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<br />ODll'32 <br /> <br />PETROlEur; <br /> <br />Colorado hP.B the distinction of beinb the s~eond oldest oil pro- <br /> <br />duc1ng sta.te in the United States. However, at the present ti:r.e He out- <br /> <br />put of crude oil is hss thar.. the ste:te's~onsurnpticn a.nd the total supply <br /> <br />is augmented by imports froe other states. <br /> <br />The first discovery cf oil in Colora.do in a well drilled for <br /> <br />that purpose was ma.de in the spring of 1862, six miles north of Canon <br /> <br />City near an oil spring in what is now Fremont county. <br /> <br />of Coal <br /> <br />In 1876 a. well was drilled to 1187 feet near the present town <br />FI",""~cR... <br />Creek, south of ~~., 0 -'.11, and completed as a producer. This ~ <br />.p.;~ <br />Florence ~ which has produced steadily ever since. More than <br /> <br />of\. <br /> <br />\..' <br /> <br />VI' 'I,~ <br /> <br />1,250 wells have been drilled in the district since the discovery in 1876 <br /> <br />and the field ras produced more tNin 13.500,000 barrels of oil. Annual <br /> <br />production at the present time is arou~d 60,000 barrels. <br /> <br />No other oil producir.g areas have been discovered in the Arknnsas <br /> <br />River basin in Colorado to date. <br /> <br />t:/^ <br />"",' u <br />Several irr.port6.I:.t oil fields have"been developed it: Western <br /> <br />Kansas, two of which are in the arell coverod by this report. The IShallow <br /> <br />Waterl oil field in Scott county, south of Scott City, Y'ia!' discovered in <br /> <br />1934 And has produced 71$,%2 barr-els of oil to the end of 1939. The <br /> <br />Nunn Oil Pool in Finney County. northwest of Garden City. was discovered <br /> <br />in 1938 and has pr-oduced 53.105 barrels to the end of 1939. <br /> <br />v....l!- ~ ...; ~ , r <br />0 l '< ..,;:t <br />? ,. r <br />~ (J "'......... , J' .'- <br /> , ... - '- <br /> ,0 ~...f. C. , <br /> - , 0 - <br /> - <br />~ A vi < "' ~ <br /> ~ t ~ 1 .... f <br /> (, - /., t 9- r-- <br /> ... <br /> I ~ .{ ~ <br /> , <br />