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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1919
Page
12
Wyoming’s 1918 oil output totaled 19 573 barrels, with 1919 expected above 15 million. Osage near Newcastle sees more rigs and wells producing 10 to 60 barrels daily. Judges Burgess ruling favors Merritt Barton prompts homestead claims by firms seeking oil land, amid industry maneuvering.
Wyoming oil outfits stock the camps with working equipment and improve living quarters to avoid weather stoppages. Most companies plan vigorous development while some new wildcat fields will be held until spring, though locating has begun.
Se curing of leases continues as Wyoming roads remain in poor condition making travel difficult after recent rains and snows.
The Ohio Oil company is erecting a permanent camp in the Mule Creek oil field eighteen miles west of Edgemont. It has drilled several wells and will pump them once the west tank on section 25-40-61 is completed. The tank set will store oil and feed a pipeline planned to Dakoming on the Burlington at the Dakota Wyoming line.
Reports from Edgemont indicate the original locators of the north half of section 24 in township 39 range 61 have been offered 18000 cash each for their one eighth royalty share. The half section is valued at about 1092000 based on these figures.
The Alliance syndicate plans drilling on 3,400 acres in Mule Creek with a Star rig. C A Titus, veteran driller of the Sterling well, will supervise the operation. George F Snyder of Alliance assists as field help while cook shacks bunk houses and rig supplies are being set up.
Lusk men locate twenty four sections near Edgemont on Cottonwood creek and invite large producers to drill. A town meeting gathers quickly and raises 81000 dollars in cash for the project at the First bank.
Locators and subscribers formed the Lusk Edgemont Oil Company to finance drilling. Drillers report the hole at 1 900 feet with Muddy Creek sand expected at 3 100 feet. Since start, major firms have shown interest in a percentage basis drilling agreement.
West of two counties lies Campbell County a vast virgin region where wildcatting is mainly unknown. Geologists have done little exploration and oil prospects are uncertain though several seeds noted structures on the Belle Fourche river. Private firms mapped domes in a few areas but exploration remains limited.
The northwest Wyoming oil outlook charts an extensive winter and spring prospecting drive. Early results indicate oil at shallow depths in Weston and Crook counties. Following the Mike Henry Oil Company Osage field strike, five clearly defined structures show oil bearing to varying extents.
West of Campbell county lies Johnson county with limited mapped oil structures aside from Salt Creek at its north end. Both counties face transportation hurdles, Campbell with a single railroad line and Johnson with a short branch to Buffalo. They cover about 10 000 square miles awaiting prospecting.
A rainy Sunday finds Mr. Barrows enjoying a quiet rest while his wife Martha scours dust from under his chair and fusses over meals. She reads the fashion sheet, chides him for eating, and frets over bargains at Grey’s as he reads and ignores her.
In a domestic tale Martha nags George about shipments and weather while ash men strike and Rankine barrels threaten delays. He laments constant nagging and declares a personal strike for rest, prompting a neighbor to note men rarely understand.
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