Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-06-11 | Page 12 | Kinney to Operate in Field near Kemmerer

KINNEY T 0 OPERATE IN FiED FIELD NEAR KEMMERER Report That He Had Acquired Acquired Acquired Ac- Ac Holdings in Slate Creek Confirmed Confirmation has reached Salt Lake of the report that Jo Joseph eph C. C Kinney Wyoming oil l operator and stockman head of the big Kinney oil 01 Interests Is la about to 10 o begin operations In the Slate Creek field near Kemmerer This is said to be the first time Mr Kinney has haa hasin ha In any way shown Interest locally al although although although al- al though his bis home is at Cokeville Lincoln county Heretofore he has confined his interests In the famous Cas Casper er fields felds Lately several companies have been giving attention to the new Slate Creek oil al field pronounced to be a a second Big Muddy There has s l been a small smal stampede stampede stampede stam stam- pede for ground gound In this district and all al of It I has been taken The field Cel lies les about twenty miles mIes northeast of Kemmerer The first company to get drilling apparatus apparatus apparatus ap ap- ap- ap on the ground Is the Twin Falls Fals OH 01 and Development company The rig rigIs rigIs rigis Is now on the ground and arrangements are being made for In The property of the Twin Falls Falls' Fals' Fals company Is described as the west 34 of section 22 township 23 range 11 west The rig Is Isa Isa isa a No 27 Star and fourteen horses were required to haul It to the field from the tha railroad Geologist A. A G. G Burritt Burrit has given a splendid report on this territory and feels that the chances for failure are Indeed small smal The Allied Aled Petroleum company organIzed organIzed organized organ organ- to develop some of the ground of the Green River Oil Oi company is preparIng preparIng preparing ing for active drilling operations at LaBarge LaBarge LaBarge La- La Barge and Frank Tigner Tiger master driller drier and crew now are on the field feld The big National rig of the Green River company will wi be used to spud In Inand Inand inand and drill dri until unU the arrival of the big standard rig which is en route The casing of the old Green River well wel will willbe willbe be pulled and used for the new hole that thatIs Is to be In at once This for the reason that the old well wel has caved in The plans are that a depth of feet will wi be drilled dried If necessary to strike oil 01 It J Is believed that a big well wel will willbe willbe wi be brought in the ground being declared to be geologically perfect