The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-14
REPRT SHOWS
GREAT MINERAL
WEALTH Of j. s.

WASHINGTON, Dec, IA sub
stantial bcsinnlnS OF the active de-
vclopmeut OF vast mineral wealth
heretofore locked up In the public
domain Of the various western
states but now liberated under the
general leasing law, was recorded
by DR., II. Foster Bain. director OF
the bureau OF mines, IN his annual
report submitted today to the secrc.
tary OF tho interior
Oil IL tho foremost product oi
these lands so far. but DR.. Dain said
that when coal resources OF tho east
start to give out. the government
owned coal fields In the western
states would be OF prime Importance
lu tho fiscal year ended last June,
there were produced from govern.
ment lands. other than Indian lands.
iS,236,362 barrels of oil. OF which
the federal government received rs
royalty s3.6l6.s52 barrels, worth
st.76S.397. not including bonuses.
In addition, at the end of the year
$4,000 n month was being received
by tho government from natural gas
leases on public lands In Wyoming.
In the Rocky mountain field alone
there were on government land 336
oil wells. OF which 267 were In the
Salt Creek. wyo.. field. A hundred
other wells were being drilled.
Under the terms OF the develop.
ment thcre had been issued e9i oil
and gas leases In 4 states and 7.7s7
prospecting permits. on each OF
which drilling Is required. In IS
states and Alaska.
The largest number OF producing
wells belonging to the government Is
in the Salt creek fold. where the
government holds title to nearly all
the land. Such an immense amount
OF crude petroleum was produced
that the capacity Of the wells was
Ear greater than the pipe line faeilI.
ties 20 transport Il.
In Montana also. development
proceeded rapidly and ut the end OF
the fiscal year there we're 81 pro
duciag wells In the Cat Greek field
and . drilling on government land
In the ncwly discovered and promis-
Ing sunburst-Kevin field. Last June
a well near the center OF the Cat
Greek field drilled into a second and
prolific oil sand and flowed natural.
ly at tho daily rate OF 1000 barrels.
Another well came In at 2,l00 bar.
reis. by these developments this
field became the third largest pro-
jluccr in the Rocky Mountain region.
These Developments are exclusive
to activity IN naval petroleum -rc-
serves. Final adjudication was
reached in outstanding contests on
Iuch oil lands. leases werc granted
and drillirg arranged A study
made by tho bureau of mines show.
ed tho government lands were losing
heavily by drainage and that ap-
100000 barrels had
been lost. OF this. on the scale now
n effect. the governments royalty
would have been worth ss.O00,o00.
To prevent these losses. leases were
,lyea 70 drill ON such lands where
lrainnge occurred and tho navy IL
'ecelying royalties in al which Is
Co fuel oil for naval YES.
'els and shipped 10 such points as
necessity warrants for time OF emer-
,oacy.
The ua!ted States government IL
ne OF the largest coal land owners
u the world. nnd also hc!ds import.
INT reserves @! phosphate. potash.
I'D other salts. Coal is now being
mined in these las ds. under lease. In
Wyoming. Waskinston. Montana and
South Dakot9, Utah. Colorado, New
Mexico aad Nevada. Phosphate
rock n being mlued In Idaho.