, 1922-03-02

The Lost Soldier Royalty Company
composed of Rawlins, Spokane and
Portland business men have 500
acres on the west of the Utica Oil Co.
A deal is also pending on this
acreage.
On the east end of MahOney Dome
the acreage ownership as shown by
Jerico Royalty Co., but much of it
has been leased to operating COM
panies. Ray Ferris is president of
the Jerico.
On the south flank of the Mahoney
Dome besides those named above,
most of the acreage is owned by
strong interests. the Midwest being
one of the largest; Frank Baroch
and associates owning a section, part
of which is being drilled sby Ed
Good for the Mahoney Sand Springs
Syndicate. Attorney R. McNicken.
A. T. Whitehead, Wally & McCul-
Tough, J. o. B. Kesner. Mat Baroch
and others are heavily interested.
The Seminoe OIL Company of which
Mat Baroch is president and general
manager, is another one Of the Wyo-
ming corporations which has valr-
able holding in the Lost Soldier field,
also in the Fort Steele anticline aas:
of the Platte River. In the Lost
Soldier field they are the owrrr NJ
a government oil permit for section
is, township 25, range So, contain
ing $40 acres. This section is :wo
miles south Of the. big gas wells OF
the Kpsoming Oil Co., and the Ohio
Oil Co., the Midwest oil well on Sec
ton 4 is n miles to the northwest.
To the southeast on section 80. the
Armstrong Syndicate is also drilling
a we'll. Mr.. Mat Baroch's measure
ments of section Is indicate hat he
has a local structure by itself. The
company intends. just as soon as
weather permits to start drilling o
well, and feels sanguine OF bringing
in a producer. In addition the com.
pany has oil permits on 1900 acres
cor on the Fort Steele anticline.
The Utah Oil & Refining Co. OF
Salt Lake has a lease on section six
on the south flank on which it has
drilled 500 feet and its representa-
tives announce will be continued to
a deep test the coming spring. This
land corners with the Ohio's two
Easser section.
The Mahoney Dome gas line to
Casper extends the full length OF the
structure and 1t has been announced
that the p. & r. and Midwest which
built the line Jointly will take gas
pro rata from all the gas wells that
are drilled.
The proposed line to furnish fuel
gas for the city of Denver is project
ed from Mahoney Dome, as shown on
the map. The proposed line would
be 240 miles in length and would
cost approximately ten million dol
lars. 1t would serve Rawlins.
Hanna. Medicine Bow. Rock River.
Laramie, Cheyenne. FIT. Collins and
other Colorado towns en- route.
On the west end OF Mahoney Dome
the principal acreage is held by the
kssoming and Bair Oil companies.
Attorney Greenfield and associates
hold quite an acreage: Banker Bible
several smaller holdings are held by
other Rawlins citizens.
The Ferris Field.
The Producers & Refiners Corpora
ton home camp is located on section
Is in the Ferris field. Buildings are
we'll built, painted. heated with gas
water piped everywhere. hunks and
mess house as comfortable as any in
the country. The Producers have IL
wells drilling or completed. Besides
four gas wells which are turned into
the gas line to Casper, 1t has a farm
OF over Is oil tanks which are con-
pnected with the six inch pipe line rum
ming via the General Petroleum camp
to the loading racks at Ft. Steele on
the U. p. Considerable gas is used
from these wells for drilling on adj
jacent territory. The Producers have
- large acreage under lease, princi-
| pally from the Jerico. Its wells have
been from shallow to . depth Of 5000
feet. It has every indication OF be-
coming the equal Of Lost Soldier field
In which the P. & r. also have large
The pi,ion Oil Company. located
Nm ssction a.. township 26. range
ttleTbsrAa Field: ctosad down for the
fwfntsr ct i dspA> Of $500 feet. Drill
ling win. - roSs5Aed a. soopsas the
perIhits. the offio45s. OF
lthle acompanYtars ysfy Optimistic over
1.-The outlooksss for It3ngfng In . we'll.
especially 20 since the p. q r. re-
Gently brought in two weels near this
location. Mr.. John HART Of this city
u the president Of the Dillon OH Co.
In the northeast end OF the field
the Portland-Wyoming OIL Syndicate
has D large acreage on which It has
one Of the best equipped rigs In the
camp. It has ADEQUATE camp build
l1noa, a .abSadanes OF wStsr and has