Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-09-15 | Page 12 | Say Spring Valley Shows Activity

SAY SPRING VALLEY SHOWS ACTIVITY Lon J.. Haddock, manager of the Liberty Lib-erty Oil company, returned Thursday from a visit to the company's properties at Spring Valley, Wyo. Mr. Haddock was accompanied bv E. H. Calllster, one of the heavv stockholders of the company. Mr. Haddock said yesterday that both he and Mr. Calllster were much pleased with the result of their observations, noting about twenty wells in the district now producing: oil, with several others in course of drilling. Arrangements have been completed for beginning work on section 3, in which the Liberty company holds nearly BOO acres. A drilling crew has been brought out from Pennsylvania and a standard rig is now being erected on the ground. The site of the well was located by Dr. F. J. Pack of tlie Utah university, who believes that oil should be encountered in from S00 to 1100 feet.