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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1919)
.1 I. OIL NOTES Section 14-38-61, In tho Mule Creek oil field has been leaned by the Wyoming-Northeastern Oil com pany of Alliance to F. N. DeBolt on a royalty basis. Deltolt la J not com pleting a successful well on section 13-38-61, adjoining, according to re ports received from the field. The well being drilled by Dellolt la with in a few hundred feet of the Alliance company holdings, on which ho will start drilling Just as soon as tho pres- cnt well Is completed. The New York Oil company se cured Us flret production in Lanro Creek on December 10 when the Ohio well number 2 on the northeast quar ter of section 4-35-65 came In with a flush production of 185 barreli tin honr. The well Is now gushing at the rale of 3,000 barrels per day Oil was struck in the Muddy sand at 3,534 feet. This new well is an offset to the Ohio well on the north west quarter of section 3-35-65. The New York Oil company owns a 34 per cent royalty in the new property. as well as In 640 acres of . land In the Immediate vicinity. The first Wall creek sand, strurk at a depth of 2,900 feet, has hereto fore shown only a little oil ahd some gas but when the drill penetrated this san don Sunday, November 30, the oil gushed over the top for about lx hours and then quit, standing In the casing within ten feet of the top. Nothing was done with the well until the company took time to pet some tanks In line and connect up the pipe. This was done on Tuesday and the bailer put In. at which time the oil was still within ten feet of the lop. After working the bailer a few times the oil apaln started to flow The flow amounted to 120 barrels lr forty-five minutes. Drilling Is being rontlnued In the well. The general opinion now is that the sand is the fiist Wall creek, although some think It may be the Shannon or a stray sand. The oil Is of the very best quality and Is dif ferent In many respects rrom the on discovered anywhere else In the Iance creek field. . , I Section 36-36-35, in the Lance I . m 1 A .. - ! 1 . V . creea ueiu, ui'uii wuicn me aiscovery well Is located, produced 26,4(9.34 barrels of oil la October aa compared with 35, 826 barrels In September, according to the returns of the Ohio Oil company, the operating concern, to the Wyoming commissioner of public lands. The Sunset Oil company has had a corps of geologists working in the Laramie plains country in Albany and Carbon counties during the past summer who have mapped two struc tures upon which this company has acquired a large acreage, according to President A. A. Spaugh. The re ports indicate that the sands will be found at a shallow depth. This acreage has gone under the com pany's contract with the Union OH company of California and drilling operations on both structures will commence in the spring. In addi tion to these holdings the Sunset company has acquired properties in the vicinity of' Shawnee, ten miles northeast of Orln Junction and fif teen miles southwest of Lance Creek; a large acreage south of Douglas and considerable ground la the Cold Springs district, twenty-five miles southwest of Douglas on the boun dary between Converse and Albany counties. Other acreage has been se cured in Weston county and also In Ne wMcxico. Representatives of the company are also working in tlu South Dakota fields. Although oil was reached at a depth of 2,910 feet by the Ohio OH company, drilling on section 32-36-65, te Richards & Comstock ranch In the Lusk creek field, the company Intends to continue drilling to a lower sand unless production should continue so heavy that the present wand will continue to pay well. This well Is farther west than anything In the field, In fact it la Just over the divide between Lance Creek and Little Lightning. Little Lightning creek runs through the" northern part of the land leased. The well Is in the extreme southeast corner. It Deems to be the prevailing opinion that a new field has been opened up. Heavier oil and gas deposits are ex pected at a depth of about 3,500 feet. The Mule creek field has been ex nerlencine its share of trouble dur Ing the recent severe cold weather and storms. C. M. Looney or Alli ance, field superintendent for the Wyoming-Northeastern OH company, reports that but few wells are drill ing and that most of the work being done consists of hauling supplies to the field. Warmer weather will al low drilling to start again at a rapid rate. The first well of the Wyoming Northeastern will be spudded In within the next few days, as the rig is up and ready to go to work. ' It is located on the northwest quarter of section 20-39-61, part of, a tract of 2,400 acres leased by the company In that part of the field. Quick action In congress Is ex pected on the oil leasing bill which has been introduced at the present session, after it bad failed to make final passage at the last session. A number of Wyoming oil stocks, par ticularly those of the Salt creek field, have gained In price due to the pros pects of Its successful passage, which Is expected by Christmas. Confer ences of senate and house commit tees have been resumed and oil men interested In the measure believe it will be reported out with a majority of each committee favorable to its passage. There are only minor dif ferences between the bills as passed by the house and senate. Satisfac tory adjustment of these details is reported. The Ohio Oil company has drilled In a 300-barrell well on the north west corner of the southeast quarter of 'section 35-20-78. In the Rock creek field, In the Wall creek Band. The production In this field mostly comes from the Muddy sand, found from 800 to 1,000 feetbeneath the Wall creek series. The Midwest Refining company has posted a price of 1.75 per bar rel for fuel oil, f. o. b. Casper. This Is an advance of 25c per barrel and Is to equalize quotations following the recent advance in crude. The Colorado and Wyoming refineries have an output of approximately 700,000 barrels of fuel oil per month. The coal shortage has been a great stimulant in increasing the demand for fuel oil. Get What They Are Worth These days Purs are high priced, if they are properly cared for and marketed wisely. Watch this advertisement . for any changes in the market. Unless the market changes, November caught Muskrats will run from $1.80 to $2.10. December caught Muskrats will average $2.30. Extra good lots will go as hidi as $2.45. I'll Pay Fare One Way of all parties bringing bunches of 100 or more Muskrats to my market in Alliance. I will be at the Old Phillips Livery Bam (now owned by Smith and Brandell). Every Saturday It will be more convenient if you can arrange to bring your furs before 3 p. m. Express shipments received Saturdays on Nos. 41 and 43. Harvey Myer The Hugo-Williams Oil syndicate has completed a small pumper on section 8-46-63 In the Osage field, iienr Newcastle. This section offsets on tho south the section on which the Mike Uenry Oil company bought in the discovery well this fall at a depth of 318 feet. Dr. II. A. Copsey and associates, of Alliance, are drill ing on the northeast quarter of sec tion 19, one mile south and west. Section 18, adjoining on the south west, is held by Alliance parties who have leased It to the Ogalalla com pany, who are drilling there at the present time with two rigs. The McWhorter Oil & Refining company has constructed an eighty barrel skimming plant at Osage to handle part of the production from the Osage field. The crude oil from this field runs high In gasoline con tent which will be skimmed off be fore it is shipped. There are now about fifteen completed shallow wells in this field. The Bassett Oil & Gas company commenced a deep test in the spring of 1918 on section 10-30-19, the same section on which the town of Bassett, Rock county, Nebraska, Is located. The well was drilled to a depth of 2,300 feet with a standard rig when the hole was abandoned on account of lost tools which could not be recovered. The rig was shifted and another hole started, which Is now down 425 feet with twelve-inch casing. Operations have stopped for the present on account of the fuel shortage and the cold weather. Work will be started again In the spring. The first well passed through three gas pockets and a five-foot vein of coal and the prospects were considered sufflctenly promising to Justify another attempt. Drilling of the well north of Chad ron, Neb., has been held back lately on account of the severe cold weather, The well Is reported to be dow nto a depth of around 800 feet and some of the Individuals Interest ed are of the opinion that oil will be found within a short distance. Glasses DRAKE & DRAKE Accurately Fitted OPTOMETRISTS " ""EE "" 313 4 Ilox But to Ave. Ihone 121 (T1LEN MILLER Undertaking PARLORS 128 West Third Street Telephone Day 311 Night 522 Red 520 rv IMP THEATRE 2 DAYS 2 DECEMBER-29-30 Matinee Daily 3 p. m. Night 7:30 p. m. Women Sold g Each You'll see what they went through before and after they were sold. You'll see Aurora Mardiganian herself, the Armenian beauty who escaped to America after two years in the hands of Kurdish Slave Raiders and Turkish Harems. Aurora's true story has been filmed, with her self as herself, for the purpose of showing America what unbridled license leads to and rousing our people to the true conditions in the Near East. 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