, 1922-05-04

rompany's camp. nine miles west o
the Barr camp, until the we'll Is COM
pleted.
Hughes Oil Company
A campaign of intensive develop
ment of the Hughes oil holdings was
started recently at the camp of that
company, which is near the Bair
headquarters, J. l.. Mckinney, an ex-
perlenced oil man. whose home is in
Seattle. is in charge of this work,
Setting OF casing and drilling into
the sands. which were cracked suf-
ffciently last fall to cause the we'll
to fill with oil, is being rushed with
all possible speed. so that production
can be turned into the e 6-fnch
pipe line without expensive delay.
Owing to the approach Of winter
the well was capped late last fall and
work suspended until spring. The
Hughes company owns the southwest
quarters OF Sections 2 and 3, and the
northwest quarter of Section Is, in
Township 20, Range 30, which adj
Join the Bair holdings.
Ihe annual meeting of the Hughes
company was held in Rawlins last
Monday at which time Directors X.
II. koby and c. o. Hart. of Seattle
were present.
Columbia Oil Company
"A recent visit to the well of the
Columbia Oil company's camp on
Section ~28-26-S6. confirmed the
rumor which has been current for
some days that some oil and gas are
developing in it's we'll. Drilling is
proceeding below 22S9 feet with an
SA Inch hole. 1t is proposed to
carry this size to $500 feet unless
production occur sooner or some
trouble is encountered. according to
a statement made by Manager J.. B..
Valentine.
RcnrOh Syndicate
After reaching a depth of 500 feet
in the well belonging to this com
pany. trouble with casing caused a
decision to be made to skid the
rig n start a new hole. This
was done last Monday. according to
Manager Waugh, and work on the
new well is now fairly under way
This well is on Section 19-26-SS.
A Remarkable Record
h remarkable record of drilling
a IL y inch hole 500 feet in eight
days has just been made by Baroch
and Wilcox. and was accom- lished
on the northwest quarter of Section
5-25-S7. This we'll is being drilled
for account of the Utah Oil e. Refin-
ing company. The Utah company has
also recently spudded in on the
northeast quarter of Section 1855.
I'M plans to complete both wells this
season.
Wyanna Oil Company
The Wyanna Oil company. which is
made up of local capitalists and a
number who reside in Santa Ana.
Calf. and of which w. J. Cheney is
president and resident nag Is
drilling on their government lease
on Section ~25-26-SS. and report the
drill has reached a depth of 1925
feet. Operations have been sus-
pended for several days awaiting the
arrival Of a reamer. which was re-
ceived the frs: of the week. 1t is
thought that the producing sands
will be entered within the next 60
feet. and every possible precaution
is being taken for the safety of the
company's property when the we'll is
brought in.
Sam w. Nau and w. E. Chilson,
directors in the Wyanna company,
spent a week at the property recent
ly. returning to their homes a few
days ago. greatly impressed with the
possibilities of the Mahoney Dome.
Utica Oil Company
A rig is being installed for this
on Section 25-26-8S, and a
we'll will be started by Utica manage
ment at an early date as an offset to
the Wyanna. which is on top of the
sands at the present writing.
The Utica company is owned prin-
cipally by Rawlins people, but there
is a probability Of it's being taken
by New York interests. who
taken an option in 1880 acres
Of the Utica holdrings at a cash figure
which will mean a small fortune to
of the stockholders. in addition
to which each will share in the roy
atty received from production.
Sand Hills Oil Co.
Work on the we'll of the Sand
Hills Oil company! on 9-25-S6, has
been carried on with one shift since
the severe weather set in. but upon
the return Of General Manager A. I.
from his recent " sick
spell. an additional crew will be
taken on. According to head driller
Charles Freeon. at the camp last
Monday. a depth of 1880 feet had
been reached and. In his opinion,
had entered a true sand that was
already making considerable oil of
a grade considerably higher than the
sands passed through last fall. from
which about IS barrels daily we're
pumped. He had just completed
ITO barrels from the well
when the writer was there which
..,o a rI,ooJ ~ c1-orot1 ~o f,1r,
about 1000 barrels already taken
from the upper sands. All of this
will be delivered to the pipe line
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