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Show NEW COMPANY ENTERS BIG HORN OIL BASIN Crosby-Wyoming Firm Controls More Than 1000 Acres in Lovell Field. The organization of the Croflby-Wyoming Oil company, a Wyoming corpora-lion corpora-lion which will operate in the Bl Horn l'RKln, was announced .yesterday by Harry H. Jofipph of ffcilt Lake. The company controlK by N-aso more than 1000 acres of ptentid land In the Lovell field and plans to b(;Kin drilling early In the Hprlng. George Crouliy, a prominent Wyoming slot kman who recently became interested in Die Muncy Croek Mining company, is picsidf-nt of the new concern. Other of-fioers of-fioers are: Ilnrry S. Jofteph, vice president; presi-dent; II. J. I'eery, secretary; John M. Hayes, treasurer. S. R. Noel and D. L. Wert hclmer are the additional directors. Mr. Joseph announced that the company com-pany whs fully financed for drilling the first wll. lienldes the. officers there are iiiU'.reted in the enterprise Joseph Lip-man Lip-man of Salt Ttke, Silas Willis of Wyoming, Wyo-ming, W. C. dell and Wllmoth brothers of J'arlfl, Ky.: S. S. Pond of Salt Lake. . Krvin J. Lesser of Denver and Lee Coff-man Coff-man of Goree, Texas. Walter T. Gunter j of Salt Lake is general counsel for the j company. 4 The companv is to be Incorporated for $250. U00 divided into 2,500,000 shares, with a par value of 10 cents each. Mr. Joseph places great faith in the divining di-vining rod recently tested on tiie company's com-pany's holdings and predicts that the LovpII dome will prove one of the most ! productive in Wyoming. Tiie property is j situated about six- miles from the Byron j field, and about eighteen miles from Elk Fin sin, and lies along the Burlington railroad. |