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Show ISSS mill Western Nebraska Is Latest Section of the Rocky Mountains to Experience a Boom ' I "O ALL appearances Utah is 1 destined to have a considerable consid-erable amount of company in the Rocky and intermountain states when the oil industry in this state rata under war. While WyominK'i fields bare been undergoing the process of development (or several years, the growth of the Industry In that state continues In a consistent manner. It Is confidently expected that the extreme western por-.Jtioa.of por-.Jtioa.of Wyoming- and wbich adjoins I'tah will this year experience much, activity as the result of development operations of a number of companies of greater or less importance. Oil development' operations In Montana, Mon-tana, which begaa a year or so axo la what In known as the fat Creek field, have extended until they now roach the Canadian border. While no big wells have been brought In, the number of small producers constantly is Increasing. In-creasing. Operations are being conducted in several districts in Nevada, with good prospects of success; Idaho is becom- -ing seriously interested In the oil game; the territory In northwestern Colorado adjacent to the Utah Une promises to-become to-become an active oil district, whll portions of South Dakota rive evidence of containing big surprises in an oil way. Information has Just reached Salt Lake that an oil boom which promises to develop Into something even big ger than anything of the kind yet experienced ex-perienced In the western region has struck western Nebraska, it Is declared de-clared by geologists that several extensive ex-tensive and perfect structures bavo been discovered In the territory adjacent adja-cent to the eastern Wyoming line, and that the district has been proved by a well driven near Edgemont for the development of water and which now is producing- about 100 barrels of oil a day. The well was drilled to a depth of only about 600 feet, where ths first sand was encountered. - The Associated Oil company of California, Cali-fornia, the Southern Pacific concern which has become a separate corporation, corpo-ration, (Uletly entered the field and now Is drilling n well at Agate Springs. This Is known as ths "secret well because be-cause of the fact that the rig was installed in-stalled and drilling operations were . started before the plans of the company com-pany became known to anyone not directly di-rectly connected with the concern. It Is anticipated that the first sand, known as the White River. will b encountered at about 60 feet. The company. It Is stated. Intends to pass . the first sand and go after tha heavier heav-ier production Shannon sands, whlca He at a depth, of from 1000 to 1500 feet. Below these lie the famous Muddy sands at a depth of about 2OO0 feel. , while tho Newcastle and Dakota sands are at a depth of approximately JO0O 'It Is stated that some large Interests other than the Associated now are negotiating ne-gotiating for holdings on the three domes known as the Sugar Loaf. Cottonwood Cot-tonwood and Agate Springs, and that a large amount of development worn soon will be under way. |