Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-11-12 | Page 12 | Big Concerns Rush into Lusk to Drill Wells

1 8IG CONCERNS RUSH INTO LUSK 10 DRILL ILLS j ' Special Dispatch. ; CASPF.R, Wyo.. Nov. 12. Motwithatand- ing tha government order, tha Luek field are booming and tha prospects for a' big oil field grow brighter. Last night there wera eighteen rarloada of material witched onto tha sidetracks at Luak for transportation to tha oil ft ride there. Tha Mldweatehas placed a atrlng of motortrucks in operation to carry aup-pliea aup-pliea to Ita leases, and thia firm, alnca taking over tha ("actus holdings on a fifty-fifty basts, will have aome f tha beat looking land In tha atats to opera op-era t a upon. Travclera from tha ffeld report that tha road from I,usk to tha walla la Ilka a boulevard after tha county had apent llO.OfO towards repairs and rebuilding the bad parts the past summer. Thia makea the rearhlna- of the oil field a coxnnara- . tlvelv aaay mailer fur Ilia traveler 111- terested Iti the district. The lenrock Oil company haa entered the I.usk field with seven rotary rigs, and will put up a fight, from all Indications. Indica-tions. If the government attempts to oust tt from ttw hotritnjr.- -TTre Buck Creek: tMI connany alao threw down the gaunt-let gaunt-let u, the petty offlcisls who are try- mg to slop the work, and la now spud--ding in a well on Its leases In the field. The Klkhorn Oil company Is one of the later oil companies that Is going to enter the I.usk field. This firm, through Ita president, lr. I,eeper, will move ita rig from section tt of the Big Muddy to holdings in tha I.usk field, and will start work immediately. The supply companies are alao making preparations to kp care of the trade there, and tar Oil Well Supply and the i National Supply have representatives in j the field looking over the situation for a poaalble base for the operations. The 'ieneral Supply comiany haa also been examining conditions at I.usk. with a I poaalble location of a branch nouse there. j