The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-07-28
|. Y. CHANGES SITE
TO ?. AnOlf PLACE

The Northwestern OIL 4 Devclop.
ment company Of Newark. Ohie.
changed IT. drilling site frem the place
Of RENT Deranleau to that Of Paul
Aimcns. in the NEN Of the SEA OF
section :. township Z sonth. which 10
about seven miles south Of Boles, nve
ana one.half miles southwest OF
Piniele. hve and one-half miles south
Ct the Deranl eau place ana shout %
miles east Of Broadus. Just over the
Powder River county line.
we were compelled to change drill.
Ing sites" said William q. White, neld
manager. who was in Broadus yester.
day afternoon. for the reason that we
failed to get the block Of leased land
surrounding the Deranleau lane. How.
ever. we are equally satisfied with our
new location for there wasn't much
preference between the two locations
At the Aimone place we have q COM
plete axis that IL on q terrace with :
one and one-half degree dip in the for.
nation. There IL q perfect structure
there and I'd place a wager with any
body that we either strike oil or gas
or beth In good commercial quantities.
"Do we mean business? Why. we
have equipment on the ground and ON
the road and are rushing things gem
orally to get spudded in at the very
earliest date possible. 1t may be inter-
esung to know that the we'll with our
standard string of tools and rig win
go down in the front yard of the
Aimone place. starting with q 1a-inch
noie. The deepest hole in the world
was drilled to depth Of 1000 feet
with q 13-inch bit.
1--WE estimate tho< ,.,o -.,,, ...
the pay sand at a depth Of between
loo and 2.100 feet. but we are pre-
pared tc go to the lime sand at a &c nth
Of 1000 feet. If necessary, to ana
either oil or gas
so confident is my company that
we will strike oil or gas that bave
been instructed by them to order tim
bers Tor second rig. 1t is quite
likely we would make a big iumn
from our presnt location to the Sec
ond well and now we are figuring ON
location either at Lightning Butte
or at the head Of the COX Elder. The
Almone place Is on the Scott Creek
dome. l predict that the countsy east
OF Broadus will develop into an oil
neid superior to Cat Creek.
we nave seven leads Of drilling
machinery on the ground and other
loads are on the road. We have ex.
perienced much difficulty in getting
our equipment hauled from Eella
Fourche in view Of the frequent rains
that have made the roads very muddy
ana rough and washed out road f,lla
ana bridges. And no effort is being
made to repair these damages. Had
roreseen these difficulties the eouip-
ment would have been shipped to
Miles City and hauled out from there.
Mr.. Schultze has gone to Belle Fourche
WAth teams tc haul the big boiler cut.
The oil drilling machinery itself
weighs l25.SS4 pounds and we are hav-
ing 1t hauled long IS miles to our
oriiilng site. paying freishters 81 a
hundred pounds. The freight on this
rau.pment from Newark. Ohio. to
Belle Fourche cost US $1,533.
we nave contracted with w. M.
knapp for all the timbers and lumber.
his sawmil near Boyes is in opera.
tion and ne is working on the order
now though he has had scme delay
through a shortage Of help.
I'VE have also contracted with John
boner. an experienced rig builder but
now residing on his homestead naar
Bcyes. to build our rig that will ba
81 feet in height and he is to have -
completed by August Is when we ex-
pect to spud In and work continuously
day and night shifts.
we are having a water well drill.
ed now on the Aimone place to run our
machinery. We expect to secure a
sunicient supply CT water at a depth
OF ~ feet but will go down at $50 feet
II necessary. to get an adequate water
supply. We will get our coal from
an exposed bank about Ave miles dis
tant.
We Intend to prove the field for
eitner Gil or gas. We would welcome
the entry OF any other bona fide drill.
ing company and II guaranteed that
tney would drill there we would a..
sign to them a block Of our leases
that would bep laced in escrow in thu
oank. This cffer. however, becomes
null and void after we have brought In
our first oil or gas we'll"
BOYLE SAYS QUALITY OF HORSES