Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-09-07
TELLS o. nH0 BOOM
IN CASPER OIL FIELDS

40 q good many Bear Lake people
have recently invested in oil stock
in various companies in aud about
Casper. the following statement.
made by salt Lake man and ap
pearinE In last Mondays Tribune.
will Be OF interest to the local stock
holders:
THAT wyoming oil boom OF which
We have heard considerable in salt
Lake during the last ak months.
hasn't been exaggerated by these re-
ports in the least. said G, II, Bunk
e. upon returning from Casper yes
terday. 1T 10 bigger now than ever,
New producing wells are coming In
daily and the speculative and invest
mcnt excitement expands hourly.
MIR, Bunker continued:
The next big producers arr ex-
pectod 60 be developed in the Powder
River field. where ten prominent
companies have just gone TO work.
Representatives of the greater oil
corporations Of the nation have quits
conclusively proven the geology of
this dome. and drilling there is GER
tain Of successful results In fact,
the procuring OF great producing
wells In the Powder River region 10
so assured that pipe ilnos are being
extended into Il before tho auticipat-
cd big wells are deep enough TO yield.
Tho great .oii powers % the unitcd
STATES are doing this work, They
are backed by millions Of capital.
mig Maddy Fields Active
/ "In the MIR Muddy folds 100 wells
are drilling and many producing The
greater of these producers sends out
/ 1900 barrels daily, Another yields
1000 barrels daily. Tho Mldwoat
company'a thirteenth producing we'll
in this field Ia expected dAily Great
trains Of tank cars como into Casper
hourly from this and other wyomins
fields, all loaded with oil for rofiu'
ing.
Everything IL humminE from
a. IN. until midnight Sessions Of ths
oil stock exchange extend into thS
night. Frequent strikes OF oil keeT
speculation az y fever heat Excite
mont like that which prevailed N
Salt Lake several weeks recently OF
tho pyrotechnIc rise Of tho Columbus
Rexall mine stock liz q weekly Incl
dent In Casper OH circles The curl
brokers did SSOO. 600 worth OF bus
mess In one evening recently be-
tween and o'clock an q result o
new well coming In largely for ont
company.
Everybody IL Iinsy
Brokers. hotels. newspapers, res
taurants. stores. real estate oficcs
, haven't time to even take the oasl
in circulation because Of the i'm
|, mense volume az business transacted
! Clerks simply aay 20 customers o
) patrons. Put your money on IN
counter and that will be all right
, and proceed 70 walt on acme ON
/. olse who IL cIRmoring for attsntlo
4 as n patron.
Even mattresses arc getting riel
/. was informed by ono young woma
' employed In just an ordinary cAf'
3 that she seldom worked q day thsE
: without receiving SO to sis In tiT
Y
: Casper Growing City.
o THE wealth that has been made
oil from Wyoming oil fields. oil Ian
speculation and Casper real eata
!. within tho last three years IL belr
spent In building tho city up vii
, mansions and magnificent buains
= blocks. including y mammoth u
: sonic Temple and two aky scTapei
h The population has Increased fro
=. about 1000 three years ago 90 abo
q 10000 now. and the growth has ~
- begun. People Who have been ca
alderIng tho Wyoming oil boe
i. merely - wildcat incident
" western life have bean decslvi
themselves. They are getting the
II. immensely from the Older fields q
proving up new ones all the TIA
The petroleum industry Il being
tabliahad there on 3 permanent ba
lev and Its possibilities are rscoEnii
by the greatest oil powers OF
east a. being the dreams Of o.
Die the most optimistic soreeasteFn v