Great Falls tribune., 1921-02-13
HOMESTAKE NO. |
SETS ITS CASING,
EXPECT OIL soon
Cat Creek Property Largely
Owned in Great Falls Near
Production, Belief.
Special to The Tribune.

Lewfstown, Feb. i2.-The Home
stake No. /, largely owned in Great
Falls, is today furnishing setting casing
at depth of LOO feet and is likely
to be heard from very soon with pro-
duction. As the casing is, 10 inch at
that depth, this company can put lts
well on down to the next sand it 1t
should SO desire.
Superintendent Glen Kahl Of the Elk
Basin, passed through here today on
his way from Winnett to Havre, where
he will look over his company's deve1-
opment work in section 81 "a IA, about
a mile east Of the Milk river. Mr..
Kahl says the Havre district is most
promising one and he expects prOduc-
ton to be obtained there at depth
Of about $500 feet. While away from
Winnett Mr.. Kahl will have look ut
the well brought in by the Midwest
near Hardin. If Montana is not '1eg
islated out Of it, Mr.. Kahl believes
Montana will. in the spring, enjoy the
greatest boom it has ever known, all
due to oil.
Start Montacal No. 2 Soon.
The casing is being taken out to the
Montacal No. 2 well, which is to be
spudded in next week.
Four new boilers. filling two cars,
arrived here yesterday for the Frantz
corporation and will be hauled to the
field at once.
Reports from the e. G. Lewis well
near Ashley show that the hole is down
about 900 feet this morning, the pro-
gress made being very rapid. All who
have visited the Lewis properties are
impressed with the splendid rigs and
other equipment put in by the Califor-
MIA capitalist
B. T. Dyer, of the American Oil En-
gineers Corporation of Fort Worth,
Tex, is in the Cat Greek field. Mr..
Dyer built the Roxana pipe line from
the Oklahoma fields to Illinois refin-
cries and his company has acreage in
the Devils Basin section of which he
thinks very well. but he is looking for
acreage in Cat Creek.
Craig Takes Charge.
Guy Craig, of the Midwest. has taken
formal charge Of all Midnorthern prop
critics and activities in the Cat Creek
field as superintendent, the latter COM
pany being subsidiary of the Midwest.
The Republic is proceeding rapidly
with its work Of casing off the water
at its Brush creek well and will soon
be drilling on through the Kootenai
sand
According to reports given by ranch
ers, the Seattle Flatwillow well on the
Flatwillow structure is showing con-
siderable oil at depth Of 1000 feet.
Some time tonight it is expected that
the Big Six may drill into the sand,
the operations having been slightly de-
layed there during the past "a hours
by trouble in getting the casing set.
The members of the crew are all highly
optimistic.
Settle to Steady Flow.
The Hover-Schwartz and Unit Pc
troleum, which came in practically to-
gether. have now settled down, after
their first big spurts, to a steady flow
that viii probably register nearer 1000
than 500 barrels when all adjustments
are made.
The trial of the case of J. J. McIn-
tosh against A. 3. Mitchell to COMPEL
the defendant to convey to him a roy
atty interest of one third of one per
cent in a 6O-acre tract on the Wild
schultz lease for $500 was concluded
before Judge Ayers last night, so far
as the taking of testimony is concerned
The arguments will be made on Feb
ruary %.