The Kevin courier. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1922, 1922-08-02

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and the drill is already pounding be-
low the 100-foot mark according to
last reports from the field.
Lewistown, July 24.-The} AFRO oil
and Refining company yesterday brot
suit against the Montana Pipe Line
company setting out that between
May 81 and July Is, there was de-
livered to the defendant as a common
carrier to transport to Winnett for the
plaintiff ~76,225.55 barrels of crude
Cat Creek oil and that of this total
defendant delivered only 63,891.35
barrels, ~12,334.12 barrels having been
lost by leakage or converted to the
defendants use. Judgment is asked in
the sum Of ~$43,167.7O.
Winnett Times: Much interest is
attached to the announcement of L. l..
Devereaux, Of New Rockford, N. D.,
who arrived in Winnett Tuesday, that
his company will at once begin oper~
ations to sink to 27O0 feet on section
17-15-29, a little south and east OF
the famous Big Six well in the west
end of the Cat Creek field. The con-
tract has been let, the material is al
ready being hauled to the location
which is on the Van Tassel farm and
operation will be pushed with all pos
sible speed.
The Gladys Belle, drilling on sec
ton 1914 east in the Sweetgrass
hills on leases under drilling contract
from the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, is still
at 1,500 feet and is getting casing to
telescope it's lost tools, cave-in having
prevented fishing, according to Frank
Bell, who returned from the well. The
casing and fishing job is expected to
take 10 days to complete. Bell report
ed that gas had been struck in two
horizons and made a combined flow
of about 1900, 900 feet.
H. S. Bretschneider of Denver,
president of the Mid-Northern Oil
company, accompanied by r. S. Eli
son and E. L. Estabrook of Casper,
were in the field last week for several
days, returning home Thursday.
The well of the Fowler Oil company
drilling in section 20-30-1 west is
now down about 1900 feet with a
job, the cable and rope f~asten-
ing having broken, according to a re-
port from the well. The rope is being
taken out before bringing the tools.
The tools are now part way in the
The Coutts Sweetgrass Oil company
has spudded in it's we'll near Coutts
On the quarantine reserve, according
C announcement made in Tabler,
Alta, by Archie Mclean, president.
This will be the first operations start
ID in this part of the Sweetgrass
aTch.
Drilling resumed Wednesday night
It the Northfield- Reliance well on
1enou structure, after setting the
asing on the bottom of the hole. 1t
5 expected that the next 100 feet of
will Pit the tools in he Big
1uddy Sand, which is believed a pos
ible oil sanl.
Active drilling operations will be
nder way soon on the Hopkins-Mc-
Jaughton structure neal Geraldine,
ontroled by the Mid-States Oil COM
any of Great Falls, according to an
announcement made by Al Shapiro
Roundup, director of the company.
The Bailey Dome we'll near Denton
now down 1000 feet drilling in a
hale formation, according to reports.
Fort Benton, July 29.-L. C. Ste
snson and associates have secured
aadquarters in the Culbertson block
nd are now furnishing an office to
: used in connection with their oil
,tivities in this section.