The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-04

are paying the oil game enthusi-
astically.
Ex-Governor E. B. Brooks, of this
state "JOe" Kinney, millionaire |
sheepman; State Senator Pat" Sulli- |
van, jeremiah Mahoney and many
others well known in the mutton
business and prominent in state and
national politics, are among those re-
puted to have accumulated vast sums
of money in the past few months
through operations in oil.
Perhaps the most sensational story
of newly acquired wealth in the Wyo-
Parker. The tale reads like a chap
ter from the Arabian Nights. Parker
came to Wyoming as railroad
brakeman. Two years ago he was an
attendant in a Casper social club
Despite the fact that geological ex-
perts reported unfavorably on the Big
Muddy field a couple of years ago,
Parker's faith was mistaken and he
put every cent he could earn into
holdings in that acreage His conf
dence has been rewarded by the re-
cent shooting of big wells in Big
Muddy and it is said he will soon be
classed as a millionaire A
Arapahoe and ShOshone~ Indians
own much land in districts where
drilling for oil is progressing and in
dicatiOns are that the red men will
gather in snug fortunes as a result
of the developments of the petroleum
industry in this state. The Arapahoes
and ShoshOnes have a joint tribal
council that conducts the business of
the tribes through the United States
Indian agent The majority of leases
of their lands provide for a 1914 per
cent royalty on all oil produced.
United States government approval
is required on all transactions made
by the Indians and it is probable that
Uncle Sam will care for the money
derived from this new source of
wealth.
Within the past few weeks many
representatives of New York and
other eastern capitalists, accompan-
led by well known biologists, have
visited the Wyoming fields with
! view Of making personal Investigation
of conditions, that they may be in a
position TO advise clients who are
bombarding eastern brokers with the
query regarding the advisability of
investing here. Frank H. Hitchcock
former postmaster general and chair
man of the national Republican COM
mittee, was the latest representative
OF eastern financiers to inspect the
territory.
At present the Wyoming fields are
yielding about $4,000 barrels of crude
oil daily. The entire 1917 output will
probably reach 15,O0O,0OO barrels, as
against 6,234,135 barrels in 1916. Up
to eight months ago minor operations
were being conducted in the Salt
Creek, Grass Creek and Elk Basin
/ districts, but the rich strike in Big
Muddy has increased the flow of oil
tremendously, and biologists now
maintain that this flow will increase
rather than diminish. And, according
to these same experts, the Wyoming
wells which are much deeper than
those in other producing states, will
flow much longer.
Big Muddy has seen seven produc-
ing wells developed since Jan. 1, 1917;
nearly a dozen others are said to be
D ready for shooting and scores Of
S drilling rigs dot the whole district
f The great success in the fields neal
4 Casper has started prospecting in al
S sections of the state, and biologists
S express the belief that oil will b,
e found in unlimited quantities all ovel
I Wyoming, and say that the oil lin,
- may extend into South Dakota.