Show I I GEORGE II GOES IN FOR Oil OilI I I I 1 IN WYOMING Goldfield Con Bunch Acquires Acquires Ac Ac- Acquires quires Thousands of Acres Acre's in Western Fields George Wingfield Zeb Kendall and othera others oth oth- ers ere of or the Goldfield Consolidated crowd have gone into the western Wyoming oil fields This fact became known only today and the information was elicited from William H. H Child who has Just returned from a brief trip of Inspection of ot the property of the Cretaceous Oil com company pan in which W. W II H. Child Co are h heavily Interested and which is located north of Kemmerer Not ot only have Wingfield Kendall and other members of oC the Goldfield Consoli Consoli- Consolidated Consolidated dated bunch gone Into the oil Industry of western Wyoming but Inter interests from Crom Chicago Omaha Kansas City San I Francisco Fran ran ran- cisco and Los LOll Angeles have taken up uplands uplands uplands lands there and it is stated are preparing preparIng preparing ing for active e operations said Mr Child Wingfield and the others interested with him have acquired thus far about acres almost Immediately south of the Cretaceous property and along lIons the anticline that extends north and south through Lincoln county The Green River Petroleum com company pan controlled by a number of high officials of the Union Pacific also Is operating in the immediate vicinity Their well Isnow is isnow isnow now down clown about feet Ceet and I understand understand understand under under- stand the indications are very promising The Cretaceous well Is down feet and the prospects could not be better The conditions in the several everal districts In Lincoln county now are about the same as existed around Casper a year ago ago and I look for Cor the same progress and ex extent extent extent ex- ex tent of or development experienced by Casper The western Wyoming fields are only about two hundred miles from Salt Lake or about eight hours' hours auto ride and I believe that It k is a question of a n very short time when Salt Lake will be reaping reapIng reaping reap reap- ing the same benefits from these fields as Denver and Omaha are reaping from the eastern Wyoming Kansas and Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa fields There Is a large amount o of business now which Is well worth going after |