Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-02
OIL NOTES


The Sunburst Oil & Gas No. / well
southwest quarter of section "a, town
ship SO north, range 2 west, had reach
ed a depth of 100 feet Wednesday
night, according to reports brought to
Great Falls by oil men returning from
the Kelvin unburst field. Since the
depth was given as 1850 feet at noon
Wednesday, this was making 80 feet
in a half day. There was no report
as to what formation the drilling was
in or whether the heavy gas flow en-
countered had been cased off.
The Imperial Oil company of Canada
had reached a depth of 500 feet a few
days ago in it's well being drilled just
across the border in the Sweetgrass
hills, eight miles north of the Gladys
Belle No. /. located in the southwest
corner of the northeast quarter of the
northeast quarter of section 10, town
ship 81 north, range 4 east, according
Imperial is reported to have three other
rigs in transit to be located at points
west of the initial well along the
border.
J.. J. Fuller of the Fuller-Hogan
brokerage company of Billings was in
Great Falls Thursday looking over the
situation in northern fields. He will
spend several days here and perhaps
make a trip through the field.
The Beck Petroleum corporation,
having headquarters in Shelby. is re-
ported to be unloading material for a
rig at Lothian. The location of the
well was not announced but it is under
stood to be about seven miles north of
LOthair. where the company has sew
eral thousand acres of leases.
Zip" O'Neill of the operating firm,
Montana oil fields, arrived in Great
Falls Thursday.
A. B. Big" Lehman of Lewistown,
an active operator in Montana Oil fields,
arrived in Great Falls Thursday night
on one of his frequent visits to north
ern fields.
Charles b. Coon of Tulsa. Okla, Sec
rotary of the Gladys Belle Oil company,
one of the large independent organi-
cations having a large production in
the proven fields. accompanied by Il.
NJ. Roome, handling drill operations.
arrived in Great Falls Thursday in
connection with a visit to company hold
ings in the northern fields. The com
pany is preparing to drill on location
in the Sweetgrass hills where it has
holdings. The company is
also interested in the Kelvin Sunburst
". NJ. Fulton is reported TO have
in his well on the northwest
quarter of the southeast quarter of Sec
ton 1. township "a, north, range 81
west, Thursday morning. Mr.. Fulton
is in the field in active charge of oper-
atoms. Steam has been I'D in the boil
ers for several days and everything
was reported in good condition for hur-
operations.
After q short delay in understanding.
due to a lack of tools. operations were
expected to be resumed on the Keystone
syndicate well neal Vaughn Thurs
day night. The necessary underreamingt
tools were delivered at the we'll Thurs
day, the shutdown being for only a
hours.
F. L. Moore of WATERFOWL. n. Y
hhh We ,obn VI htNfNtonh VI int /
West Oil company, were in
Falls Thursday on their return
from a trip through the northern oil
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A new location has been made for the
ONeill & Catlett well drilling govern
permits on the reservation at
Browning by Charles J. Stone, geolog-
The new location is the south
west quarter of the southwest quarter
Of section -. township SO north, range
west. The dip was found to be too
pronounced on the first location to pro-
vide the best drilling conditions. A sec
Dnd location was spotted on the north
quarter of the southwest quarter.
+. NJ. Bell of Butte, who holds acre
in both the Sweetgrass hills and in
the Kevin-Sunburst field. arrived in
Falls Thursday in connection
with his interests.
Goods manufactured in the United
States during 1920 had a value of
N1n 300 nnO |