Show linnie hancock west bar X wildcat t brings in new field in grand county really big the D M linnie burten W hancock west bar X no I 1 wildcat blew in last week at and with the drill cutting only about three inches into the burro canyon sand of the dakota formation is gassing at the rate of cu ft a day the well is located in the northeast corner of grand county only a short distance west of the utah colorado border according ac cordin to the moab times independent this discovery has set off a wild scramble for leases all over ei the section around the cisco area it is said and all old leases are being looked up this entire area is being spotlighted in oil news D M linnie who was in moab on wednesday stated to this reporter that the bar X well is producing the nicest gas he has ever seen extremely clean and with a btu atu of 1200 mr linnie who was on his way to farmington for control head and christmas tree and all necessary equipment for completion of the job said we have a seven inch casing set which we will cement prior to completion of drilling probably taking 8 to 10 days to finish we expect the well then to make 20 million cubic feet we have an immense field now we are sure he continued and you can count co on the big line from this field going through to san francisco mr linnie advised us that this is a closed corporation and they have at no time sold stock nor intend to in the future it s all our money he said mr linnie was drilling supt bupt for col D H byrd nephew of the famous admiral byrd with his backing drilled in the clear creek field discovery wells no I 1 and no 2 byrd was wa responsible for opening that field though he got little credit it is said two more rigs will be moved in at once to complete job of pr prospecting the new field |