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Show WyOHGCiPilES RUSH SEARCH FOR OIL Promising Physical Conditions Condi-tions Encountered in Several Fields. j Stampede Started When Gas Is Struck at 1500 Feet in Murphy Dome. , The Arizona-Wyoming Oil company plans immediate work In the Fossil field. The shallow wells on their holdings have been cleaned and pumps are being placed in position. They expect to place tiie first oil from this field on the market within a few days. Men are on the ground and drilling in earnest will begin in the very near future, when their holdings will bo given a thorough test, os they Intend to send their drill to a depth of 300O feet unless o:l la fou nd in pnying quant it Ips at a tester dr-pth. one well at least will penetrate pene-trate the third sand which 1 known to be in the neighborhood of 3u'j0 feet. Refuses to Sell Interest. There is a report that Mil-e Lumty Is the owner of a small interest in the section sec-tion of land on which the Trapshoot or well Is loralpd. In the Kock rreek field, and that he has refused an offer of $fo,i.;oo fcr It. The Ohio Oil company .is threatening threat-ening to bring in a water well, and Lundy 10 said to have told the company to go ahead he wanted a drink, anyway. Rapid progress Is being marie in the drilling of well No. 2 of the J'roduoers' &. Refining corporation on section r,6-19-78 of the Rock (liver field. Oil is expected ex-pected at approximately 3000 feet, and this depth should be reached before the end of the present month. The well is being drilled under contract by the 1'aratflue Oil company. Rush for Land. C. D. Martin of Lasln, drilling in Murphy Mur-phy dome, cast of Kirhy cr-eck, brought in a good gas well at lOoO feet. Quko a little excitement was caused in that locality local-ity last year, but most of the claim holders hold-ers had moved out and the bringing in of the new well has caused a stampede again, and every claim is being held and many more staked. All the available men in Basin were rushed to the field to hold claims. U Is thought that oil will be encountered en-countered In large quantities in a sand 200 feet below the gas disco v ery. The gas is showing considerable oil now. Favorable reports from the scene of Te.vas-Klkhorn syndicate operations in western Texas thus fur have failed to encourage en-courage the stockholders of the Klkhovn 011 company, since recent quotations are In the neighborhood of 63 cents, with slew sales. Telegraphic advices received Indicate that Texas operations are proving satisfactory, satis-factory, the well being reported down 37Rp feet with good oil showings. The sand. It is believed, will be encountered around the 400u-ioot level. Postpones Operations. Officials of the company at Denver are held responsible for delay in starting operations at the Riverton refinery, where everything is In readiness for the first run of crude. Unforseen difficulties which developed at a late hour are given as the reason, but it is not believed that the postponement will be of long standing. Although the claim is being advertised extensively by Denver brokers who have nothing more than unofficial- rumors as a basis on which to work, there is no confirmation con-firmation iij3 yet of the sale of Pilot Butte production to the Riverton-Wyoming Refining Re-fining company. The Midwest Refining company, which controls the production, flatly denies the report. |