Show 7 WYOMING Ol OIL IS NATIONS NATION'S HOPE Eastern Easter Magnate Here Says Says' I New Fields Are Ae Rich I With Promise j I Wyoming Is the only hope of ot t the e nation naton In obtaining enough crude oil 01 to supply the demands ac according to prominent Eastern Kastern oilmen And tho the tho whole nation naton is looking to the W Wyoming Wyoming Wyo Wyo- o ming fields to produce the amount necessary to make up the deficit So far Wyoming has haa not been scratched in the tho opinion of oilmen who have led in the tile development of that states state's oil 01 resources Wells Wels there have been flowing steadily steadly for tor the thelast thelast last lat four or five years and appear Just as good today as a they were when they tey were first opened In their ability to maintain production over overlong a along along long period oil 01 wells wels In V Wyoming compare favorably ta with wih the Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania anla field which for tor years yea was wa the country's leading high grade oil 01 fields In speaking of ot the oil 01 situation the Boston News Bureau Dureau says that In the current year rear Wyoming will wl exceed I P Pennsylvania Ia In production I From what has nas been proved in tn w Wyoming av so I far some of the biggest fields field of ot long production ever known in this country country country coun coun- try have ha been developed The Big Muddy field owned by the Merritt Merrit Oil 01 corporation appears to be the tile richest oil 01 discovery discover since the Cushing Gushing pool pool From development work now completed several thousand acres of ot this tills company's lans have been proved pro to contain contin four different oil 01 sands at foot 1000 foot 1600 foot 2600 and foot levels le Other fields however have not been doing so well wel as the Wyoming fields Although some alarm is being expressed expressed ex ox- pressed as to the oil 01 shortage the market has not been materially af at- at Reports of falling off oft in output output output out out- put of ot some of tho the big gusher oil 01 wells wels In Kansas have tended to strengthen the tile crude oil oi situation and have made necessary the development jot of oil 01 fields of more permanent char char- acter actor For a time some big gusher wells wels in Kansas pools have ilave given an abundance of oil 01 and for a short time it I appeared that the refiners refiner would be assumed of plenty crude supplies for tor the tile enormous army and nav navy Requirements of ot this country and the allies ales and the Immense domestic domestic do do- needs Records of ot the new Kansas pools bear out what is believed to be an axiom for gusher wells weBs They give a large supply for tor a short time which supply usually is bought to good advantage advantage advantage ad ad- vantage by big interests and then dwindles away rapidly and the general general general gen gen- eral situation so far as the permanent supply is e concerned is but little changed Tills This was vas as tile the record of the I famous Cushing Gushing pool in the tile Mid- Mid Continent I field which attained a aI maximum production of ot barrels barrels barrels bar bar- I a day and almost overnight fell fel off to barrels dal dally daily |