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The potential oil and gas boom in Routt County is poised to draw closer to Steamboat Springs.
Much of the impact of the anticipated burst of oil and gas exploration here will be felt in lightly populated areas beyond Hayden and 25 miles or more southwest of Steamboat Springs. There also will likely be wells drilled in South Routt County near Oak Creek.
But one of four drilling permits now pending before county government anticipates drilling in the midst of the Saddle Mountain Ranchettes rural subdivision on Routt County Road 179 near Milner.
The energy company, Quicksilver Resources, of Fort Worth, Texas, estimates the drill pad is about eight miles southwest of Steamboat.
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