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Show mm fields ATTMCniL MEN Several Salt Lakers in Fossil Fos-sil Field Preparing to Drill. Lincoln county. Wyoming, oil fields are ' attracting the attention of investors of all j parts of the United States, states A. G. liurritt. mining engineer, who r..-turned front there yesterday morning. Mr. I'.ur- I ritt sp"nt the last week in the oil fields: of th.s district going over surveys he had previously made and showing the propertn-s to eastern investors. Tii-1 n.c; Fi:uy, the L'ry IMr.ey. the I. a Faige. the Siate f'rerd-:, the l-'ossil and t he Wateriiill fields are included in tins darnel, which l.es eight railc3 from1 K'-nimerer. Wvn. 1 In the Waterfali field a well has been 1 put down, states Mr. Kuri l t . 7"'J fet. j a nd oil sand is expected to be er.coun- tered in a fhort time. Sver:U Sait I.aU-rs arc in tiie ?'osil fie hi and pre- .;iriii to drill. Within three moi.ths a j number "f ,-tandard oil rif a w i'I be rreel- i ed In the Le L.trge and I'mcy fields, it is said. Tiie Lincoln-Idaho well Is still flowing. ,Tu-t recent 1 v it j ihed sixteen barrels In two hours. The cd! of thin well is of highest high-est grad" paraffin base oil; In this respect, re-spect, slates idr. liurriil. theoil excels tup- product of the o.d Tiona well, m.ar Tioi.a, l'a. |