Sinclair Oil Surges as Lincoln County Drilling Campaign Starts
Sinclair Oil shows rapid growth with 18 000 stockholders and expanding assets. The firm is buying properties, drilling 100 new wells and adding a thousand tank cars as investors seek oil ventures beyond western fields.
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Sinclair
Sinclair Oi
Sinclair Oil
Wyoming
Texas
Oklahoma
Panama
Costa Rica
United States
Wyoming Oil World
First Chance Plans Drilling In La Barge Field
First Chance Only company holds 240 acres near Burch Creek in the La Barge field and plans summer development. Five of the original members have kept the holdings intact for ten years, with Peter Gordon Jr. as spokesman. The late Lou Henderson was the locator. Members include Ivan Jones D J Brown John Mischler E J Bradley Pete Keenan Miss May Henderson Emily Hainsworth. Gordon notes seepage can be located with a shovel at five to six feet.
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la Barge
Burch Creek
First Chance Only
Peter Gordon, Jr
First Chance Company
Lou Henderson
Ivan Jones
D. J. Brown
John Mischler
E. J. Bradley
Pete Keenan
May Henderson
Denver
Mr. Henderson
Emily Hainsworth
Peter Gordon
Oil Field Boom Near Kemmerer With Rigs And Prospects
Oil men report nearly 250000 dollars a month spent in Lincoln county seeking liquid gold. A Kemmerer colony of high paid experts forms as La Barge-Dry Piney hosts over 26 rigs and activity is set to surge despite winter roads. Multiple companies including Gulf Coast Oil Refining, Petrogas, Lackey, and Conqueror plan drills on domes and on cretaceous formations as new leases and acquisitions signal a major expansion.
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Lincoln County
Kemmerer
la Barge-Dry Piney Field
Gulf Coast Oil Refining Company
Davison
W. Hampton de Fontaine
de Fontaine
F. Julius Anderson
Wyoming-La Barge-Dry Piney Oil Company
Midway
Mr. Anderson
Lincoln-Idaho Company
Big Pinvy
Lackey Oil Company
Green-Wyoming Company
Conqueror Oil Company
Salt Lake
Big Piney
Associated Oil Company
Piney Crescent Company
Mation 21
Township
Range
Green River Petroleum Company
Seattle
Petrogas Corporation
Gulf Coast
Gulf Coast Oil Eyes Davison’s Dome near Kemmerer
Sir Thomas Freebury of Gulf Coast Oil Refining outlines a bold test at Davison's Dome six miles east of Kemmerer. No. 1 well drilled to 1000 feet with plans to 3000 feet, plus potential spin‑offs for Petrogas holdings and a booming Kemmerer area if oil is found.
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Lincoln County
Gulf Coast Oil Refining Company
Davison’s Dome
Kemmerer
Gulf Coast
Sir Thomas Freebury
Gulf Coast Company
Wyoming
Sir Thomas
Gulf Coast No. 1
Davison
Sir Freebury
Petrogas Corporation
Gulf Coast Holdings
Kermerer
Thomas Precbury
Davison's Dome
Oil Boom Expands in Lincoln County and West Utah Fields
Report notes 1 million dollars invested in Lincoln county oil development. Fossil field near Kemmerer shows potential, with La Barge Dry Piney field drawing major attention. Refiners struggle to meet rising demand as producers chase liquid profits. San Juan field in Utah shown as example, with dreams of large pipelines and multi‑million investments underway nearby.
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Township
North
Lincoln County
Kemmerer
la Barge-Dry
Piney Field
South Aieriea
San Juan
Utah
Lenin DU
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Post and Varnich
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Humboldt
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
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Buick
Kemmerer Hardware & Furniture Co
Kemmerer, Wyo
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