tance of 74 miles, to a shipping point on the Union Pacific Railroad near Medicine Bow, Wyoming, and crossing withdrawn land, I recommend for submission to the President the accompanying order of modification. Respectfully, GEO. OTIS SMITH Director. JULY 22, 1913. Respectfully referred to the President with favorable recommendation. A A JONES Acting Secretary. ORDER OF MODIFICATION PETROLEUM RESERVE NO. 19, WYOMING NO. 4. The Executive Order of January 30, 1911, creating Petroleum Reserve No. 191 in Wyoming, so far as it affects the following land is hereby modified to the extent of permitting the Secretary of the Interior to approve the application of the Natrona Pipe Line and Refining Company for a right of way for an oil pipe line to extend from a point in T. 22 N., R. 78 W., to a point in Sec. 18, T. 33 N., R. 79 W., Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming. Sixth Principal Meridian. T. 32 N., R. 81 W., Sec. 22, SW. † of SW. †. WOODROW WILSON President. 22 JULY 1913. [Notification to Register and Receiver, Douglas, September 6, 1913.] MODIFICATION OF AUGUST 2, 1913. JULY 31, 1913. The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. SIR: In order to permit the exploration of withdrawn oil and gas lands in Wyoming, for the purpose of obtaining a supply of natural gas to relieve the fuel famine which, as represented in numerous letters and petitions filed by residents of Greybull and Basin, Wyoming, now threatens these communities, and to allow the location and entry under existing laws as petroleum and natural gas claims of certain tracts selected by the Mayor of Greybull for this purpose, in accordance with the recommendation approved by you July 3, 1913, the accompanying Order of Modification, involving approximately 320 acres, is recommended for submission to the President for appropriate action. Respectfully, Order of MODIFICATION. PETROLEUM RESERVE NO. 8. The Executive Order of July 2, 1910, creating Petroleum Reserve No. 8,1in Wyoming, so far as it affects the following land, is hereby modified to the extent of permitting the location and entry under existing laws of these lands as petroleum and natural gas claims by such persons or associations as shall be designated by the Mayor of Greybull, Wyoming: Sixth Principal Meridian. T. 51 N., R. 92 W., Sec. 19, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4. T. 51 N., R. 93 W., Sec. 24, E. of NW., E. of SW. 1. WOODROW WILSON President. 2 AUG., 1913. [Notification to Register and Receiver. Buffalo, August 8, 1913.] MODIFICATION OF AUGUST 11, 1913. ORDER OF MODIFICATION. Petroleum Reserve Wyoming No. 19, which was withdrawn by executive order of June 30, 1911,2 under the act of Congress of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat., 847), is modified to the extent of permitting the approval, by the Secretary of the Interior, of the application filed by A. H. Cobb for a reservoir easement and ditch right of way, under the acts of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat., 1095), and May 11, 1898 (30 Stat., 404), in Township 33 North, Range 83 West, Sixth Principal Meridian, Douglas, Wyoming, land district. 11 Aug., 1913. WOODROW WILSON President. MODIFICATION OF SEPTEMBER 17, 1913. ORDER OF MODIFICATION. Executive Order of October 7, 1910, Petroleum Reserve Number Thirteen, California Number Four,3 is hereby modified as to the northwest quarter, section twentyeight, township twenty-six south, range twenty-one east, Mount Diablo Meridian, Visalia land district, California, so as to permit the allowance of desert land entry 02415 of John McGeorge for the above-described tract, said order to otherwise remain in full force and effect. RESTORATION OF NOVEMBER 13, 1913. NOVEMBER 5, 1913. The Honorable, SIR: The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. The lands listed below were examined by geologists of the Survey in 1905 and again in 1906. These examinations show the lands to be underlain by the Aspen shales, which bear oil in the Spring Valley field to the south and in the LaBarge field to the northeast, and indicate a structure rather favorable for oil accumulation. On the basis of these facts the lands were included in Petroleum Withdrawal No. 6, approved October 12, 1909,1 and ratified as part of Petroleum Reserve No. 8 on July 2, 1910.2 A report by a mineral inspector of the General Land Office shows a well to have been drilled on one of the two forties listed to a depth of 1620 feet, without encountering more than enough oil to discolor the water. While this well is not conclusive as to the nonoil character of the land, in that it did not penetrate the full thickness (about 2,000 feet) of the Aspen shales, it nevertheless passed through that part of the shales in which most of the oil has been found elsewhere, and thus so reduces the possibility of oil under the land that the petroleum withdrawal is no longer warranted. The oil in the Aspen shales has been shown to be "pockety," and the distance is small to which a single well proves or disproves surrounding territory. The recommendation for restoration is therefore confined to 80 acres, none of the area being included in coal, phosphate, or power-site reserves, or in national forests. So much of the order of withdrawal made heretofore for the purpose of oil land classification, namely Wyoming No. 1,2 as affects the lands hereinafter described is hereby revoked for the reason that the Director of the Geological Survey has classified these lands. This revocation does not affect withdrawals or reservations other than as above set forth. MODIFICATION OF NOVEMBER 14, 1913. OCTOBER 29, 1913. The Honorable, SIR: The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. In order to permit a further test of withdrawn oil and gas lands in Wyoming for the purpose of obtaining a supply of natural gas to relieve the fuel famine in the cities of Greybull and Basin, Wyoming, I recommend the approval of the accompanying order of modification involving 160 acres, and its submission thereafter to the President for appropriate action. Since the President's approval on August 2, 1913,' of a preceding order of modification involving 320 acres, the representatives of the communities in question have drilled five wells on the released lands, these wells ranging from 400 to nearly 1300 feet in depth. They have penetrated the most favorable gas horizons and although small quantities of oil were developed, gas in quantities available for use has not been found. In view of these conditions I believe that further opportunity should be given the municipalities interested to develop if possible a natural gas supply suitable for heating and lighting purposes. The Executive Order of July 2, 1910, creating Petroleum Reserve No. 8,2 in Wyoming, so far as it affects the following land, is hereby modified to the extent of permitting the location and entry under existing laws of these lands as petroleum and natural gas claims by such persons or associations as shall be designated by the Mayor of Greybull, Wyoming: Sixth Principal Meridian. T. 51 N., R. 93 W., Sec. 12, S. } of S. }. WOODROW WILSON President. 14 NOVEMBER 1913. [Notification to Register and Receiver, Buffalo, November 22, 1913.] MODIFICATION OF NOVEMBER 17, 1913. ORDER OF MODIFICATION. Petroleum Reserve No. 8, created by Executive Order of July 2, 1910, and Wyoming Coal Land Withdrawal No. 1, created by Executive Order of July 13, 1910, are hereby modified to the extent of permitting the approval, by the Secretary of the Interior, of the application of the Casper-Salt Creek Oil Refining & Pipe Line Company for right of way for a pipe line, under the provisions of the act of May 21, 1896 (29 Stat., 127), from a point in Section 8, Township 33 North, Range 79 West, to a point in Section 13, Township 40 North, Range 79 West, Douglas, Wyoming, land district. Field investigations by the Geological Survey indicate that the lands listed below are valuable for oil, and I therefore recommend the submission to the President for appropriate action of the following order of withdrawal, involving 45,720 acres. PETROLEUM RESERVE NO. 29, CALIFORNIA NO. 14. Under and pursuant to the provisions of the act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat., 847), entitled "An act to authorize the President of the United States to make withdrawals of public lands in certain cases," as amended by act of Congress approved August 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 497), it is hereby ordered that the following described lands be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry and reserved for classification and in aid of legislation affecting the use and disposition of oil lands. San Bernardino Meridian. T. 11 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 19, SW. 1; Sec. 29, SW. of SW. }; Sec. 30, NW. Sec. 31, all; of NE. 1, S. of NE. 1, W., SE. †; Sec. 32, NW. of NE. †, S. of NE. 1, W., SE. 1. Mt. Diablo Meridian. T. 26 S., R. 20 E., Sec. 35, SW. } of SW. }. T. 27 S., R. 20 E., Sec. 1, SW. } of SW. }; Sec. 2, SW. of NE. 1, N. of NW. 1, SE. † of NW., of SW. 1, SE. 1; Sec. 11, N. NE. of NE. 1, SE. of NE. 1; Sec. 12, S. of NE. †, NW. †, N. † of SW. 1, SE. †} of SW. 1, Sec. 13, E.; Sec. 25, all; Sec. 26, all; Sec. 27, NE., NE. of NW. 1, NE. of SE. 1; 15211°-Bull. 623-16-20 |