, 1921-09-23
BULK OF BUSINESS IN SOUTHERN
WYOMING TRACED To OIL WORK
Independents Responsible for
Majority of Operations
Out q Rawlins,
Report

So extensive have the oil operations
OF southern Wyoming become that
one-third I o one-haif OF the gross
business dom in counties which bor-
der the Union Pacific is said to be
either directly or indirectly connected
with oil operations.
One of the peculiar situations which
exist in the tremendous amount OF
business hat Is being done In the
southern field Is that the heaviest op-
erationx are being conducted by small
Independent companies Thousands
and thousands OF dollars Is being spent
in development work and II is est-
mated that about 90 percent OF this
cost is being carried by Independent
concerns.
Stating with the Rock River field
and extending TO the fields in the vi
cinity OF Rawlins and thence to the
structures In southwestern Wyoming
around KeTnmerer. is a district which
today contains approximately half OF
the wildcat development work which
is being carried on in Wyoming at
this time.
A summary of some OF the work
which is being carried on Il this time
show the extent OF the development.
Wilson and Baroch have completed
n 500-fcot drilling contract for the
Utah Refining company on section G.
25-sS in the Lost Soldier district and
arc preparing 10 move TO section 10
where they will drill for the Raw
Inns OH and Utility company. A stand
ard outfit Is being erected to conn.,
plete the hole on section g..
DriIers who recently penetrated the
oil sand in Sand Hills OIL company
No. / report that there is ovcr 1000
feet of oil standing in the casing. The
Wyanna OIL company's well in the
same vicinity has been cleaned out
and is again producing. Both these
hoes are on the Mahoney dome.
Al a depth Of $40 feet the General
Petroleum company well in Lost SOL
der is said to have over 1000 feet
of oil in the hole. II is thought that
this we'll will be ono of the hest that
the company has drilled in that vicin-
ity.
There is an unverifled rumor that
one of tho three wells which is being
drilled on the Fort Steele structure
has developed a showing Of oil. The
concerns which are developing the
| Fort Steele field are all Rawlins bust
ness men. The Illinois Pipeline com
pany is building its third SIS. oo0-barrei
tank on the farm nea- Fort Steele.
Several Rawiins business and pro-
fessionnl men have organized a syndi-
cate for the purpose of drilling a new
| structure recently worked out by geol-
| ogists in the Fort Steeio-G renville
| section.
! lust a mile west of the center of
the Bafr camp the Fidelity Operating
association has erected a standard
derrick anu is starting a deep test
WE'LL At n depth OF $50 feet "a strong
showing Of gas was encountered. The
gas ignited and the boiler shed and
part of the equipment was destroyed.
Plans arc being made for the immedi-
ate construction of the destroyed
parts so that much progress as possi-
bic can be made before tho winter
months.
The Portland Wyoming company
i well in the Ferris field is temporarily
shut down. Preparations are being
made for the start of operations. This
camp and outfit is the mode field
equipment of the Rawlins district.
The Washington Oil and Refining
company is about ready TO complete
It's hoie IN rms rertiS LIEU on section
9-25-S6. Water has been cased off
and with the bit on top Of the sand
which it is expected will yield the
production. the well should be COM
pleted int few days.
There r scores of other small con-
Germs drilling in the Rawlins district,
many of them amply financed to make
complete tests of the properties. If
half of the wells which are being
drilled yield production. Rawlins will
become the center OF the greatest pro-
ducing district in the state.