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Geologist Behind Big Muddy Field Development Dies Before First Well
A Wyoming geologist who trusted surface indications to predict oil beneath the Big Muddy structure did not live to see the first well prove his judgment. The piece surveys the field’s early exploration from 1909 to 1916, naming key figures Fohs Whiteside Humphreys Merritt Parker and the Midwest Refining Co, and notes the field as Wyoming’s second largest with Wall Creek and Shannon sand prospects.
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Big Muddy
Wyoming
C. F. Clay
Midwest Review
House Journal
Midwest Refining Company
Burke H. Sinclair
Clay
Converse County
Gasper
Glenrock
Great Salt Creek
W. H. Barnett
United States Geological Survey
Wall Creek
Charlies A. May
Henry A. Whitley
Julius Fried
Ralph Arnold
California
T. 3. Waltemeyer
Denver
H. Cgc
Young
Edward Wells
John Arnold
and Associates
Charles A. Man
H. Leslie Parker
Casper
Angel
E. Humphreys
L. B. Brown
Thomas A. Merritt
R. B. Whiteside
Duluth
F. Julius Fohs
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Merritt Oil and Gas Company
Boynton
Humphreys Petroleum Company
Billings
I. Julius Fohs
Los Angeles
Fohs
A. HE. Humphreys
A. EB. Humphreys
Shannon
A. W H. Humphreys
A. #. Humphreys, Jr
Standard Exploration Company
Snook & Swingle
J. T. Hurst and Associates
A. B. Humphreys
New York
Ohio Oil Company
Merritt Oil Corporation
Humphreys
Merritt Corporation
Rapid
Midwest
Merritt
Texas Company
Mountain Home Ranch
A. B. T Humphreys
Casper and
Ohio Oil
United States