Bisbee daily review., 1918-04-23
American Oil Exploration Co. GUARDIAN TRUST BLDG. DENVER, COLORADO 800 Barrel West SaIt Greek We'll Hit in 2d Sands By Stocks Family Proves Up New Acreage and Is Boost to
 American Oil Exploration Co.,, Wyoming
 Which Is Opening Drilling Campaign

A telegram from Casper to The Denver Post this morning announced that the Stocks family. drilling section of the Salt Creek field. yesterday con- pleed well to the second Wall creek sand. with production estimated at 800 barrels. The is of great importance. it proves the second sand tO he productive in all parts of the field inside the es arpment The two wells of the E. T. Williams Oil company on section II proving the southerly end Of the field and the well on section 25, east Of the main camp of the Midwest Oil company deter mining the northeastern part. The new well estaD- lisaes the productivity of the western part Of the field
 The land on which the Stocks well came in was formerly leased to the Boston-Wyoming oil com pany. subsidiary of the Midwest oil company, which owns several hundred acres contiguous to it and as well even better located the structure. By accident the lease not drilled in conformity with the terms of the lease and the Stocks family. all of whom drillers. decided to drill the land itself An abandoned hole, which drilled years ago to the first Wall Creek sand was driven down to the second sand with the result that fine well was completed The discovery of oil in the lower strata in this district is of much importance to the BostOn-NyCmlng company, Whlch IS just entering into active drilling campaign in which the Ohio oil company will do the work on percentage basis.
 The 500 barrel well brought in West Salt Creek by the Stocks family (private drillers) practically proves up the property of the American Oil EXpOra- ton Co. Bishops Dome field of 1920 acres.
 The Stock famiIy's property where this 500 bar rel well struck Monday. is directly east of and adjoining Bishops Dome field the east. The port circulated in Denver last Friday concerning the bringing in of oil well on the Center Oil Danys property in the extreme end of Pilot Butte field adjoining Bishops Domefield tine west has been amply verified and a large producing well is positively assured. thus proving up Bishops Dome field from anothet Bishops Dome field consists of complete sections of GAO each and is included among the vast holdings of the American Oil Exploration Company, who selling Oil leases in this district
 Kinney Co. brings in well No. 21 and a good output is predicted New well is located back of Platte River in Big Muddy Wyoming. Merritt Com pany has two wells on tcp of sand. The Kinney oil G Refining Company last night completed well No 21 the Kinney lease section Of the Big Mud dy Field 1880 feet with good flow of oil which could net be measured drilling not interrupted Guy Craig. field manager for the Company announced that apparently the well would settle down 10 good a production any of the cOmpany's pro- ducers.
 The Merritt Oil Corporation has two wells on top of the sand either of which may reach the produc- ton stage at any day.
 From Denver Post Of April 12 1918:
 Production of Pig Muddy Field increased 800 barrels daily in week Four wells brought in Friday add to daily output Merritt has two. Kinney one, Ohio and Merritt the other
 "Producticn of the Big Muddy neld Wyoming. has been increased by more than 1.50O barrels day during tho week just closed when the completion of four wells Of which Merritt oil Corporation owns two the Kinney oil and Refining one and the Ohio oil company and the Merritt Corporation joint ly. These four wells give the field between S70O and 5000 barrels aday, of which the Midwest Re fning company is taking about 1400 barrels through the Illinois pipe line Co its Casper plant" From Denver Post or April 13. 1918.