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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
1
Local reports claim oil indications at multiple wells near Encampment. Residents describe oil coating drill equipment and water, with seeps east of town suggesting potential. Nearby Saratoga hosts planned Sage Creek basin tests and a Wyoming editors’ meeting amid rising mining activity and park tours.
Reports indicate mining operations will resume in the Encampment district this spring. The Record has received inquiries about several properties and notes that development will begin as soon as access is available. One party promises immediate start if reachable.
Wyoming editors plan a July or August meeting in Cody while the Montana group gathers in Livingston. After business, Wyoming editors will adjourn.
Practically every day last week snow fell continuously over the Encampment country and in the mountains surrounding. The valley is covered by more snow than ever seen here before. The mountains have received their portion and reports are unbelievable yet true. If there is not ample water for the ranchers this year it will not be for lack of snow in the mountains. And the dry farmers.
A verse urging joyful living and steady ethics. It counsels always smiling, helping others, keeping a positive outlook, and spreading good cheer as a path to reward. Themes include optimism, generosity, and perseverance through trouble.
At the regular meeting last Saturday night Platte Valley lodge No 84 of the I O O F installed officers for the ensuing year. Noble grand J W Fisher vice grand Louis Anderson recording secretary James KR Little financial secretary and treasurer James G Dettinger. The price of coal was raised 25 cents on the ton last week.
Harold D. Cummings conductor and F C Selby brakeman died near Fort Steele when passenger train No 19 struck them on a curve after they stepped onto the west bound track while awaiting trains No 19 and 22. They had been sent from Laramie to Rawlins to take charge of an east bound train.
A new druggist made his arrival at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Lordier last Friday night. Mother and baby are reported doing nicely and it is hoped Frank will recover.
Nels Anderson from the Parkison ranch visited last Saturday and corrected a previous item. He said the hogs raised by the Anderson boys were fed alfalfa but fattened on barley, noting the meat was still good.
Picturesque scenes unfold along the Encampment pipeline as bursts of water spouted ten to twelve feet high in early winter. Freezing water created ice mountains along the line, with one crossing the North Fork measuring about twenty feet thick at the base and twenty-five to thirty feet high.
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