The Lamar register., 1902-04-23
REPUBLIC STRIKES OIL
BOULDER BELT SCORES AGAIN.
Same Character of Oil Found In the
Mckenzie-Ten Barrels Brought
Out the First Afternoon.

Denver. April ia News special
from Boulder yesterday says:
There is another producer in the
Boulder oil belt This noon the Re-
public cut the oil sand at the depth OF
9GO feet, and before supper time 1t
had gone into the sand for twenty feet
more. Every bailer brought up oil, the
last coming up nearly half full. Inc
floor of the derrick was literally sat
urated with the oil, and the sump
showed it in great quantities. 1t Is
the same character of oil precisely as
that found in the Mckenzie and the
Arnold. The bailer pulled out over
ten barrels of petroleum this afternoon,
according to James Mcbride. field man
of the Boulder Drilling Company. Then
1t became necessary to clean the well.
Manager John A. Teagarden was noti-
fled by $. ii. Huselton, manager of the
company drilling the well, that he had
II well and was invited to come out ana
see it. Because of its shallow depth,
Mr.. Teagarden took it for joke, but
went out, and was agreeably surprised.
Hundreds of citizens went out, and all
the oil men We're there, including Senn-
tor Johnson, manager of the Boulder
Basin; Manager Lee Reynolds of the
Mckenzie and Manager Rathvon of
the Martin. All expressed the convic-
ton that genuine oil sand had been ell
cOuntered. Mr.. Reynolds said the
showing equaled. If it did not surpass,
anything in the belt, not excepting the
Mckenzie.
1T is n very good showing" said
Mr.. Rathvon of the United Oil Com
pany and the Martin we'll I'VE will
be able to tell more about 1t in the
morning. ] understand drilling Will
continue through the night. That Is
right. They should go through the
sand"
Mr. Huselton has a very favorable
contract on the Republic. but advised
stopping at once and putting down
more wells on the Republic tract. "The
well is good one, equal to anything
yet struck, and it is cheaper TO pump
at its present depth than when it goes
deeper. However. | shall drill it as
deep as the company orders me to co.
said he.
Manager Tcagardcn ordered the drill
ing to proceed through the sand. Mr.
Huselton was sure they had not yet
gone to the bottom of the oil sand.
"Oh. no. said Field Boss Mcbride
''Thc sand is likely to continue for quite
way yet 1t is n well all right"
The significance of this strike cannot
be ovcrestimated 1t means renewed
impetus to inside drilling here. The Re
public is nearly II mile west and south
of the Mckenzie, rather in toward the
foot hills. where the King refining
Citizens. Balkan. Eagle, Stakeholder,
Maxwell. Cleveland and other insiders
lie. 1t n Knockout blow to the bob
Der. The company asked no wizard of
the forked stick where to drill nor did
the accept as conclusive the assertion
of the original prospector of this belt
that there would he nothing found
west OF the Mckenzie. +. NJ. Shaw,
former travelling passenger agent OF
the Colorado x Southern. but now CON
nected with the beet sugar plant mt
Fort Collins. is n director In this com
pany. Remarkable drilling records are
being made at the Citizens and Sale
Boulder. Over 100 feet day has been
made In each well for a week. The
former is down nearly 100 feet, and
the latter 700 The Maxwell Is 800.
Because of the Republic strike. Interest
centers in these western wells. y
crooked stem is bothering the Clevc-
land. but there are indications that a
little crook in the hole will be easily
overcome.