Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-09
DRILL EXPLODES
100 QUARTS NITRO;
WELL IS DAMAGED
Load Remained in Hole After
Mondays Attempt at
Shooting.

Exploded by the drilling tools Tues
day afternoon while york was IN prog
ress to learn if a 100 quart charge o
| nitroglycerin had been discharged il
an attempt made Monday at midnight
the shot is believed to have damaged
the well of the Homestake Explora
ton company being drilled as an off
set to the Sunburst producer. In {
report from Shelby late in the eve
ming it was stated that the force oI
the shot broke the bit. parted the cable
and damaged the casing. but to wha'
extent was not definitely learned.
Tuesday afternoon it was stated II
Great Falls by F.. 4. Coolidge of the
Homestake Exploration company upor
his arrived from the well that It was
not known whether the shot had beer
discharged the night before. but thai
the cavings would be cleaned out and
a squib used TO determine this point
The drill was started some time after
he left the well and the explosion was
reported late in the evening.
According to word from Shelby, there
was 700 feet of oil standing in the
casing when the explosion occurred
Cooleslge said after his arrival IN
Great Falls that during the 81 hours
prior to the placing of the big shot. the
oil had raised 80 feet. The exact
status of the well following Tuesday
afternoons explosion probably will not
be learned until some time today. or
even later.
The Ohio-Davey well No. . in 3-35-
Nv. was put on a pump for a 3H2 hour
test Tuesday and during that time pro-
I,,oI o. hac,oI1 thra,tph a fun inch
pipe. according TO a Shelby report
From Kelvin it was reported that the
we'll was put on a pump at II o'clock
in the morning and at q o'clock a $50
barrel tank was over one-fifth full,
with gas pressure apparently interfer-
ing with the flow.
Operations continued Tuesday a.
nearly all of the wells in the Sunburst-
Kelvin field that have become the zen
ter of interest because of their prox-
unity to the sand. but at midnight no
competitions had been reported. The
most important development of the
day was the report, apparently auth
entic. that the Ohio-Hansen well II
o6-36-2w. was a dry hole. The sand
was reached at between 1910 and 1880
feet and the drilling is now at 1920
feet.
The o-Sinden in 1-35-2w and the
Ohio -Swasey in 34-36-2v were both
lnderreamine and the Swasey was let
ting down pipe. The California IN
13-o4-2w is due for completion today
This well had trouble during the day
with caveins.
The Suhr well in 10-34-2w was re-
ported down 1878 feet Tuesday night
having reached the. sand. The
sand was expected TO be found at 1875
feet. The Fulton well in 1-34-2w was
1nderreaming Tuesday night and let
ling down pipe. Both of these holes
developed trouble during the day il
was stated.
A cellar has been dug for the Ohio's !
,ffset west of the Homestake Explora-
ion recently completed and Contrac-
or W. +. Burks will move the tools
hat drilled in the producing Davey TO
,pld in the well. 4 derrick has been
completed for J. u. Schaeffer. former
= Of the Schaeffer Oil & Refining
company, for a well m his lease in
,3-36-ow.
A report from Kelvin vas that the
'alifornia in 13-34-2w had been de-
aged by c~aveins and was expected in
ate Tuesday night or today.
Another we'll was spudded in on
ground in the Kevin-.3cnburst field
afternoon when Clifford VIII
on of Cat Creek and Soap creek ex-
began a II inch hole at off
ct distance in the ne Sc S-35-2w. in
he same section in which W. F.. Rice
as a hole down over 1000 feet. The
yell will be drilled for Phillip Me
;owan of Lewistown upon a govern
tent permit covering the entire cast
alf of this section. MCGOWAN ex-
ects production at 1850 feet.