, 1923-05-31
HATFIELD OIL CO.
Starts Drilling
ACTUAL DRILLING OPERATIONS Com.
nENCED In HEART OF EIGHT
Mile STRUCTURE

What may prove to be the most
important event in the history of
Rawlins occurred at Ave o'clock last
Tuesday afternoon when the Hat
field Oil Company began actual drill
ling operations OF q carefully select
ed location in the very heart Of the
Eight Mile Lake oil structure but
a short distance to the southwest OF
this city.
with driller Floyd Hatfield at the
throttle and in the presence OF Il
large number OF local citizens the
we'll was spudded In and he huge
bit started on its way to, what Is
thought to be, oil and a produc-
ing sands below.
For eight days the drilling crow
had been busy rigging up anr In
other ways preparing for the work
ahead and when the day OF spudding
in came around the drilling opera
lions were begun without a hitch.
One very noticeable feature ut the
Hatfield location Is the lack OF n
second hand eauipment-r;g TIM
bers. cable tools. drilling engine
all are new and in the best OF con-
dition for the coming weeks Of wear
and tear.
DelOIe otot p"
Eight Mile Structure the Hatfield Oil
Company sought the advice OF sever
al prominent geologists, who care
fully examined the structure n re-
ported favorably on the prospects Of
obtaining oil in commercial quaint
ties.
In order that the company be fully
protected. more than four thousand
acres surrounding the scene Of opera
lions were leased and should the
hopes Of the stockholders be realized
the Hatfield Oil company will be In a
position to reap a rich reward from
their investments. In fact, SO promis-
ing does the structure appear to large
oil companies that the Hatfield COM
pany has been approached by veal
thy oil interests who would lease the
vast acreage on very desirable terms
L However, so certain Is h g locaI
company that oil lies beneath the To-
cation upon which they are o
drilling that all such proposals have
been refused.
The Eight Mile Lake Structure
has long been the object of much at
'tentjon on the part OF oil companies
and there have been " wells drilled
Ono ut the very edge and slightly
loft structure. This well was drilled
to the Wall Creek Sands. 1t not be-
ing known at the time that there
was production in the Dakota Sands
of this state. This well.
did have a very strong showing OF
oil which at the time was believed
to have come from oil shale. How
ever a chemical analysis. made .
short time ago. reveals the Tact thae
the oil 10 Of the same content ~ 10
found In the Rock River and Lost
Soldier Fields. According to one
Of the leading biologists OF the
country. this oil, thought years ago
to have come from oil shale. In zeal
ity came from the Dakota Sands
within the Eight Mile Structure.
The second we'll was drilled q few
years Z on a location close to the
present scene of operations and was
also drilled only ms far as the Wall
Greek Sands. Al the Wall Creek
Sands a strong flow of a was en-
countered and the well abandoned.
] Two other wells were drilled In
this section but both were entirely
off the structure and both came In
dry holes.
Directors Of the Hatfield OIL Com
p,ny have decide TO allow the sale
OF but 5000 shares more Of the
Treasury stock Mt the present price OF
.OO ppr share.