Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-25
OMAHANS STRIKE RICH OIL
Jack Pardoe and Associates Find
New Field in Wyoming.
SOME OF THE WELLS GUsHERs
hut Generally the Holes sunlSeR Are.
Just NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Make
FIatterinE offers 90 Lease
the Property.

Jack Parioe. known the country over as
Diamond Jack. for close 10 twenty years,
sales manager for the Cole & Fry Fish
and oyster company Of Omaha. has struck
oil in Wyoming and believes that within
another year he win be listed among the
millionaries OF the country. He went into
the oil game a little more than a year
ago and since then he has been carrying
on his operations without heralding from
the housetops what he has been doing.
Diamond Jack is just In from the
Diamond Jack oil fields and with him he
brings reports that have sstonished the
most enthusiastic people who are asso-
ciated with him. lie has brought numer-
Gus samples of the oil from the Diamond
Jack fields and reports on the work that
has been performed. The reports show
that on the association property, consist
ing Of several thousand acres OF land in
the vicinity OF OIL mountain, sixteen
miles southeast OF Riverton and near the
Northwestern's Wyoming line, a number
OF wells have been put down within the
last few months and in each oil has been
struck at a depth OF from forty TO $50
feet Some OF the wells are gushers, but
generally they are flowing propositions.
the test OF the oil showing that It's nlum-
mating properties are very high.
Omahans Are Interested.
Associated with Diamond Jack In the oil
fields are Herman schaffer, I'd c. Elliott,
John A. Mcdaniel and James Wilkinson.
associate trustee. all OF Omaha; Patrick
Stanton. Tilden: w. e. Patton and Frank
]. Neff, Fairmont; John Dingman. Ge-
neva; w. f. Grady, Grand Island; ]. A.
Edaburn, Long Pine; Charles Shannon,
Chadron. and n number OF other wealthy
men OF Nebraska and Wyoming
The remarkable thing about the field,
according 10 Pardoe. is the fact that there
is no stock TO sell and nothing to place
upon the market for speculative purposes
Everything In connection with the project
is entirely within the control of the
parties interested and while called an as
ISOLATION. II is more In tho nature OF a
partnership. Speaking OF the oil outlook
for the Diamond Jack fields, Mr.. Pardoe
said:
The outlook Is more flattering than we
had anticipated. We have found oil in
large quantities on every secuon of the
land that has been filed upon. We came
into possession Of the knowledge regard
ing this field through the kindness of
Gus Barlitt, a business man Of Casper.
We went into the project and took In a
number OF our personal friends In Ne
braska, Wyoming, South Dakota and
Iowa, men with money. and thus we are
able to carry on the work without form
ing a company and selling stock.
from the manner In which the field
is developing, we expect big returns be-
fore the end OF next year. Just prior TO
starting OF the war in Europe, Mr.
Barlitt had an offer by cable from par
ties In London offering liberal royalty
and a number OF thousand dollars for
one section OF land of our holdings. The
offer is still good. but must await tho
strengthening out OF thu financial situa-
ton abroad.
at this time there are four rigs put
ting down wells in the Diamond Jack
field. one OF which Il from, California.
They viii coptlnue work during the win.
ter and we look FOR wonderful results,
results that win put the section Of
Wyoming around Riverton on the map.
We expect that the town will be the sec
ond Casper Of the state and that the oil
fields viii become fully as important as
those of the Sand Greek country. Two
Of the greatest biologists OF the world,
Para OF Italy and oliver Of the United
States. have geoiogized the field and
pronounce It 70 have the best and the
largest quantity OF mineral oil Of any
yet discovered.
Holdings Are Leased.
"Soveral sections OF the Diamond Jack
holdings have been leased to a Denver
company for immediate operation ana
we have engaged the services of Dick
Riley, an experienced oil man from
Bakersfield. Cal. TO do our work and
protect our interests.
''At Riverton I attended a banquet and
got the sentiment that prevails relative
= toward omahs. The people feel friendly.
but many OF them feel that Omaha Is not
pushing out after the Wyoming trade as
It should. I made q speech and assured
the business men about that board that
now. with the railroads reaching into
the interior OF the state, they would see
that Omaha would get out after the bush
ness and that every locality would be
given fair treatment.
"Riverton is one Of the richest valleys
of Wyoming and ~ already attracting
much attention as a business center, to
say nothing OF the capital being drawn
there by reason Of the oil field develop
ment in the vicinity"