The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-24
OIL NEWS
(From Local and South Oklahoma Fiell")


oil possibilities in southeastern Mon
tana in a VERY interesting manner
The article reads as follows:
The Wolf Mountain area, in south
eastern Montana, which lies within
the drainage busins of Powder. Ton
que. and Rose ebud rivers, was eX.
amined in reconnaissance made to
discover anticlines or other struc-
tural features that are likely to
contain oil, in October, 1920, by G.
+. Dobbin and w. T. Thorn, Jp., OF
the United States Geological Survey.
Department OF tine Interior. The wide
shallow syncline ,or inverted arch Of
strata corresponding TO the drainage
basins OF these three rivers includes
several broad, low arches and minor
flexures, but practically all the known
oil fields or adjacent regions in Mon
tana and Wyoming rare associated with
rocks that dip nEuch more steeply
than those observed in the Wolf
Mountain area. IL this area the
sands that may yicad oil or gas lie
at great depth. under great thick
ness OF coal-bearing rocks. The
depth TO these sands decreases grad
ually toward the east owing to the
thinning OF the geological formations,
but this same thinning must also
decrease the number End thickness OF
the sands In the eastern part OF the
field. Except on the extreme east
ern and western marquis OF the Wolf
Mountain syncline the sands Of the
Colorado and older formations, which
yield oil near NEWCASTLE lie too deep
10 be- reached by ordinary drilling.
The plunging anticllne that paral-
lels Starved-to-D Death Creek north OF
Hysham probably continues for some
distance southeast of the Yellow
stone. It's presence. being questionably
Indicated by northeasnerly dip OBJ
served at the southeast corner OF
r. 8 ~. K. Il H., and by the config'
uration Of the clinker oSrcrop east
of Rosebud River. The Bull Mountain
I geosyncllne also extends southeast
ward. It's axis crossing the Yellowstone
:, between Waco and Big Horn, and con-
tinuing thence toward Castle Rock
probably swinging southwark and pas
sing near Lame Deer The swing in
the outcrop OF the Parkman sand
| stone northeast OF Hardin is due tc
, an anticllnal nose near the northeast
u, corner OF 4. l s., X. - r. A second
noso extending eastward from the
Pryor Mountain uplift lies near the
A.N
4 Custer battlefield. Structural eleva'
J tons that are very small and prob
, ably Of no significance a. containers
OF on VI gas have been noted In the
Nyglleys of Tullock and Sarpy creekS
lust east of Rosebud River at lie,
sthere seems to be small anticllnc
iithat trends northeastward. From
i.Krby southwark for 10 miles tbs
Nstata are essentially flat, but the Alb
lfaroka OIL Gas Co.'S hole Ia Oh
Ia long. narrow antlcline which striker
n about n. "a degrees u. and whose
ishmbs dip . degrees SE, and degrees
.NW. From this hole to Sheridan tbs
.,dips are low, though variable, ans
i.probably Indicate the presence Of si
4.eAstward.plunglny anhclinal nooe u
i'the region just north OF pietz. In tbs
! Tongue River valley above Birney tbs
{ dips are somewhat variable, and
\ inilea below Birney, on the south sid'
. OF the river. there is a low anu
\ cline trending northeastward. From
/. Ashland northwart on Tongue Rivel
= ahe beds are essentially nat Jus
4 south or Johnson Creek, few mile
4 southwest OF Miapah post office, tn
i northerly dip that prevails from Mia
pah to Terry flattens VI IL perhap
reversed slightly for a short distance
I Maxwell Butte seems to occupy a loea
4 .syncline, and minor variations In dill
lrmay be noted IN the Mlzpah Cree'
\ valley. However, east OF Coalwoo'
J there IL a wide. low anucline who's
limbs probably dip ! degree or less
E.rhis anticlne seems ~ extend ron
lathe Butte Creek valley north
istacey through coalwood and poin
ls,bout 4 miles above PowdervIlle an
s}unaily merges into the northwes
n slope OF the major Black Hills uplif'
slight east.west syncline seems I
s.axtsnd from Boyes TO the mouth Q
S-achs Greek. ~ miles above Broadus
l.rhis cyncline. In conjunction with th
Il one which seems 70 be followed b
!. ,Pswder River above Eresdus, rrS