. About Lwo yeai'H afro a number of ranchmen in the Lyman vlcinlt y organized organ-ized a compunv and sank a well to a depth of 17oij l -;t. Two (lows of jraa were struck, ar-rurdinff to Freeman, and at the lTnO-foot depths an oil whale had been Btruck. The shale, according to freeman, free-man, who is an expert oil man and practical prac-tical geologist, is a sure Indication of oil. The shale itself Is saturated with oil to such an extent that out of a vory small quantity a labltspoonf ul of pure oil could be extracted. The encouraging prospects of this well have not been made public up to the present time. During the past six months Freeman and six associates acquired the property from the ranchmen and will begin be-gin drilling the well deeper as soon aa spring opens up. A new rig is now due at Lvman for the use of the company. Freeman estimates that the well will have to be sunk 400 feet farther before oil sands are struck.