, 1922-05-25


The past 10 days have been active
ones in the Rawlins oil fields, but
without any sensational develop
ments or happenings out of the ordi- !
nary. The storms of the week pre-
Vlous gave all lines Of activity a set
back, which continued until after the |
roads mad dried up sufficiently to
permit trucking to be resumed Dur
ing the extremely cold weather there
was partial stoppage in pipe line de-
livery which continued several DAYS
during which time the line was able
to deliver only a part of its capacity. |
This had the effect of congesting |
oil at the and caused some vex-
alton while the condition continued. |
Warm weather has Deer a contribut-
ing cause Of the resumption of pipe !
line operations from the Lost Soldier
field to full capacity and now from
1900 to 1000 barrels are being
taken cut at Fort Steele.
Balr Oil company officials are
overjoyed at the discovery Of a new
"gasser.' which promises to relieve
a condition at their camp which has
been i~ncOnvenient and expensive. A
heavy flow of gas was encountered
in the new well. No 35, on 1860,
and it Is thought that this will sup
ply sufficient gas when cased off to
take care of the needs OF the Bair
camp. At present gas Is in regular
use there but is purchased from an
other company.
kasoming No. l.. on Mahoney
Dome. caused the management of the
company a few days anxiety recently
when the terrific gas pressure which
has been kept securely under con-
troll. broke loose and blew off the
connections with a loud report.
Complying with the requirements OF
the government a meter has been in
stalled and in making the connection
the gas was disturbed sufficiently to
start it to "bilin'," with the result
mentioned. The gasser was finally
subdued and shut in once more.
The Illinois Pipe Line company has
, moved its crew from the Midway
s camp to q point to the north more
: convenient for thc work ri taking ny
a and laying nipe thc Lost S0ldj ~
line. Work has been Interrupted by
2 the recent storms, which made truck
: ing out of the question as the pipe
must be hauled and distributed along
, the right of way n off the main
travelled road.
: Five carloads Of 6-inch pipe are
IN the siding awaiting the drying up
of the ground so hat it can be
strung along the line. Each carload
is sufficient to lay a little less than
"A mile of inc.
The Bair Oil company is drilling or
well CO, which is a new hole on 10
$500, started the last few days in
April and have now reached a depth
of about $50 feet.
Well No. AZ. belonging to this
company. is being drilled at a depth
of 1870, on 3-36-9O.
Drilling is also going ahead in
we'll No. So, on 11-2G-9O. with the
drill below 1890 feet. All of the
wells of the Barr company were held
back as to production until the pipe
line was in good working order to
take care of full capacity.
Four Ohio Oil men had an expert
ence during the big storm which they
will remember for years and which
might have resulted seriously. For
tunately they all escaped after a
night Of hardship with nothing more
serious than a few minor frost bites.
The party, consisting Of Jack McFad-
den, NJ. D. Woollery. Lee Carr and
Mr.. Reese. made a visit to Mahoney
Dome early last week and along to-
ward nightfall started for Rawlins
and were caught in a raging snow
storm.
So heavy was the snow that the
driver lost the road and as darkness
fell 1t was decided that camping in
the a for the night was the only
salvation. so this course vas pur-
sued. Oil and grease from the car
was used to coax a reluctant fire to
burn in a shovel which was attached
to the automobile as part OF its win
ter equipment.
The four luckless, but really lucky,
men spent the whole night and until
10 o'clock the next morning, fighting
off the cold and snow and endeavor-
ing to keep from freezing. About
this time the air had cleared so that
they got their bearings and then a
hike Of 8 miles was made to the
nearest camp. for the car was, OF
course, unable to love. The many
friends Of these men are congratu-
lating them on their narrow escape.
According to the Inland Oil Index.
the announced candidacy Of Mr..
Hinkle for the office of Secretary OF
State, opens the way for an oil man
to get something in the a Of po-
llitical recognition. The Index says:
"For once the oil men Of Wyoming
will have the opportunity Of voting
for one OF their own fellows for an
important state office, as Curt Hinkle
OF Cheyenne has announced his cand-
idacy for the office Of Secretary OF
State. MI. Hinkle came to Wyom-
Linz A telaIrnnh %onAratOr when Q