, 1923-05-03
LOST SOLDIER FIELD

lC"OnIlnueQ from rage One)
count of lack of pipe line or storage
facilities to take are of its produce
ton. Five thousand barrels of oil
per day are being taken from this
well at present and the boys on the
lease and in charge of production
express themselves as being conf
lent that it can double this mount
easily.
On north from there. is the Ed
Good Camp and wells. Well No.2
is silent but the oil covered derrick
shows that it has not been drilled
in vain. Offsetting it is another
well of the Utah Oil and Refining
Company. An eight inch line laid
on the surface to these wells, gives
o an idea as t. what this section
of the field is expected to do in the
way of production.
Immediately north Of this. on the
Good lease. is the Good we'll No. 2.
Production in this we'll was reached
at a depth of 2575 feet. Casing was
cemented in and the well is stand
ing, awaiting the construction OF
storage tanks and pipe line connec-
lions. Driller Louis Erb states that
II is his opinion that this we'll will
make the biggest producer in the
ield. There are two wooden plugs
in the hole in addition to the cement
and in spite of these distractions,
the oil forces its way into the casing
in sufficient amount to make 1t
possible to swab around two hundred
barrels per day. 1t is more than
likely that when the cement and
Plugs are drilled out of this casing,
giving unobstructed flow that pro-
duction running n thousands of
barrels per day, will be obtained.
On the west side of this acreage
is II camp and rigs of the Sand
Hills Oil Company. Here is a scene
of much activity. Number Four rig
was completed last fall and several
hundred feet drilled before winter
caused a cessation of operations.
Numer Three rig is rapidly nearing
completion. Material is arriving
every day; the boiler and engine are
on the ground and being placed
Carpenters and pipe filters are busy
finishing up their operations. Teams
and crapers are digging away get
ting sumps ready for action and a
very few days will see all the activ-
tiles of an operating lease in full
swing.
The extension OF the producing
areas in this field, to the north and
west. by recent compilations, is grad
ually attracting more and more at
tention to the favorable location OF
this largely local oil company's hold
ings. A study OF the Lost Soldier
structure develops the fact that
their acreage Is located squarely on
the ads Of the fold and laying as
1t does, adjacent to the producing
properties of the Utah Oil and Re-
filming and the Good acreage, recent
" acquired by the Texas Company
Tor a substantial money and a much
greater consideration in crude oil.
1t surely seems that the
ment OF this concern is justified in
declaring their faith in the potential
oil producing properties of their
lands.
Looking south from here. several
rigs are in sight among which is
the camp and derrick OF the Major
Oil Company and Well CO of the
Bair Company. These rigs are favor
ably located on structure and I'M
doubtedly will be producers. 1t is
quite generally understood that
e CO has already reached the
sand.
Looking over this area, where so
much oil has already been developed.
where not one failure has been re-
corded to date, an observer whose
experience has covered many fields.
Is bound to recognize the fact that
the largest OF the area within the
surrounding escarpments, as yet has
not been prospected. Further, that
from geological standpoints, the
most favorable structural portions
are only beginning to be tested at
the present time and II conditions
as observed in many Wyoming and
other Fields are found to be the same
as in these other fields. Little
Lost Soldier is still in its infancy as
a producers OF high grade hydro
carbons.