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Show WILL OBTAIN SHALE j FOR EXPERIMENTING Winona Oil Corporation Officials Go to Properties for Samples for Denver Chemists. President H. L. Eokman, sSoi-retary j 0. Kirohner an.l Engineer George W. L"z7-el of the Winona Oil corporation,; left this morning for Powder River oil j fields, where they will obtain a quantity I of oil shale from the Winona properties I to be used for experimental purposes by I chemists in Denver. I This shale is to be taken from a depth i of at least twentv-five feet, and may fairlv be considered to represent the nveraae value of the Powder River shaie deposits. . t the demonstration given yesterdav 1 at "the home of Mr. Kiretmer, the results! i were about the same as at. the demon-1 I stration of Sunday. February 10, the 1 petroleum content approximating twen-I twen-I tv-five gallons to the ton. The three-i three-i round retort was used, and about two- s.-ore people witnessed the test. I It is the intention of those interested I in the project to go forward with tho tests until' it is clearly shown whether I the shale is of commercial value or not. ' P-esent indications are that 1 the dis-t-i'-ition of oil from tbe Powder River ; les will be highly profitable, when compared with the results being ob-hained ob-hained in Scotland with poorer shale j land higher costs of extraction. I O Cai-ev and associates, operating I in" West Salt Creek, spudded m this morning on section 6-10-79 of that field. The parties represented by Mr. tarev are Salt Lake people who have planned extensive development in the West Salt ('reck terntorv. A standard rig has been instated on section 0. an, V the work of drilling will be pushed with all possibl speed. 1 p-ills for the One Hundred Oil com-panv com-panv have again encountered gas the showing being so strong that dnllmg was temporarily- suspended but was "gain resumed. This w ell is down near-K- 600 feet and is making favorable iiro-r-ess. The showing thus far made bears'" out the expectations of the pro-, motor that a producing well will be r-ped at less than t'VO feet. Located ,'s these operations are, six miles trom rinihw", a producer in that section !vouFd mean quite a little to that town. Casper Press. |