, 1922-05-30

AAAa = = 49, 49, 1880
were completed to tho producing sands.
Work In the first two is to be re
sumed at once Both OF these wells
arc down about 100 fee and in per
feet order. The we'll or section l6,
was shu down AT about 400 e II
Is understood that as soon as h two
shaIiower wells arc completed to the
same depth, unless oil is found in the
upper sands. diamond drills will be
used 10 test the lower strata, with
the expectation Of getting n producing
horizon IN the lower quadrants-
On section 3 h deep test of the
Tri-City company Is down about $50
feet and work has been stopped pend
ing the arrival OF larger casing This
ven was started with 1sinch bit and
no casing has been run thus far. In
tsrest centers on this test. which is
TO go to $500 feet, t which depth the
Madison lime should be reached. Re
cent government publications indicate
the Madison limo as an important
source OF oil IN Montana fields. and
the proving of his formation would
mean n new lease of life to many
structures which have failed to pro
duce In The Dakota or Kootenai sands
In the Adams well IN 14-11-24. Just
orfsctting the Van Dusen discovery
velL n severe crook IN hole at 500 feet
has forced it's Abandonment. report
from Roundup states. The rig now
is being skfdded over a few feet and
another we'll will be started at once
by this company.
A rig has also been erected for the
Van Duscn No. .. ncar the first well,
- $4,000 - m zaWNHH
date. The Montana Central company.
drilling In s-11-25 OF tho Roundup field,
expects to resume drilling operations
soon, hole having been shut down last
fan at 800 feet when snow prevented
further operations.
At the Roundup on and Gas well
in J411-24 ccnentins off water is in
ogress preparatory TO cleaning out
the debris resulting from an So-quart
nitro shot, which was exploded some
weeks ago. OIL in small quantities is
raised every time the baier is run and
when the we'll is cleaned out it is ex-
pected by the driIlers that a CONNER
cial we'll win result. The Spokane
Roundup expects also TO resume drill
ing as soon as n car OF casing arrives.
After fighting a string of casing
which parted in several places as n re-
suit Of dripping in hole while under
roaming was in progress, the orio
Oil company h decided to bridge
back to the 2.ioo-foot mark. where q
crook in the well developed several
months ago. according to another re-
port from Roundup. AT this point
the casing will be sidetracked and drill
ing resumed in straight line Better
time can be made. drillors believe. Al
though the well was partially straight
ened last fall. in a sufficient degree to
permit the running OF casing. coptn-
ual difficulty has been had due to the
tendency of the casing to break at
that point 1t is not expected any diff
ficulty will arise to prevent this action
after tho hole Is started straight. A
depth of 1900 feet had been reached |
with seemingly only $50 feet to go TO
the TensIeep sand, in which produc-
ton is believed to be almost certain.
Two drilling rigs are reported TO be
on their way to the Kevin-Sunburst
field in Toole county, and arc said to
have been shipped by the Standard Oil
company of California, to open oper-
atoms OF that company in northern
Montana Although the California
company is known to have k over
considerable acreage in numerous
parts Of the field, it is not known
where these two rigs are to be placed.
A derrick being erected on the south
east quarter of the southeast quarter
OF section 10. township IS north, range
) west, a part of the Lincoln permit,
is believed b. oil men of Kelvin and
Great Falls to be the work of the Cali
fornia company. The operations on
his site have been under the direction,
of Harry l.. Wilson of Billings, at
torney for l.. E. Lincoln, and the ma
terials were hauled to location on
trucks belonging to the Gordon Camp
hell interests. leading to reports that
the Gonaon. Campbell interests may be
planning the york.
Drilling operations arc being car
ried on at only three OF the Is oil
rigs placed in several fields tributary
to Hardin in Beg Horn county. Lack
OF finance is holding up several com
panies in making progress. gaining
apparent production. We'll No. Z of
The Western States company of the
Soap Creek field is now being drilled
into the red beds" and indications
are that this well will be completed
next month. The well is down 1850
feet and 12-inch casing has been used
TO u in. Production is expected at
/ 800 feet. The $50" Petroleum well
in the Beauvais country has reached
a depth beyond 1900 feet and further
drilling VIII not be Ion unit the
string OF 121s Inch casing now en- route
TO no field has been run in 1t is
said that the "56" company is as con-
fdent as eve hat they will bring in
a producer. Drilling has been re-
sumed at the Rotten Gross well by
the Western States company after a
suspension of operations for seven or
eight months A depth of L.95o feet
a been reached and s-inch casing
is being carried which it is expected
will be set at a depth of about 5000
feet Production is anticipated at
about $500 feet.
New Test for Basin
Black Mountain Petroleum com.
pany. financed by Salt Lake interests
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