, 1922-06-15
WY0-ILL STRUCK
RICH PRODUCER
BROUGHT IN FRIDAY and TESTS ITS
BARRELS Per HOUR. NATURAL
GAS LINE BEGUN

The event of the week in the Raw
Inns oil fields was the new we'll OF
the Wyoming-Illinois Oil
which was brought in on the NWA
of Sec. 1860, on the Lost Soldier
Dome. last Friday at 1870 feet. w.
L.. McLaine. who is president of the
Wyoming-Illinois company. as well
as director OF production for the
General Petroleum corporation. was
here last week and took the good
news back to Southern California
with him. A conference regarding
the future policy OF the company is
being held in Los Angeles. which in
view of the splendid results so far
secured, may result in more extensive
development work. on the company's
properties.
For the present the new we'll will
be kept shut in as the company has
no tankage capacity sufficient to
take care of the production. AS
soon as the work Of laying 6-inch
pipe on pipe line company's outlet to
the railroad at Fort Steele is COM
pleted the Wyomine-I1inois will be-
! gin the shipment of Oil.
During the past wee kthe we'll was
opened for a test of one hour, dur
ing which it produced 115 barrels
Nnitn "Oulu SuO" d pTOQuCClOu OIL
27G0 barrels for "a hours. The more
touch with conditions say that In all
probability the we'll will settle
down" to a steady production OF L.
200 barrels daily.
Bair Oil Co.
Well No. 42A, which was brought
in by the Bair Oil company last week,
as noted in The Republican. is still
shut in and its productive capacity is
SO far undetermined. The Bair com
pany Is still short in tankage, which
condition will continue until the g.
inch pipe line Is in complete opera
ton and able to take care of it's
company, after careful observation,
are of the opinion that this well will
probably exceed 1900 barrels steady
production. The Bair company
started last week on a new we'll.
b., on 14-26-20. and work is being
prosecuted steadily and with salts
factory progress. Workmen are at
present rigging-up on ~11-26-9O.
where well No. 44A will be spudded
in soon.
Illinois Pipe Line
Officials of the Illinois Pipe Line
company are of the opinion that the
new 6-inch pipe line from the Lost
Soldier field to Fort Steele will be
entirely re-laid and ready for in
tensive duty within the next ten
days, when a maximum of 1900 bar
rels can be delivered at the rails Of
the Union Pacific, thus relieving the
present oil congestion and adding
materially to the of the oil
companies. Six-inch pipe Is now be-
ing hauled from the railroad and
also taken from the old General
Petroleum line. where it is being re-
placed by 4-inch.
Producers and RefincrS.
Frank f. kistler. chairman of the
board of the p. & r., in speaking Of
the well which was recently brought
in by his company in the Ferris field.
is quoted as saying that while this
we'll has only touched the sand it is
already making 500 barrels a day at
a dcpty of 1900 feet. The oil is ap-
%parently Of a higher grade than that
of Salt Creek.
This company controls about 10
600 acres in this section and the dis
covery of Il high grade of oil in Il
structure of this size can hardly be
over emphasized. There are four
sands underlying the field. One is
producing gas. one producing oil Of
forty gravity. and the other two are
as yet undeveloped. although their
probable content is generally known
due to the continuation from neigh
boring fields. h company has five
other wells drilling in this field.
three OF which have reached the sand
and show for good wells. and will be
brought in as quickly as tankage can
be set. Necessary rigs. pipe and
tankage are now being moved in for
six additional wells. which will be
drilled Immediately. The manage
ment xepects to build up large pro-
duction on this property by intensive
drilling this summer. and later de-
velop pipe line and refining facilities
to take care of it..
Natural Gas Pipe Line
The Rocky Mountain Gas company.
which holds a franchise for supply
ing natural gas for the city Of Raw
Inns. has already begun operations on
their pipe line. beginning at the
source of supply on Mahoney Dome.
Four carloads of pipe have arrived
and will be hauled out at once so
that within two weeks the work Of
laying pipe will be in full swing. In
the meantime the gas company Is
building a private telephone line
from Rawlins to the wells OF the
Ohio Oil company from which the
gas will be drawn for Rawlins' future
fuel supply.