The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-05-28
BIG OIL STRIKE
IN MOSBY FIELD
FRANTZ CORPORATION BRINGS
IN SECOND WELL; EXPANDS
FIELD CONSIDERABLY
Strike Is Made On Section IA, Town
ship Is North, Range 20 East,
About -Four Miles Northwest OF
Discovery Dome; May Prove to be
800 Barrel Well.

| Already flowing oil at an esti-
mated rate of between ESQ and 300
barrels a day, Montapa's second COM
mercial oil well in the Cat Creek
field, which has already proved it,
self to be far greater than the Frantz
discovery well, was brought in few
| days ago at the west camp of the
Frantz corporation in section IA,
township Is north, range 29 east,
| just about four miles northwest of
the discovery well on the Mosby
dome.
At a depth of 1900 feet, one foot
of the sand underlying a thin hard
shell was penetrated and oil began
filling the casing. In two hours it
had filled 400 feet of the 10-inch
pipe and in a period of 10 hours had
risen to with 100 feet of the top.
At 9 o'clock Wednesday morning,
oil was still rising at the rate of 100
feet an hour and soon after over
flowed the casing.
Adds Thousands of Acres
Coming with a strong flow and fill
ing rapidly the large casing that had
been set in the hole, the well is be-
lieved to be strike so much better
that it will bear no comparison with
the first discovery. Thousands of adj
ditional acres have been brought
within the proved productive area.
While full accounts of the strike
are still wanting, the hour of the
discovery and the likelihood of it
proving more momentous than the
one before are definitely known. By
touch, the drillef knew that the oil
sand had been penetrated and imme-
diately stopped operations to watch
the results. In an hour the oil had
risen more than 100 feet and was
flowing in rapidly.
Fine Grade Green Oil
The baler was let down and tests
If the flow were made at frequent
intervals. The oil was light green
md apparently of the same high
,rade as that obtained in the discov-
Try well and was free of any trace
# water.
Cave-ins below the casing failed to
bstruct the flow from the one foot
# sand that had been penetrated.
The oil, it is reported, is in the top
and in which water was found in the
discovery and indicated much better
Building Dixie to Hold
From ESQ to 800 barrels of oil
very "a hours is flowing from the
veil, it is estimated by Superinten-
ent L. S. Lantz. Efforts to check
he flow have failed, and teams, as
lany of them as could be got, have
cen put to work in building a dixie
/ a coulee into which the oil is
roaming.
Tanks Rushed to Scene
Tanks have been rushed to the To-
alton, and tankies worked all night
putting up a storage for the oil. In
lie meantime at least 1000 barrels
In be stored in the reservoir being
'eated by the dam thrown across the
,ulee. Despite these preparations to
Ike care of the oil, it is not unlikely
lat tanks cannot be put up fast
Rough or the dam built high enough
take care of all the oil.
Indicating high production. the oil
coming in heads and gushes in
)-inch stream from six inches to a
ot over the casing. In the intervals
tween heads gas, frothing on top
the settled oil, escapes from the
ell. The flow of gas and oil is con-
luous, indicating water pressure in
e syncline that is likely in the opin-
q of many to bring the total produc-
IN easily to four figures.