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Show WYOMING CHARTERS 119 OIL COMPANIES Total Capitalization of New Concerns, and Increases Authorized, Is $81,490,000. Special lo The Tribune. CHEYENNE, AVyo., May 4. During the first four months of 191S the state of Wyoming authorized the issuance of oil stocks at the rate, par value, of more than $20,000,000 a month. During Dur-ing these months there were chartered by the state 119 oil companies, and several sev-eral existing companies were authorized to increase their capital stock, the total of capitalization of new companies and of increases of capital by existing companies com-panies being $81,490,000. During the period of 120 days the oil stock capitalization capital-ization authorized averaged $(579,0S'3 per day. Ii this average is maintaiued during the remaining eight months of the year the 1918 total of Wyoming oil capitalizations will be $247,865,395. The par value of oil stock issues authorized bv the state during the last week is $10,850,000. Of this amount, $1,850,000 is represented by the stock of new companies and $9,000,000 by increases in-creases of stock of previously incorporated incor-porated concerns. The Buck ("reek Oil company increased its capitalization from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000 and the United Yestevn Consolidated Oil com-panv com-panv its capitalization from $3,000,000 to $10,000,000. J Oil companies chartered during the last week, their headquarters ami capital cap-ital stock, follow: Ogden Petroleum company, Ogtlen. Utah, $50,000; Petroleum Petro-leum triis Products ccomnany.'t'lieyenue, $."i00,000; Wood Petroleum and Refining company. Therm opolia, Wyo., $1,000,000; Western "Range Oil companv, Casper, Wyo., $300,000. |