, 1921-08-20

Gas company will begin drillin
miles above Dean. This is t
drining equipment shipped by truck
10 the saltwater country within a
eek and five more truck loads are
now on the way from winnett, accord
ing to information reaching here. They
arc expected 10 arrive at the Unit To-
caiion early this week Tho distance
cross country Is nearly 500 miles and.
everything considered. the company
hss made record time in moving its
equipment. Eighteen hours travel
zach day has been the average and
there has been but one serious delay
between Absarokee and Dean. The
tongue Of a hoIse truck broke. causing
a brief delay.
Casing Lost, Wen Delayed.
Loss OF enc length OF Finch casing,
which involved a fishing job Of some
PROPORTIONS. has delayed drilling If
the No. 4 well OF the Absaroka Oil De
1elopment company on section /.
township IA north. range 80 cast, NJ
Ey field. Teninch casing has been
2 covered now beyond a concreion in
the Colorado shale which resisted un
derreaming and which held the 1-inch
string fast Drilling has been resumed
at approximately 700 feet. with good
prospects of progress now that casing
trouble has been overcome.
Absaraka Down Over 1000 Feet.
Depth In excess OF i.03s feet has
been reached by tn eAbsaraka oil De
volopment company in the well taken
over from the Rocky Mountain Royal
tics company on tho northwest corner
Of section IS. township . north, range
IS cast. Ingomar Dome. Fifteen and
onc-half-inch casing has been set at
approximately 1.o55 feet and drilling is
progressing nicely. II is said.
Victory-Wyoming Gets Leases.
-Four leases comprising 1000 acres
Of land adjoining lands on which pro
duction was recently obtained. have
been secured by tho Victor-wyominE
oil COMPANY, according to nnoun
ments made at the company's offices
today. The leases obtained arc about
equally divided between Butler and
Elk counties in Kansas.
Operating Income Large
Notwithstanding the reduction made
= in the price of all grades OF crude
Wi since ~Januarys1, the Barnsdall cor
poration in the first half OF this ear
showed a net operating income. after
payment OF all interest charges of 81
:32. s43. compared with s2,4e6.s43 in
the same period of 1920.
ADD OIL-MARKETS
Water Shortage Felt.
Spudding in of the Hoyt-Montana
No. 2 well at kolin has been delayed
by shortage of water. A pipeline was
laid in the well of W. H.. Hawley but
after this well was tried il was found
Ia have insufficient water. Another
source is now being sought.
Shutdown For Casing.
The Arstad oil company well near
H~arlowtovn is at present shut down
and will be fore a few days, awaiting
additional S 3-16-inch cashing, which
has been run down $500 feet. and gao
feet more is needed before running
this string. The well is at present p
7aS feet deep and on top Of a quad
ami formation. The drillers expect
production In the Embar or Ten Sleep
sands
Parrish In Montana.
Tom Parrish and r H. Woodwork.
kSoth Of Fort Arthur. Texas, who are
looking over the oil prospects in
northern Montana, are at Waller. &C
cording to information reaching here.
Tom Parrish is well known on the
Waller project. having been engineer
in charge of construction on some OF
the more important works.
Duck Creek Has Showing.
on showings more pronounced than
have heretofore been encountered
ave rise yesterday. to rumors that
the Duck Creek we'll Of the ConsolidatI
cd on and Gas syndicate had been
brought in. while these showings are
encouraging and a horizon OF possible
production is near 1t is said that re-
ports OF a completion there are prema-
ture.