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Show iiwwlsii j WYOMING FIELDS Activity in Various Districts Is Stated to Be Growing Every Hour. K. C. Metzner. mine and oil operator, wires from Casper, Wyo., that Lhe oriny- : in In of the Glenrock well on section - j has added fuel 10 the flames of excite- , ment and that th most conservative op- ; erators, who are familiar with oil produc- lion, are admitting the well to be the premier In that sei-tion. He says the v eil will produce at least 200 barrels of oil per day. Mr. Metzner says that the Casper Em-bar Em-bar Petroleum company, of which Samuel New house is president, has secured extensive ex-tensive holdings in the Powder River dome and plans drilling; operations at an early date under the supervision of Sidney Koughan, an oil expert of national repu- , tation. J Ac-'ordins to the report of the I'nited States geological survev, oil was first dis- I covered in Wyoming in 159, but largely j on account of lark of transportation fa-; cillties practically no development has i taken place. In fact, as late as 1911 the state is credited with a production of only 1S6.695 ban-els. In the following year, however, the output increased to 1,527,-306 1,527,-306 barrels, since which time production has been as follows; Year. Barrels. 1M1 1S6.G33 1913 1.527,306 2,406.552 1014 4.3i50,O00 1915 5.164,737 191fi 8,030.000 1917 15.000,000 'Present rate. These figures merely show the progress made under handicap of lack of capital, reiining and transportation facilities and do not indicate the real potentialities. |