, 1892-02-07
CASPER AND ITS FUTURE.
A Vigorous New Town Which is Destined to
Come Into Conspicuous Prominence,
EXTRAORDINARY ACTIVITY OF THE OIL DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES
Money Being Lavishly Expended-Various Contributory
Enterprises of the Immediate Vicinity.

twelve miles and think they hold the key
to the situation.
THE PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY.
The Pennsylvania company. as it is
called, is an association of rich Pennsyl-
v~anians with headquarters at Pittsburg.
This company W about 100, 900 acres of
oil lands in this country, have one pro-
ducing well forty-two miles north on Salt
creek. are putting down another in the
same vicinity and intend to keep right on
BORING o OIL
And plugging their wells until they have
sufficient oil to justify the building of a
pipe line. The line will be built to some
point on the Elkhorn road, probably Cas-
per. if this line If extended and if not 1t
will be built to Cheyenne or Denver.
From what your correspondent can learn
it appears that this is at present the most
active outfit in the field. They have al
ready spent $50, 900 in development work.
This is not a company on paper, nor in
fact. a company at all, but several parties
interested together with P. NJ. Shannon
as trustee. To show the kind OF material
this association is composed of it may be
well to mention that Shannon is one of
the three managers of the Producers
Protective Association, an organization of
all oil producers. Organized within
themselves, like a wheel within a wheel,
Is the Producers Oil company, limited,
with a capital of 5000, 900. This com
pany is antagonistic in every way to the
Standard Oil company and was organized
to fight it. They have already laid a pipe
line from the Mcdonald oil field to Pitts
burg, are shipping in tank cars from
there to the seaboard and are working on
a pipe line between Pittsburg and the sea
in opposition to the Standard.
u tell you these things" said Judge
McCalmont, the attorney and Wyoming
representative OF the Pennsylvanians, ito
show the righteousness of the rumor cir
culated here that this is the Standard
company"
Has the Standard company a repre-
sentative in the feld2'' was asked of the
Judge,
Il don't know" was the reply, ''but it
would be very strange II they have not"
PLENT OF MONEY o DEVELOPMENT.
The other gentlemen associated with
Mr., Shannon are all wealthy oil men.
They are Russell j. Straight and G. P.
Collins, Bradford, Pa; Daniel H. Dor
rett, jamestown, N. Y; Frank Fl. Muir
dock. Pittsburg; l. M. Shannon, Clarion,
Pa, and g. Fl. Strong, Clean, N. Y.
Mr.. Straight owns 500 producing wells in
the East and Collins and Shannon are
equal producers. With such men as these
interested in the Wyoming fields the out
look for speedy development is certainly
favorable. Their first well on Salt creek
was a producer, a paying well, at a depth
of LOO feet. The second well was a
failure. 40 oil being struck. In the third
well the tools were stuck at 900 feet and
the time since then has been spent in
fishing for them. The tools were recov-
cred just the other day and the work of
boring has been resumed.
q CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF
Has been incorporated with a capital of
$4,000 DOC. The trustees for the first
year are: j. K. p. Pine, FL. d. Schoona-
maker, X. d.. Starkmeather, K. p.
Schoonmaker, t. B. Hicks, E. j,
Churchill and j. G.. Baird, the latter
three from Cheyenne. This company
own considerable oil land on which they
have done assessment work.
THE SYNDICATE IMPROVEMENT
Was incorporated this month with a
capital of 5 5000, 900. consisting of 80, 900
shares of stock of the par value of 800
each. The incorporates are: John Weir,
Arthur b. Townsend and James D.
Negus. Offices in New York CITY and
| Casper.
fowDER RIVER PETROLEUM COMPANY.
This company has Its headquarters at
Sioux City, Iowa, and its officers with
the exception of the superintendent, A.
j. Seymour of Glenrock, are Sioux City
men. The are: A. w. Irwin, president.
Il. u. kathrens. vice president; j, r.
hathrens, treasurer. This is
said to be on a firm basis with a full maid
capital of 50, SOC, 900. and 1t is expected
they will begin active development work
in the spring.
A MODEST OIL MAN.
liver johnson Of Cheyenne is In Casper
and has been for some time. About
twenty-fiv men and several teams have
been at work doing assessment work on
a lot OF oil claims belonging to an English
syndicate which he represents. They
own a very large tract of oil lands, prob
ably more than any other company.
OTHER LARGE OWNERS
Of oil lands are the Hardwood Oil com
pany OF Pittsburg, who W $500 acres