Show ir I MILTON DOME WEll V. V I irI 3 MAY BE BECOME E GUSHER j i South of Craig Best miles I I 1 1 c Ir e EIel Made Bade in Colorado COlorado- I Barrels a n Flow v 2232 I I Day Dare ay J a afO oil 1 field II doubts do about a gr great fiel J been proven to exist in ring J bang o rth Color Colorado do are additional information rel rethe re re- by J in last las l welL brought Ling the faro farot ding Ear 17 miles south t Hamilton near Ce CeI eek k the Steamboat Sentia Senti- Senti S nt t I s 's t Craig niS sa says the I a tel peel It as a flowing well and meas- meas that thai in its present i cat show 2232 barrels it makes i t condition t When the dirt and debris day p per er out of the hole this he re cleaned likely to be much increased ed I f DO pg r i IS s ad i when the drill is sunk a little r into the oil sands the well wel wellmay become a great gushert gusher may ay t fine The geological formation at the Knowlton homestead where the he strike was made Is Identical ith F roth that at a n number of other F iF i joints points in to n Routt and Moffat counties It It 11 is confidently predicted that doza doz- doz k of other wells will be drilled to a s pas oil during the the coining g summer will bein be bo and tod Dd that new oil fields brought in at at t frequent intervals throughout the te territory from Steamboat Springs west nearly or quite to the Utah Colorado line i The pay well of the Texas Production tion company is located in the east half ball of the southwest quarter of sectIon section section sec sec- tIon tion 31 township 4 range 91 4 11 miles from the Hamilton postoffice and ind just 8 miles from the western boundary of f Routt county The distance dis dis- hance lance tance from Steamboat Springs in ill a direct line is 41 miles It was in last June and the drill drillot tj tnt cut ot through the cap rock into the Dakota sands at fe feet t. t The J casing aSIng is is' 12 1 inches in diameter t. t 10 o 2019 feet Ceet where shale 0 oil oft 1 wasI was encountered Au Aug 3 From there then to toa I a depth of 3 31 OO feet teet inch 8 casing vas has used and then me cne hole holy was leas reduced reduced re re reduced to 6 In Inches hes For the last O I feet jeet the 5 51 Inch 6 inch bit was in open ope ole bole without casing l I lm m When the oil rose ose to the tha surface t tf 1 f the well was capped Two of if th the four Inch 2 valves were opened to conrey convey the oil to the stor storage gc t tanks u es which held only l 1000 O 0 barrels J and the flow was was' at the rate of 2 L Lar- Lar ar tr- tr an hour or or 93 barrels if IC al all four pipes were running 23 3 bar bar- per day A. 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B P Patterson fi field Id ent nt of the Texas company left leU for tor Denver to secure eq equipment nt to clean lean cleanthe the he hole and line it to the bottom The drill will then b be sunk Into the oil iCil oil sands and there is much likelihood x f hood of a gusher bel being g developed t Another well will well will be drilled on the game ame lease close clos to this hole as soon as weather conditions permit and a number o of other including the Midwest and others o of m I the most prominent in the oil oU world are makin making preparations preparation to begin grilling drilling early in the spring in ill I both hoth and Moffat i counts couns s The Transcontinental i company Z Which Is h interested with wil the Texas Production company in the Hamil HamU Hamilton I ton tonell well ell holds le leases ses In Routt c coonis county coon coun l nI n- n I ty is at th the north of Tow creels creek 12 1 miles wiles west of ot Steamboat Springs and ad in the Beaver cre creek creak k field on or t South W Williams fork south of Pa- Pa g Soda da and ani the Midwest OU on company has bas extensive acreage in the latter t anc anu several other districts Both Companies have alea already y l in n sink wells within the next 1 I few w months The oil strike at Hamilton Has aroused great interest in n Northwest s cr ern Colorado throughout tin c centry un c ln try and i It t Is certain that thai ner nev ne i will 1111 be a rush of geologists and Investors in- in estors rs to this section as soon as the snow goes off in the spring Geological Geo- Geo logical ca I reports government state and private have established the ther r Presence of or many promising fields and an and i great activity is assured II throughout Routt all and d Moffat 1 coun coun- On Last Page I 0 r e- e H HAMILTON ln OX DOME IE r 4 f- f From Page One fl y tics In In Inthe the vicinity of Steamboat r r k k Springs favorable conditions exist i 1 at the J. J W. W Daugherty ranch on j the Hayden road r l' miles s west of ot ofu u town on ou Slate creek 2 miles out on f the Hahns Hahn's k Ir Ii v M Pc Peak road along l D the ft I eastern base of Elk m mountain and fJ near the mouth of Elk river r near neat tP rt r T Trull rull on Salt creek north of Elk r mountain in III the vicinity of l I Miler f In ir the Chimney Creek field d in t the e Deep creek section and on both sides i r t. of ot the Yampa river t rr near the mouth mouth of Tow creek and the thc present year year e Is likely to witness drilling opera opera opera- lions at several of ot these points |