332 CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1902. [bui.i,. 213. 
82 wells within 5 miles of the McKenzie, 57 lie within a rectangle hav- 
ing a length of 3 miles north and south and a width of 2 miles east 
and west, comprising sees. 8, 9, 16, 17, 20, and 21, T. 1N,R. 70 \V~. 
Outside of this rectangle but three pumps have yet been installed, 
none of which are at work at the present writing. Within this rec- 
tangle there have been installed in all 17 pumps, of which 13 arc at 
work regularly. The records of shipment from the entire field to 1 lie 
present represent substantially the products of these 13 pumped wells. 
Shipments prior to December 15, 1902, aggregated 9,000 barrels. 
At the present time the daily shipments are about 8,500 gallons, or 
about 200 barrels of crude oil. A small margin may be added to 
these figures representing the amount consumed at the wells for light 
and occasional fuel and sold at the wells for similar purposes. A 
small refinery has been erected, having a stated capacity of 70 barrels 
a day, but not much oil lias yet been handled here. 
The United Oil Company has laid its own pipe lines to all produc- 
ing wells and has bought practically the entire product, which has 
been shipped to its refineries at Florence, Colo. The price now paid 
on six months' contract is $1 a barrel at the mouth of the well. As 
may be inferred from the price, the oil is of high grade. It is a light 
illuminating oil with paraffin base. A valuable residuum now sold 
for fuel may in the future add materially to the price of the crude 
product. 
