Mystery Hole In South Dakota Oil Field Stirs Lemmon Residents
Lemmon South Dakota reports a wildcat oil drill 38-23-15 six miles southwest of Lemmon by A D Keeney of Shreve Co. No. 1 reached about 1400 feet and was suspended. A secure fenced site with guards blocks access as officials wait for spring conditions to continue drilling amid rumors of a strike. Meanwhile Pure Oil Co plans to handle gasoline output from three Montana refineries expanding distribution to Washington and the Canadian northwest, aiding Montana refinery markets.
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S. D
A. D. Keeney
Shreve Co
Lemmon Oil Basin Co., Inc
Keeney
J. M. Curtis
Oil Company
Spudmer
Keeney and
Curtis
Royal Dutch Shell
South Dakota
No. 1
George Henry
South Dakota Highway Department
Pures Oil Co
Montana
Ita
Tolaho
Washington
Canadian Northwest
Lewistown Oil & Refining Company
Lewistown
Weowana Refining Company
Winnett
Great Northern Refining Company
Spokane
Wash
Rosebud
Great Falls
Bozeman
Mont
Grain prices advance on Chicago market with mixed close
Chicago December 24 grain futures rose early on light trading as Santa Claus visit spurred activity. Wheat gains topped décimal levels with December at 1.134% May 1.17% to 1.17% and July 1.05%. Corn reached new highs before slipping with May 65% and July 67% late. Oats moved higher, May around 80%. Butter and eggs mixed. potatoes steady with Northern white at 1.30 to 2.00 per bag and Red Rivers around 1.65.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Santa Claus
Livestock Market Report Chicago Cattle Sheep Prices
Livestock Mart Chicago reports cattle receipts 200, with best steers 150 to 600 lower and stock generally down 260 to 400. Calves and bulls also down, hogs active with higher day average and top at 7.40 for 140 lb, 7.60 for 180-190 lb. Sheep and lambs mostly higher with fat sheep steady to 3/4 higher.
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Chicago
U. S. Bureau of Markets
Cippera
Pat Lamba
Monarch Shale Oil Company Sells At Eight Forty
Monarch Shale Oil Company 18 miles north of Deheque Colorado contracted to sell one car of shale oil to Silver Mines Company for flotation work at Aspen Colorado for 8.40 per barrel. Smaller container orders sold at 10.60. J H Ginet of Denver inventor of the process notes cost of production about 1.56 per barrel and with pipeline to the railroad 0.89 per barrel. Retort capacity can ship three cars weekly.
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Shuole Oi
Monarch Shale Oi Company
Deheque
Colo
Silver Mines Company of America
Aspen
J. H. Ginet
Denver
Monarch Company
Willard Rubber Battery Promises Long Service and Value
The copy ponders battery quality and price asking if a cheap, high priced, or well built option offers best value. It promotes Willard Rubber Battery as a durable choice with rubber insulated threads and promises savings over time through uninterrupted service.
Steel trade outlook shivers into holiday lull and optimism
New York Dec 24 The steel trade shows cautious optimism for the new year amid a routine preholiday demand lull. Wire products prices drop five dollars per ton while pig iron slows. copper exports stay firm with small lots sold at 13 to 14 cents delivered.
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New York
Astee
Copper Export Association
Orient
Europe
China
Copper Casting Rates and Market Balance Highlight Lends Steady
The report notes extensive copper casting at roughly 13 cents f o a. and remarks that lend is steady as production and demand remain about evenly balanced.
Young Couple to Wed in Basin Wyoming
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Mary Hanlon and Marvin M. Shaffner set for Christmas Day at the bride's home in Basin. Rev. L A Lowey to officiate. The couple will reside in Greybull where the groom is employed with Midwest.
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Basin
Wyo
Des
Mary Hanlon
Marvin M. Shaffner
Greybull
Union Lenses Cody Oil Land In Wyoming anticline
The Union Oil of California has taken over holdings in the Cody anticline near Cody Wyoming and plans to spud tomorrow. Exploratory work targets Sundance exposure with possible drilling to Madison Limestone if pay is found in Ember or Tensleep. Geologists sent by Union work in multiple directions from Basin this week.
Union plans to sell holdings as reports come in
The Union may auction over 40 100 acres in its section as reports arrive and four rigs are expected to be active before February. The Mercer Dome Unit Syndicate formed this week with officers including FR B West and Pred A Macpherson, handling Brophy permit acreage later sold to Obifo for a well. Robert I Denny, Leideckar Tool manager, will run the local store. Leideckar plant to reopen in spring for state demand. Local shops expect strong spring business with ample casing and drilling tools on hand.
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Thia
Mercer Dome
Obifo
Robert I. Denny
Leideckar Tool Company
Leideckar
Tocal
Trading Dull Instoge Mart Trading Dull Instoge Mart
Trading in stocks today was nominal with a firm tone in rail and industrials. Shorts covered in oils coppers rubbers and certain specialties while American Ice Famous Players Texas Gulf and International Paper rose modestly. Bond activity was dull and market breadth limited with some gains on Delawar Lackawanna Northwestern Pacific and Canadian Pacific.
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Shorts
Famous Players
Texas Gulf and International
Rafla
Delaware
Lackewanna & Western
Chicago & Northwestern
St Paul Common
Canadian Pacife
Northern Pacific
Market Notes From New York and Abroad
The report lists various currency demand and cable rates for nations including Great Britain France Italy Germany and Holland with multiple percent figures. It notes exchanges closed for coffee sugar cotton and produce on December 24 in New York with reference to foreign exchange and commodity rates.
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New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Charges Dismissed Against Britannia Mining Officials
In Vancouver British Columbia magistrate R H H Alexander dismissed criminal negligence charges against C P Browning and M J Donahue of Britannia Mining and Smelting after a preliminary hearing. The case followed a coroner jury finding negligence in building an earth bank that failed under mountain flood pressure, prompting the Brittania Beach disaster that killed three.
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Vancouver
B. C
R. H. H. Alexander
C. P. Browning
M. J. Donahue
Brittania Mining and Smelting Company
Brittania Beach
Carelenanesa Tr
Pipeline run shows increase in Wyoming crude output
The daily average crude production across Wyoming fields rose sharply in early December, totaling about 64 547 barrels. Salt Creek led gains while proration limits remained in effect, with Midwest Refining guiding future regulation efforts.
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Wyoming
Midwest Refining Company
Lance Creek
Hock Creek
Sault Creek
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