Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-28

in BORDER OIL
POSSIBILITIES
Many Operators Reach Sweet
grass to Look Over Pros
poets Near Town.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to Inc Tribune.
Sweetgrass, Sept. PA wide and
growing interest is manifest in the
southern Albertan oil field as wit
messed in the arrivals the last four
days, all bent on looking over the pros
poets near Sweetgrass.
George A. Mcdonald, J. E. Bowen
and John A. Allen, all of Edmonton;
William Robertson and P. D. Sanders.
Calgary; Tommy Lee, Bert D. Clark
G. w. Winnie, e. P. Aylsworth and
Scott Wilson, all of Lethbridge; ]. f.
Duncan and G. Verville, both of Win
nipeg; C. e. Kackley, Taber; P. D.
Mcclellan, Saskatoon; w. A. Hoffner
Cardston; Charles Lafferty, Raymond;
e. P. Howard, New York City; II. G..
Andrews and r. Jensen, both Of San
Francisco; w. G. Collins, Minneapolis:
Charles Rooney, Sabalda, Kan, and
D. Yondel Of Seattle are some of the
visitors.
The Baalim well is in operation and
drilling in the red beds at a depth Of
1870 feet.
The National Supply company If
erecting a large warehouse along the
siding at Sunburst
Perry Fox has take. the contract tc
drill the Ohio offset to the Gladys
Belle.
The O'Neill and Homestake com
panies have resumed drilling near
Browning on the Blackfoot reserva-
ton, after a shutdown of three weeks.
H. V. Raynor of Denver, Colo, is
in the SweetgraSs district taking leases
for the Carter Oil company.
The d~ismantling of the Chamberlain
well in section 23-37-3W is complete
turned to the owners and a tower will
be Immediately erected and a full
string of standard tools installed when
drilling will be resumed.
The Mclean well continues to have
trouble with caving, although progress
is being made slowly. The well is now
at a depth of 1910 feet. There has
not yet been any showing of either gas
or oil at this well.
The Border Oil company, a half
mile east of Mclean and drilling a
two-inch test with a diamond drill, had
a small showing of gas and oil this
week at 802 feet. The force vas suf-
ficiert to bring it over the top of the
hole, and it continued for 10 minutes
and then subsidized. The vein was n
foot thick from which this showing
m 1t was only a showing, how
ever, and does not have any bearing on
the productivity of the lease, for that
will not be known for some 1000 feet
yet.
Colonel ".Jim' Cornwall of Edmon-
ton Is in southern Alberta this week,
looking over the prospects Of securing
leases with the idea Of developing
them. Cornwall is the manager of the
Northern Transport company of Al
berta and had direct charge of and was
responsible for getting all material and
supplies through to the Imperial well
at Fort Norman.
he is accompanied by G. FL. McCar-
thy, who formerly was an engineer
with the Diaz government in Mexico
He had charge Of the erection of the
national palace In the city of Mexico,
besides many other public improve
ments In Torreon. Mr. Mccarthy haF
headquarters in New York City now
and viii become interested with Colone'
Cornwall in one of his southern Al
bertan oil undertakings.
r. A. Ling, geologist for the Inn
perial company Of Canada. Is In Sweet
grass. He wa formerly the %geologist
with the provincial university of Al
berta and located the present drilling
site of the Imperial west OF Sweet
grass during 1915.
s. A. Thompson, who organized
promoted and drilled the Boundary
Bow well, 90 miles from Vancouver, is
getting into the southern Albertan
game and is now on the ground taking
leases.
W. P. Stewart of Dallas, Texas, for
merIy with the Gypsy Oil company, but
now an independent operator, is doing
the southern Albertan field this week
and has already taken oser some very
valuable acreage.