, 1921-10-10

BILLINGS, Mont. Oct. lore
cent advance in the, price OF crude oil
Is responsible for a better feeling In
Montana oil circles than has prevailed
for the last two months and 1t is pos
sible II will be reflected shortly In re
vlyal of activity in the Cat Creei
field where moi more than n half doz
en- strings of tools are now working
In spite of depression in h oil in
dustry validating in Montana struc,
every month since May showing an
Increase In the number OF wells
spudded in.
On Soap Crock five independents
are nov drilling. This Grow rescr.
walton structure while largely held by
the Western States Oil & Land com
pany. which for nearly two months
has been experimenting with the No.
. well, one-half mile north OF the Pic,
neer, boasts of more activity than any
of h Montana fields. Dox OIL com.
pany Is drilling with standard rig at
depth in excess of COO feet and now
that the area of caving formations
has boon safely negotiated without
cutting down size OF the hole drilling
is progressing at the ate of 100 feet
every tower. The sand in this we'll
should be reached Mt 1900 feet. Dox
holds most strategic place OF any of
the independents on the structure in
that it has 200 acres OF patented land
high up on the dome and close TO
the apex and is well financed. Their
mopolis'C Cat Creek. quarter Of a mile
south of the Dox. is just resuming
drilling after a weeks shutdown to
replace n boiler crown sheet. Rice a
Huffman. drilling with a Star rig on
tho west side of the field have hole
down 1900 feet with 600 moro to go
before horizon of production is reach.
ed. Winnie & Richards are battling
9Th cave-ins on the north end OF
- field in section 2l-6-s2 rnd Elder
. Ladow are having a like expert.
ence on No, 1 well while rigging up
No. 2 for early spudding. Western
States is bridging back In No. . well
sfter carrying hole down through the
Madison lime for n depth of 100 feet.
When the hole is filed back to where
flow of 800 barrels was encountered
several weeks ago. the well will be
shot to loosen up tho sand which an.
pears to be very compact in this well.
No 4 Western States is rigging up.
Site for the 55. ooo.barrel field tank
to be built as a preliminary to pipe
line construction has been selected by
President w. A. Miller OF the Illinois
Pipeline company in the north end
OF the Held and material for the tank
Is being hauled 10 the field. A rail-
road up the Big Horn river to within
eight miles of the Soap Creek field
now looms large as a spring posi-
billy.
Early test of a Beauvais creek
structure, just across the Big Horn
from Soap Creek, seems likely now
that the Beauvais creek syndicate is
moving material for a rig to the
Crescent dome. where only shallow
drilling will be required to test hori
zons down to the Madison lime.
Drilling is progressing on Nine Mile
creek. Ave miles north OF Hardin
where the Superior Coal & on com.
pany has contracted for a test well
with J. Burton Wood. Gas in quan-
tity estimated at n million cubic
feet per day was encountered in this
well recently.
In Spary basin. So miles east OF
Hardin. the Tennessee-Montana com.
pany is shutdown for repairs again.
On the structure immediately ada.
cent to Billings. mishaps have held
back drilling during the last week. On
the Big Lake. where h Barnsdalf.
Foster corporation recently encoun.
tered heavy gas flow in the No. !
well and was forced to abandon the
hose after a fire which destroyed the