, 1922-05-22

already at work on the project which
officials OF the Company have stated
will furnish eastern Montana with
cheap fuel. According to information
given out by officials of the company.
81, 500 900 viii be spent on thss devel-
opment of the enterprise. which when
finished. 1t Is said. win have an earn.
ing capacity Of $4,000. 900 a year. The
company now has gas capped and
ready to turn into the mains as soon
as tho lines can be laid and con-
nected up, on which work will be
rushed. The Northwest Public Utili-
ties company has seven directors, and
SCHUYLER SchoIienbcrgcr. of John V.
Farwell compan-, Chicago. il presi-
dent. and STlas c. Hopkins, broker Of
Joliet. is secretary.
on biologists who now are inspect
ing t~errotory in tho Baker-Glendive
nnticline for the Sloan & Russell com
pany OF New York will be At Broadus
within the next ten days TO examine
oil land in the region. according 70
word received hero from Miles City.
The New York financiers are said to
be contemplating investing 100000
in Montan OF development. and are
said TO look with favor on the fields
Of eastern Montana, in Dawson and
Powder River. counties. They expect
10 start drilling near Glendive with a
standard rig, which will drill TO a
depth OF 5000 feet The biologists
now are locating the site for the well
in Dawso county. following which
they will transfer their operations TO
the Powder River county field, and
expect TO locate their first well there
at n distance OF only five miles north
ives. Of Broadus. Sloan and company
have leased 10000 acres of oil land in
Powder River county. it is announced
c. r. Stauffer. chief geologist Of
the University CT Minnesota, has been
in Garfield county rechecking the cat
Creek structure, a geological survey OF
which he made some months g for
the Garfield Development company
II is understood that capital is ready
to develop this structure. but at pres
ent there appears to be a divergence OF
opinion among biologists as to the
feasibility Of drilling in that locality.
stauffen's latest investment probably
will determine the matter.
News that tho Frantz corporation
has struck a good showing Of oil in
the third sand in the test well on Sec
ton &c. is the most encouraging word
that has reached Winnie for some
time. il has been reported in Helena
This is said TO be practically the first
tine tho third Eat Creek sand has been
reached in h winnett oil field and
The fact that such a showing is evident
has created great enthusiasm through
cut the oil fields and at winnett. Cas-
ing now is being set to bottom of hole
preparatory TO drilling at an early
an - ~nnornI fv ranrnda fllaf
when the well is brought in it will be
one of the biggest producers in Mon
tana. New developments which will
follow operations on this well, it is
estimated, Will increase the production
cf-the field SO per cent.
The well of the Montana Pioneer
Oil in section 1e-11-23, VIII
low Creek field tributary TO Roundup,
now is drilling in the red beds, geolog-
ically known rs the Kootenai forma-
ton, and depth is being made rapid
~. according to word received from
the camp. Difficulties that have held
up progress at this well for. nearly "a
year now have been overcome, and
q completion is expected at an early
date. There is a hance for produc'
ton in w sands on the Kootenai
which viii fbe penetrated with the
next few hundred feet of drilling. How
ever. IL production is not found in
these sands. the hole. which now is
in excellent shape, will be carried down
10 test all the possible producing hori-
zors.
At the well Of the Roundup OIL and
Gas company. in the Devils Basin. a
string of five-inch casing has been
run and cemented. and the well o
will be tested for production. Off
Gals of the company are confident
the well will develop into a good pro
Queer, oil showing having been high
ly encouraging since the well was
shot with a heavy charge Of nitro
glycerine.
Drilling crews have left winnett
for the Cat Creek field en- route to
the camp of the Sc Oil company, where
the Sc has arranged to spud in a new
we'll to offset the Sure Shot holdings
a new standard derrick. has beer
erected and drilling will be carried or
with standard tools to sink the well a:
expeditiously as possible.
The Mid-Northern Oil company 1,
rigging up for its Centana No. 3 vel
in the Winnett field, and it is planned
to follow Immediately with Centanf
well Nc. f. Both these locations arr
on proven ground, and drilling viii
be carried forward as rapidly as pos
sibIe.
The Adams Oil & Gas company Il
nanced by North Dakota and Mime
sofa interests. contemplates testing
out it's acreage in section $3.50 il
the Winnett field. The company ha
had biologists examine its holding,
and the report has been so favorabl
that the company expects to sink
deep test well to the lower sand,
where it is hoped to secure production
It is expected operations will CON
mence within the next 90 days.
p. & r. Controls Lyons.