The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-02
Uncle Sdn's Royalties
Run into Substantial Sun,

WASHINGTON. d. C.. oct. Il
Uncle sam. I'm his role OF millionaire
oil producer. received in the month
OF August the neat little sum OF
t77S,37S.11 In royalties from the
production or oil. natural gas and
natural-gas gasoline ON government
lands In the west according to the
bureau of mines. which exercises
technical supervision over such oper-
ati0ns. Total net royalties Hccrutug
to tho government 10 August 81 from
these sources amounted To $71S7,-
493.77. OF the August royalties,
S2SsS19.46 IL credited 20 Wyoming,
s354751.4O 10 California, and S34,-
SO125 to Montana. Royalties on the
production OF oil constituted by far
the largest portion OF these federal
revenues and amounted 10 ss745,-
G96.4S; royalties on natural gas wero
s2S.760,2O: and on natural gas gas
oline S3,92l.43.
The governments sliding royalty
scale on oil produced from govern
ment leased lands, as provided ~
the leasing acts, is an important In
noVhtion for the petroleum industry.
Under IL the governments royalties
vary from 12ia TO SO Ia per cent.
according 90 the rates Of production.
During the fiscal year ended June
40. 1929, the total government royal
~ amounted 90 pproNimately four
million dollars. Under the leasing
acts, this amount is divided, 10 per
cent 30 the United states treasury,
37ia per cent TO tho state IN which
the oil and gas are produced, and
52a per cent to the United States
reclamation service.
Wyoming, Montana Active.
Notwithstanding the business de-
preston and curtailed production,
field developments have proceeded
rapidly In the Rocky mountain dis
trict where on June so, 1922. there
were 366 producing wells on gov
ernment land OF which 2G7 we're In
the Salt creek field in Wyoming.
There were on that date 100 new
wells being drilled In the salt Creek
field. Active preparations we're also
in progress for tho drilling program
required under the Mammoth OIL
company's lease OF Naval Reserve
No. on Teapot dome. In order
10 maintain n supervisory force OF
competent men adequate for such
large scale operations, the bureau
OF mines Ia erecting a permanent
camp adjacent to the town OF salt
Creek.
Developments have also proceeded
rapidly in Montana. whore at the
end OF the fiscal year 81 wells were
producing from government leased
lands in the Cat Greek field. BY
these developments the Cat Creek
field became the third largest pro.
Queer OF oil in the Rocky mountain
district,
In March oil was discovered near
Kevin in the north central part OF
Montana in what is known as the
Kevin -sunburst field. Al the end OF
the fiscal year nine wells were being
drilled on government land in that
district.
The production OF gas and casing
head gasoline from government
leased lands in the Rocky noun
tain district has undergone a phe-
nomenal increase during the fiscal
year. At the end of the year, gas
was being produced in Wyoming
from 23 leases in the Salt Creek
field. four in the Poison Spider field,
one in the Iron creek field, and three
in the Lost Soldier field, the aggre-
gate monthly royalty on the gas and
gasoline having increased from So
600 at the beginning OF the year
July I. 1920 to $4,000 at the end
OF the year Dune 80. 1920,