A story about the West involves an oil company leasing public land and drilling a well. The company then pumps the oil from the well.

As part of the process, the oil company posts a bond, which is set at $10,000 in this case.

Further details about this story can be found in the Writers on the Range section, which discusses the West inheriting more abandoned oil wells, but specific information about the outcome or other parties involved is not available here.