Weekly journal-miner., 1918-05-08
O|L OPERATORS IN CHINO FORM
 ORGANIZATION
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

At meeting held in Prescott yes terday afternoon and attended by representatives of fourteen of the oil companies interested in the Chino Valley fields, an organization to be known as the Chamber of Oil & Mines was formed, the objects of the combination being to promote the in tcrests of the members and to spread broadcast the news of the progress of the drilling activities now just starting in the Chino country. A full set of officials was named and ar engagements will be made shortly to establish an office in Prescott, this city 10 be the headquarters of the or ganization. The officers arc the fol- lowing
 President-W. w. Hays, Arizona Del Rio Company.
 First Vicc-Presidcnt-George N. MacBcan, United Chino Oil & Refin- ing Company.
 Second Vicc-Presidcnt-Col Fred Bowler, Ariz.-Okla Oil & Gas Co.
 Third Vice c-Prcsident-A. H. White ley, Chino Amalgamated Oil Co.
 Secretary Fred Grain, Chino Standard Oil Co.
 Treasurer w. K. Mcconnell, Home Oil Co.
 The directors for the ensuing year are the following-named: Col. Fred Bowler. ]. (. Hcslet, w. R. McCon nell, E. w. Carroll, A. H. Whitelcy, w. w. Hays, A. C. Perry, George \. MacBcan and H. \. Coleman.
 The next meeting of the organiza- ton will be held in Prescott on the second Monday in June, at which time it is hoped that many of the details incidental to the completing of the organization will have been taken care of. Meetings will be held once q month, and the secretary will be in q position to devote practically all of his time to looking after the office when the affairs ot the organization have been placed in smooth running order
 In discussing the formation of the Chamber of Oils & Mines yesterday George \. MacBcan of the United Chino Company, sad:
 I've arc all convinced now that there Is oil in the Chino country and since there has been a sufficiently large number of corporations formed to explore that section we thought that it was high time that we banded together for our own protection. W C believe that we have limited our membership to those organizations which really mean to sink for oil, and VIC have purpOscly excluded one or two organizations whose methods we believed Savorcd of wild-catting. We hope to unify and protect our inter- cstS in the Chino and to avoid all un- buSincss-like competition. One im- portant thing which the body will look after Is the question of any con ilict of title 10 any of the oil lands. ! and 10 protect all legitimate locations which will be made or have been made . by our members. We expect to go into the question of our rights as to . the leasing and holding of land now owned by the government, and to . keep the members informed as to ' changes in the laws relating to min cral and oil holdings. ]
 And another thing which we arc going to do which will be of bcnent to the whole of Yavapai county as we'll as to the Chino fields. will be the establishment of d publicity bur eau which will have as its object the llinging far and wide of the fame or the Chino oil fields. You remember how Goldheld, Ncv.. thrce-Shceted it. 5eli from Name to California back Iii lDO6 and l9U7, and used up 50 much printers ink that the name Goldheld