Show BY JA Gs fl 1 U. U TAH bringing Word 1 f from In of Casper the erM Merritt Indicates t well that In tim the Big Dg Muddy field feld Is one ono of tho the most moat Important matters I tho the boom It I partly party proves proven up UI a wide area area which heretofore has been considered doubtful doubtful doubt doubt- ful ground grund It I strengthens the tho position of t the Glenrock holdings which brought Jn iii n a well wel ye yesterday lerda according to a wire ire from Denver and Increases th tho value of man many othEr other properties COntiguous contiguous con COn- on t tous to III Merrl t holdings The Tho Thon n new w well cell reached r oil sand n at 10 feet i Drilling II I stopped t t at tOI 3 feet While lie tho lal talk of listing oil 01 stocks on the Iho local exchange has not DOt yet crystallized crys crys- In any action acton by the tho board of oC governors It Is II expected that some lome cognizance of ot the tho matter will wi bo be taken within the next few days Interest In Inthe Inthe the tue Wyoming oil 01 fields grows day by day and It I Is said that the tho new promotions promotions promo promo- offered under the auspices auspices' of several several sev sev- sev-I sev eral local lol brokerage firms have been liberally subscribed for by local people News was received today of ot an Im Important important im- im strike In Goldfield on the property property prop prop- erty orty of the Great Bend which Is controlled con con- trolled by the tho Charles S. S Sprague in interests tn- tn owners of the Jumbo Extension and other othEr southern Nevada properties I I In the tho foot toot level assays acrO across 9 a a two toot foot to face run as high as 1100 1100 a aton I where ton and values under the tho tIre the high grade was found go 0 as high as a ton gade This Is the most Important i strike reported In the district since the boom days das ten years ago ao with th the exception of the ore found at al the tho 1017 level of the tho Jumbo I Extension three years ago when Goldfield had another Incipient boom It I Is stated that the tho e ee new e find n will greatly e t itt stimulate UI l ret Interest l In the h mining i activity of the camp which has rapidly deteriorated In In the last two years State Land Commissioner Ray nay E. E I Lewis of Wyoming Is as IS saying that that within two years if I the present rate of development Is maintained Wyoming will wi be deriving from state tate oil 01 lands sufficient oil royalty to pay more than the expenses of conducting aU all the schools of the tho state High grading that popular pastime In Cripple Creek and antl Goldfield Goldfeld when the tho values of or ore ran up to a pound I Is no longer considered quits quits' the proper thing 1 In Colorado The I legislature legisla i r ture eror of ot that stale la nas Op passed t a law lawmaking lawmaking making It unlawful wul for any ony person to 10 makinI I sell more than 10 SO worth of ore without where the theore giving the story of his If life ore ors originated and If It purchased the consideration paid The law as passed is a Held one and and was evidently framed b bv by mining men who had a keen Iteen knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of oC the situation According to the consular reports for fol forlie forthe the lie According first six months month of ot 1317 1917 the oil 01 from Mexico o. o In In that tat period to 10 the United States and other countries countries countries coun coun- tries amounted to the enormous total of barrels exclusive of oil 01 used lsd b bv by steamers for tor fuel purposes Owing to the enormous production of other countries and the great geat need ot of I oil for fuel fuet as well wel as for many other 01 it will wi not be for the United States government to fix a price Government on this commodity the way In which p prices ices have been fixed ned on copper corn wheat etc and it I Is therefore the opinion of ot financiers that the tho oil 01 industry indus try is one of ot the most If I not the most moat Important In the Country today toay tro fron A t standpoint of dividend returns i i Today Is the last day dt dS fo fo fo- the I Big Wg I Ii i lour company to put through the PP pin n nI I of LIt Jur raising money for the thO purpose o I. I opening the mill and further experimenting experiment mi at Park City tn ing with the tle tailing pond No o official figures have yet et been given out although o It has been e stated at many j f times in the last two weeks eek that a the sale of shares of stock stoCk at 12 cents would undoubtedly l go through I and ond the company rehabilitated I Igol The of Tte sixty five IV e claims W s In the I Gold Hill district I controlled tr by b the Dunyon Bamberger-Dunyon gol 0 Interests of this g rel r st city Is reported to o 1 have ha made ce a strike at the bottom boton of the toot seventy fot that tha-t that carries as high as 60 per percent i cent copper roPper 65 15 5 ounces of silver lver and ana from rom 10 to 15 in gold Machinery It itis I I It Is stated will soon be e purchased h edor for 1 t the i purpose t of going I nt to d depth f in order to i Ascertain If it the values continue which the tho company confidently expects to I prove The shallow workings opposite Ithe i ithe the portal of t tile lie tunnel have also opened up an foot eight toot face of a good I grade of oC silver copper copper ore J i General Manager A A. A E. E Custer has i returned from rom the Western Utah ExI Extension Extension Ex- Ex I tension Copper te property situated in the I Deep Creek district with reports that the phy physical condition of the property I I Is excellent and that wore wont WOr Is Il also progressing Wh well II on the Pole Star property prop prop- erty fre with which h he Is also connected nt I Samples from the latter laler property show values I of tom more t than a t ton Mr Coster Custer rr left today d y for tt the East to make I I his report to the New York Pittsburg Pitsburg I and Boston stockholders of the com com- comI I patty pany I I |