Show BAKU OIL COMPANY Rig Is Taken From Dragon to New Mew Property of Rangely Field WILL SINK MORE WELLS I Property Is Situated in ill Raven Ra Park Country in n Colorado j Republican Special Service Vernal No Nov Not 4 The The Baku Oil on company com corn Pan pany will begin drilling on its Ita prop prop- crt erty In tho Rangely RanGel field tomorrow Tho Tim rig reached Dragon several da days 3 ago and Is Js now V In transit to Range Range- I ly 13 It was nas first cOnsignee consigned ne to Rifle RUle but owing to tho the heavy snow enow between that tha t point t and Rangely It was waa aa recon- recon Signed to Dragon It Is 11 a I Keystone ne portable rig of a capacity capacH of ot GOO 2500 feet an and weighs elg 3 0 pounds I It Is the present Intention 0 of tho the corn com pan pany to go bO Immediately ly to a depth com I of or feet to the first oil sand B. G George orge I one of tho the well Veil known j mining I and oil experts of ot this section of ot tim the West es will bo In charge of the work worl J an and thero there Is no doubt lint hut I ho Interests interests Inter Inter- ests of the company compan will bo ho looked I after alter in a thorough h. h businesslike man- man I nc ncr I A As Is wen well known b by the people of ot th this p part rl of ot the countr country tho the I oil field Is located locate In Raven Haven park parlIn in the extreme northwestern part of Rio Blanco count county Colorado Tho The nel field oc ocCupies occupies oc- oc a n basin which I is a broadened portion of or tile Hie White river 11 valley The rhe postoffice is about 33 miles from Dragon Drag Drag- on on tho the present terminus of tho the tah tab railway Th The trip from rem Dragon can cnn be made in a single day doy Stage and principal mall connections aro made b by wa way of Meeker which Is 1 60 0 miles distant t b by road up tho the White 1 river vaIle valley Tho The property of ot tho Baku company Is located near the property of the Ro- Ro quina compan company of Meeker which compan com corn pan pany nany huts has been operating for tor a number num nurn- ber her of ot years with very encouraging re ro- ro suits The first t well of this as ni as sunk In 1902 90 Oil was vas struck at a n. depth of ot ISO SO feet teet and Is reported to have yielded a flow low of ot several barrels barrels bar bar- a da day as tested h by the bailer Tho The well velI was continued for a depth of COO t feet et when It H became crooked and was aban abandoned one The oil was poured on the tho ground and burned Dug Many Well 1 cIl Another well vell was drilled a short distance dis dis- tance Lance from this all and the f same samo oil bearing bear benr- ing InS sand was encountered at the same flame depth Drilling was continued to a 3 depth of 1680 feet when a 11 bailer and 1000 feet ett of san sand line w wore wre ire lost In tho the hole hoJe and this well watt was also abandon abandon- ed d. d Still another well was sunk by bv tho ho company near what is known as Stinking cicek about four miles north of f White river Work or ork va ww waN 1 one nt t I. I In- In J I I Iron from rom 1903 to to- to 1906 r Water is 1 is I reported to lo have havo been struck at it a L depth I f SO feet tn in cour course e gravelly ra material I which Is said salti to have b been en the base of ot I tho valley und under r he bedrock rock This water I IR is almost certainly tho the un underflow of or I Stinking blinking cie reek creek k No 0 water vater has f e ever r I been struck In an any of or tho the wells well within I the tue Mancos shale Gas wa was found here hero I at a depth of feet teet but no oil Tho The I drilling was as continued to a depth of I 2500 feet teet but was finally nal I abandoned I j because of or tho the accidental parting of the casing All 11 of the wells I were drilled with the Int intention of continuing con con- through tho the shale shalo to the Dakota sandstone The Tile Meeker company also of ot Meeker Colo Cob hR has been u operating In that field neld for n n. number of oC years yearn Tho The I of or I Ione ono one of or tho the bolos I la Is now feet and arid andla I la JI In fn in- in good condition I 7 v Hunt In In- In ln r About bout bout- bo one year n D ago o this fall t several new now w wells wella lh were drilled antI and a 1 number I of or the tho older wells were wore pumped un- un ilor iler the H of ot J. J II Il Hunt of or Cal Many other othor wells have havo I I been beon sunk recently most moat of which it Il itis 11 is 18 8 claimed have vc struck oil Mr Hunt has jias given en tho following statement in regard l to his work In Sn the Hold Hold- Altogether my experiments and tests show that oil Is found round In all nil the wells except two at depths from to feet teet below the surface Tho rho wells cover a n. distance of about miles from lom north to lo south and Ln one an and one half miles from east cast to west The Tho oil all la is of uniform character and unel In all wells veIls rises to tho same level approximately GO feet below the thc surface By Dy continued pumping the tho production In Increases In- In creases The formation in n which tho tim oil Is found is sand santI un and shale mixed me var varying In thickness from rom n n. tow few feet feat to lo 45 5 feet By lly shooting with nitroglycerin nitro nitro- glycerin tho flow now Is apparently Increased in increased In- In creased although we have o not yet yot ex experimented ox- ox c- c sufficiently to determine the size shot which is most effective e Accor According ing to lo the very latest information information mation matlon recel received recell l from that country countr there is considerable activity all along tho the lino line The Hunt people now havo have tour four rl rigs s and are arc sinking as us man many This compan Is now 1 patenting at acres of or ground |