Six Oil Sands of Commercial Value In Lincoln County
The article reports on Lincoln County oil prospects in the La Barge Dry Piney district. W B Harrington notes at least six commercially productive sands up to 100 feet thick, with high grade paraffinic crude promising strong pipeline prices. Union and Associated Oil hold 26 000 acres. about thirty rigs are contracted. early development hinges on pipelines.
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la Barge-Dry Tiney Oil District
W. B. Harrington
Tulsa
Oklo
Lincoln County
Mt. Harrington
Harrington
Hie
Wyoming
Union Oil Company
Associated Oil Company
California
Lincoln- Idaho
Pierce and Tolman, Chemical and Sanitary Engineers
Harrington la Burge
Petrogas Plans New Drill Rig at Davison's Dome near Kemmerer
Petrogas announces the Schadek drilling rig will be moved from California to Davison's Dome six miles east of Kemmerer Wyoming. The self contained portable unit drills 8 inch holes 1740 feet in ten days, with three rigs planned to prospect Big Piney area and speed oil discovery.
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Wyoming
Davison’s Done
Kemmerer
Petrona Corporation
W. Hampton de Fontaine
Wade
California
Davison
Mr. de Fontaine
Petrogas
Davison Ranch
Big Piney
Big Piney-LaBarge
de Fontaine
Davison’s
Davison's Dome
Dr Fontaine
West
H. L. Hollingsworth
Petrogagfield
Oil prospects in Big Piney area touted by geologist
A geologist urges drilling along the Big Piney anticline within the Big Piney basin citing proven oil shows in sealed hearing formations beneath shale. He predicts big production from wells in the Big Piney anticline and the region between it and Green River, noting a government report praising light hydrocarbons and Dry Piney field prospects.
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Wyoming
Big Piney
Green River
Bi Piney
Theorld
Psigneel
Utah
Ol! Ne
Ale
Salt Lake
Bir
Bipala
Rich shale beds near Fontenelle promise Wyoming resources
Sir Thomas Freebury cites rich Fontenelle shale deposits six miles east of Kanmerer on Davison's Dome. He notes benches ten to fifteen feet thick yielding about fifty gallons of oil per ton and potential cracking into gasoline, lubricating oil, and paraffine with ammonium sulfate additive.
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Thomas Seoul
Gulf Coast Oil Refining Company
Kanmerer
Davison
Wyoming
Fontenelle
Scotland
University of Nevada
Thomas Freebury
Result of One Man's Courage in La Barge-Dry Piney Oil Field
Profile of Charles Lackey of Lackey Oil and Development detailing his faith in the La Barge-Dry Piney oil district since 1912. From initial rejection by a Southern company to founding the Cretaceous Oil Company and Lackey Oil, his perseverance helped spur a regional oil boom.
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Kemmerer
de Fontaine
la Barge-Dry Piney
Charles Lackey
Lackey Oil and Development Company
Lackey
Lackey I
Lincoln County
Southern Oil Company
Mc. Lackey
Pete McGlashan
Cretaceous Oil Company
Lackey Oil Company
Cretaceous Company
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al Kunze
N.Y
Chandler
Packard
Locomobile
Mercer
Winton
Fiat
Brewster
Stutz
Pierce Arrow
Cadillac
Stuta
State
Pierce- Arrow
Marmon
Pierce-Arrow
Stuez
Ara
Fit
Bosch
Ita
Peteea
Cleveland
Ohio
Lincoln County Garage
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Chandler Motor Car Company
Cleveland, O
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