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Newspaper

Casper Daily Tribune

Location

Casper, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1920

Page

5

Market Gossips On Oil Mergers Involving Mountain And Gulf

Reports from New York indicate a Mountain and Gulf Oil and Elk Basin Petroleum merger collapsed while a Boston Wyoming and Mountain and Gulf consolidation is being drafted. Officers meet with brokerage houses to finalize terms for director approval as lease claims ride the Salt Creek field and stock values show modest activity with Boston Wyoming at 93 cents bid and 1.06 asking, Mountain and Gulf at 1.03 bid and 1.12 ask in New York curb listings.

Williams, HW Pia Ask Western Exploration Tex New York Gard Stocks Boston-Wyoming Midwest Refining Burke Midwest Buck Creek Columbine Braga P. & Rinsenss Doming Mikhorn Te West Frantz Corpee Creal West Petroleum New York Stock Exchange Flatton Lake Jupiter Wees Kinney Shee Ag Texas Oi Mexican Petroleum Lance Creek Royalty Messes Lusk Royalty Ll Sinclair Oi Ceees Lusk Petroleum U. B. Steels Mountain & Gulf Mike Henry Liberty Bonds Riverton Refining Royalty & Prod Corp BEA Ceswekwana Sunset Ewes Tom Bell Royalty Wind River Refining Victory Loan Mountain and Gulf Elk Basin Company Mountain and Gulf Oil Company Elk Basin Consolidated Petroleum Company Boston-Wyoming Oil Company Mountain and Gulf Company Salt Creek Casper Boston- Wyoming Company Department of Interior Boston-Wyoming Ol Boston- Wyoming

Rig Removal Planned for Lance Creek Field in Wyoming

Contract awarded to remove forty eight rigs from the Lance Creek oil field to the Salt Creek field north of Casper and to other central Wyoming fields. John Bohler of Casper will oversee the move for Midwest and Western States companies. Idle rigs from an Ohio company will also be transferred to fields in Wyoming where demand is higher.

Lance Creek Salt Creek Casper Wyo Wyoming John Bohler Midwest Western States Ohio Company

Alkali Butte oil field sees new development by Midwest and Myrin firms

In Fremont county near Riverton the Inland Oil Refining unit of Continental Oil makes a 10 million foot gas well last fall at Alkali Butte where Cheno Oil has shallow sand production. A Minneapolis syndicate’s operating contract on Cheno holdings moved to Myrin Oil a Sun Oil subsidiary, with a deep test begun on the 400 acre Cheno tract. Midwest Mining acquires half of a northeast quarter in section 26 and plans a center test with Myrin. Leland gas plant on section 1, with related deep wells nearby. additional rigs set to drill on sections in the area.

Emma Walters Oil Company Wyoming Oil and Coal Company Myrin Company Cheno Company Shannon Scherer Investment Company Wall Creek Alkali Butte Riverton Fremont County Inland Oill Refining Company Continental Oil Company Cheno Oil Company Minneapolis Cheno Ol Myrin Ol Company Sun Ol! Company Feld Midwest Metining Companyaw Oe Scherer Investment Company Midwert Garner Me Gown Pecetaum Producer Corporation

Midwest Refining Carries Out Walker Hill Oil Test

Midwest Refining signs a contract with Crowley County Oil and Development to conduct a full oil test on the Walker Hill structure spanning southern Lincoln and northern Crowley counties Colorado. Drilling to begin in sixty days with a new standard rig arriving soon. first test in the area.

Midwest Refining Company Crowley County Oil and Development Company Walker Hill Lincoln County Crowley County Colorado

Bank of Briere Says Discount Rates Slow Credit Expansion

The National Bank of Briere in New York notes in Commerce Monthly that higher discount rates can curb further borrowing only until the railroad situation improves enough to allow liquidation of commercial and agricultural credits. From May 16 to June 16 the money market remained tense, driven largely by traffic constraints and continued credit strain.

Naonal Bank of Briere New York Commerce Monthly

Advance in money lifts but momentum slow in credit relief

The current advance in money and limited improvement in taxation show potential rather than actual release of credit. Traffic conditions will improve slowly while a new crop movement looms. The Wollman Review notes unsettled market ahead of the presidential campaign but sees improved crop outlook and potential rate decisions by the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Wollman Review W. J. Wollman & Co New York Stock Exchange Railway Labor Board Interstate Commerce Commission

Five Wyoming firms charted stock rises by 7.65 million

Five oil concerns and one auto accessory firm filed to increase Wyoming stock authorized by law. Shoshoni Royalty Oil and Holding, Hawkeye Oil, Penn Petroleum and Refining, Newcastle based Geage Royalty, and Casper’s Wyoming Accessories all added capital, with Larkawannan Shale Products boosting from 1.6 million to 9 million. Directors listed for each firm.

Cheyenne Wyo Wyoming Iaw Secretary of State Shoshoni Royalty Oil and Holding Company of Shoshoni Capital Stock Claude Allen W. G. Wey M. E. Pace W. L. Preston R. G. Mathews W. L. Whitman R. 8. Linn William Lyon B. R. Talbot Hawkeye Oil Company Lusk KR. W. Sayre W. M. Sayre M. F. DeBolt Penn Roy R. Randall J. R. Faulkner J. M. Cornetson David A. Pakker L N. Smith John W. Morgan Wyoming Accessories Company of Casper A. E. Stirrett Rh. H. Nichols C. B. Wagner Larkawannan Shale Products Company

Major Moses Advances and Delivers Commandments

A veteran tale recounted in The American Legion Weekly describes a rookie mocked by peers on a western post. A nocturnal guard encounter leads to a tall figure presenting himself as Major Moses and calling for advancement on the Ten Commandments.

K. P Moses Mese The American Legion Weekly

Production of Oil Increases in Wyoming Montana and District

Wyoming and Montana are producing about 16 million barrels annually, up from 15,684,000 last year per United States Bureau of Mines figures for April. The district yielded 1,419,000 barrels in April, averaging 43,906 daily, with Wyoming contributing 1,908,000 barrels at 43,492 daily. Through four months in 1920 the district produced 6,014,600 barrels, versus 4,502,000 in 1919, while Colorado and Montana added 8,000 barrels each. The nation’s April output totaled 36,349,000 barrels, and stock levels fell 724,000 from March to April.

Wyoming Montana United States Bureau of Mines Colorado Rene The Apri

Asbestos spun into long etrine lengths noted

A historical note describes asbestos being spun or woven, with an ounce spun into an etrine exceeding a hundred yards in length.

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