, 1921-12-29

ed this week. In many cases camps
abandoned work entirely in order tc
permit those who SO desired to return
home for holiday festivities. Every
operating camp in this territory SC
far as The Republican can ascertain
held some sort Of celebration on
, Christmas, which. universally. car
ried turkey dinner with it.
At the Illinois Pipe Line Co. camp
at Midwest 16. a stag party OF en-
ployes only held song, elocution and
hoe-down, shake-your-foot dancing
contests, following a wonderful tur
key dinner with lemonade trimmin's,
according to one of the attendants.
Mr.. J. w. Cummings, field superin-
tendent for the pipe line company.
has a large party of employees at the
Midwest camp and is making good
Roadway with the work OF deep
t%renching the oil pipe line from Barr
camp to the railroad.
Art Wilson. district foreman at
Rock River for the Illinois Pipe Line
Co.. suffered the laceration OF all the
fingers on his right hand by getting
it caught in the cogs OF the James
Lake pump, one day last week. The
attending surgeon thinks he can save
all fingers except the first joint of
the ring finger.
The Ohio Oil Company at McFad-
den, this county. is erecting a 24x40
addition to its already large machine
shop and when completed will install
a lathe machine large enough to
handle. cut and thread pipe fifteen
inches in diameter and intermediate
sizes down to ten inch. This will
complete the Ohio shop as the best
equipped in Wyoming.
The Rock Creek school children
at McFadden entertained the oil
camp at Amusement Hall on Christ
mas eve with a community tree and
a wonderful program OF especial
merit. CAPACITY attendance filled
floor and gallery.
The first five days Of the ten day
capacity test run on the south half
Of the Salt Creek oil field, in the face
of extreme cold weather as compared
with the north half test, demonstrates
without a question Of doubt that the
entire district is capable of produc-
ing 100000 barrels of crude daily.
The field is only partially develop
ed and as the oldest wells show little
depreciation 1t is safe to presume
that Salt Creek will continue as a
100 900 barrel per day field for the
next twenty years or more, without
counting the possibilities Of unde-
veloped sands known to underlie
those from which the oil now comes.
The Renroh Syndicate we'll on 49,
1858 will be spudded in within the
next few days. the turkey eaters hay
ing returned to camp today. The
lease contains 1850 acres. The syn-
dictate is composed Of a few Seattle
Inns. who is managing drilling opera
tions. The location of this we'll has
been studied very carefully by geol-
ogists since the drilling announce
ment was first made and is now be-
ing touted as a winner.
Mr.. j. X. Anderson OF Casper was
in Rawlins Wednesday morning en-
route to the "Wertz" camp end of
the telephone: wires now being
I IL oh ~ looL lC6 VI liz pipe
line telephone construction work.
A wire from j. B. Valentine and
Head Driller H. H. High of the Col
umbia camp announce that they will
return this week to drilling
operations. The entire crew have
been off for Christmas.
Announcement was made by the
Producers G Refiners two weeks ago
that 1t had contracted all its gas to
the Midwest and would discontinue
gas service to local drilling camps.
which caused CONSERVATION for a
few days. Later 1t was found that
the service was lot to be shut off,
but owing to the Midwest having a
contract on all OF the gas produc-
ton a new arrangement need be en-
tered into. Satisfactory adjustment
will no doubt be completed very
shortly so that the New Year work
will proceed without interruption.
A deal said to involve 72O acres
Of Salt Creek land and a considera-
ton OF $2,50O.00O and trade inter
ests was completed recently In New
fOTk Wneh tne FenSland Oil COM
pany. said to be a Standard subsid-
larry came into control Of the per-
sOnal holdings in the field Of Harry
N. Isenberg, OF Casper. 1t is report
ed that the deal was concluded by
Casper brokers.
The Buck Creek Oil company's
Rodeo No. 2 on sec. 26-36-65, Lance
Creek field. is due for completion.
The well was drilled down to the
top OF the first sand early last sum-
mer but %as not completed owing
to the depression in oil prevailing at
that time. Recently the drillers were
sent back to operations. Oil
was found standing 5000 feet In the
casing. The well was swabbed and
made a good production, but there