Deseret Evening News | 1903-01-31 | Page 6 | Wyoming Oil Notes

Jill olli NOTis t Van Wit In that In III HW I Oil ll IJ was first dl discovered In Wyoming by the Stanbury expedition tion lieu to Groat reat Suit Lake Tho The louder leader of It the time party In reporting Me hit discovery said From the Use hue of ot the tho bluff blurt Issued several sulphur and south D about Ion t a 0 in Ilo anti and a II halt half a tt spring of ot petroleum or mineral minerai tar lar oozes loSes from tram tin tiit low bank bellik of or a little rivulet Into the volley valley of or Sulphur creek croak Tho rh emigrants collect It for medicinal pur purl l cs nail for tOI greasing their wagon warron u heels hels The bunk from which It issues If ik It I full of ot rolled roiled pebbles but no ledge la Is IsI I In Im 11 later laler years a II well was drilled to n a depth of ot several hundred feet near noor the iu springs hut but only a II small lOll How of at oil wan ivan encountered Tho The Oil Drilling trust has purchased several tracts of oil land In the Ihl state during tho the past few fel weeks anti and In III arranging to sink a of wells P F II U Gilbert an nn capitalist t end cad Irell a Chicago attorney have havo closed cloNed the tho deal for a large tract of ot oil 11 land west of ot Casper Mr all ort Urt visited vl time the state several years yean ago ngo Prof Hedmond Hl mond time the noted J oil all t and his agents Intro been Jn Investigating for tor him Arrange motile have ha been heen made mado to sink several velin On Oil the first of ot the year there was WAB i wild rumble in the Uinta Popo o IG Creek and other fields for claims TSo l o locator who ho did not comply wi wl withe withe the fie law lI w mind and do iii hut his hl assessment a work was wan In In hard halll luck The Time Standard Oil company has pur purchased chased several clIl carloads of ot clay from D P Tru cott owner omner of ut the tho Wilcox oed beds The lime immaterial will be used In com corn rany refineries Time The Western Oil company has hall struck a l now How of ot natural na I gas In ruin rasin near Industrial Jour Journal nal 1101