, 1921-08-09

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SEE, Soap Creek field, have
. mately 800 barrels per day. :
be blown and General Manage
y way to the field to superintenC
n is lighter than that which the Nos. :
. and : wells in 3i-s-3e are producing.
1t Is said.
I Drilling in THO well has boen in
progress Tor some time. The sand was
reached at ITO feet and driiiers have
Y been proceeding cautiously since. Oil
c has been rising in the casing for oev-
erai days.
= Gas Wen Is Abandoned.
. Development work has been going
on so quietly on property of DR.. S. NJ.
e Souders on Dry Greek. IL miles cast
: of Red Lodge that few people arc
aware hat an excellent production OF
, WET gas has beer already .lass'opcd
there. TTrder the terms or a lcnsc
he'd by tho Producers company. they
were TO have prosecuted considerable
: development work in the field. but
: after having drilled in a flow of gas
! making about 5000. 600 feet per day.
: they plugged h hole and Ist their
? lease lapse. is the statement or Ds
Soudors. Why this was done has
never been explained.
Material Move For New Test.
Two carloads OF material were re
ceived at Carter Monday for the well
on the Genou field. IS miles north Of
Great Falls. according to Fred sturn
official OF the Mortified Oil
OF Great Falls. This was the first
shipment OF material to the Gcnou
field for h use of the Mortified OH
company. and more equipment will
be received within tho next week or 10
days. The Mortified Oil company is
essentially a Great Falls concern and
h other officials of the are
: T. F. McCue and j. G. Norcn. both
Of Great Falls The intention of the
company is to spud in the well OF
Labor day.
Ohio Test 10 Go Deeper. Claim.
Documents filed with the county
clerk and recorder at Roundup. arc
accepted hero as setting at rest any
F. rumors that the Ohio oil company
contemplated abandoning its deep test
in the Big Vail structure. Under
their contract with the Victory Oh
company. which owns leases on some
1000 acres in that structure. they
agree TO carry this test 10 $500 feet
or until the Madison lime is oncount
cred. unless a commercial flow of oil
is struck at a lesser depth.
Good Progress Made on Wildcat.
Rapid progress is being made at the
Judith Basin well No. 1 of the Hoyt-
Montana company, in section 24-15.15.
about five miles from Hobson. accord
ing TO word brought to the city yes
tcrday by L.. c. Young of Hobson and
: v i. Baroch, who inspected the well
yesterday morning. The well is now
down about 100 feet.
DEVILS Basin TEST Changes Hands.
Operations in the DEVILS Basin con.
tinue to attract more interest than
n part OF he central Montana field
This week the well being drilled
by the Highland o. was
taken over by Dan Van wagcnen and
his associates of Los Angeles. Cal.
and the well will be finished at once
1t is located on 12-1l-24, and is about
100 feet deep.
Gas Showings at Duck Creek.
Drilling at a depth in excess OF l.
500 feet. the Consolidated oil and Gas
company is e~ncountering showing of
oil in the shale on the northwest quar-.
ter OF section 4, township , south.
range 20 cast, Duck Creek field, &C
eording TO officers OF the syndicate.
II is said that the drill has passed
through the red beds and is now head
cd for the horizon of heavy oil pro
duction, the Embar, which is mapped
at depth of approximately 1000 feet.
Important Tests Under Way.
rests or much importance to Cas-.
per and vicinity are being made by
various companies in this vicinity.
The successful completion OF the wells
would add much to Casper's impor-
n as an oil center and would omen
several new fields.
test which is being conducted in
the Big Muddy field by the Midwest
Refining company has reached a
depth of 1850 feet, the greatest depth
that has ever been attained in the
neid- The company plans to test all
formations underneath the famous
Wall Creek formation.
- The Inland Oil and Refining com.
pany ten miles west of Casper. is test.
ing a small structure. This well is
located north OF the Platte river and
is said to nave reached a depth of
1900 feet.
Two wells are being drilled to test
various parts of the Salt Creek field
by the Sinclair Oil The
IL
work is in charge of NJ. O. Corey.
Operations had been shut down tenn.
porarily while cementing operations
were being completed but the drilling
crews have now been sent back to the
holes.
The Comet Syndicate. of
well known Casper oil men. is still
carrying development work on its
new discovery in the Government
Hill country about eight miles west
OF Salt Creek. This well is already n
commercial gas producer but there
are indications that an oil sand will be
penetrated when the Dakota forma
lion is reached at about 1900 feet.
Operations in the Lox Syndicate
well near Arminto. which came in
last Friday n gasoer. are now being
delayed pending the arrival of finch
casing which will permit drilling into
the second Wall Creek sand. Tho gas
is thought TO have been developed in
n. formation inst aboxra the NE,m