Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-06
ENCOUNTER GAS
AT 1880 FEET
NEAR WINIFRED
Kansas Montana Gets Hopeful
Signs; Look for Oil
in Colorado.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
Lewistown, Oct. 5.-Soma excite
ment was caused at Winifred Monday.
when gas was struck in the Kansas
Montana well, after some - feet of
drilling through the previous two or
three day. A very good showing of oil
also came up through the water. A
small cave stopped drilling for a short
time, but the hole was cleaned out dur
ing the afternoon and drilling was re
sumed Monday. The hole is now down
1881 feet, and the lower Colorado
sand may be hit almost any time.
Manager w. t. Brown feels more con-
fident than ever that he is going to
bring in a producer at the Kansas
Montana location.
The well Of the Montana syndicate
in section 1850 is now down over
1,2O0 feet, near the second sand. and
has been getting some excellent show
ings of oil. The well will be completed
very soon. The syndicate was held up
on drilling for a time by litigation be-
tween the parties now having the on
tracts and others. but is now in the
clear. 1t is one of the very few syn
dicates started during the Cat Creek
pSpAA Abbh INV
storms, and it is able to complete its
plans just as originally worked out.
The Frantz-Brown No. ., offsetting
the Golden West we'll in section II, is
down over 500 feet and will be com
pleted in about two weeks. Excep-
tional progress is being made at this
property.
At a meeting of the Golden West
stockholders, held here Monday night
and attended by all the visiting stock
holders from WATERFOWL, n. Y, and
other eastern points, 1t was decided to
drill on into the sand at the %company's
fine producer in section 16. The sand
here was penetrated but five feet when
the well was brought in. and it is be-
ieyed going on much farther will in
crease the production. Most of the
eastern owners will go to the property
to see the drilling done. Monday the
WATERFOWL men were guests at a ban
quet, Hon. David Hilger making an in
teresting talk on the development of
the oil industry in Montana.
The tools for the Devereaux Oil
company have reached Winnett and
will be trucked at once to the location
in the extreme west end of the Cat
Creek field. in section 12-15-2S. The
contract for putting down this well
has been let to W. f. Burks, who has
drilled wells in the Kelvin and Cat
Greek fields, getting production in
both. The Devereaux rig is of the
California type, perhaps the best in
Cat Greek, and it viii stand the strain
of a real test to the third sand. The
aCpf-ont col1z Gov a dan+h 81 , -G1 fat
so that this test is another one of very
great Importance. The well will spud
in with a 21-inch hole, the largest in
the field.
The test well of the Schwartz inter
ests near Teigen is now down well over
500 feet, and the Cat Greek sand has
been reached, q slight showing of oil
being found there. The management
expects to get production in the Ellis.
at a depth of 1,400 feet.
The Pyramid Oil company spudded
in its well in section 9-15-29 Tuesday,
starting with a 12h-inch hole. The
company's g~eologist figures on reach
ing the producing sand at 1,45O feet.
The New York men owning Il large
interest in the Golden West Oil COM
pany left Wednesday for their homes,
after q second visit to Cat Greek. The
well there was taken off the pump and
they saw it pouring out its liquid gold.
With the well now nearing the 1000
foot level on Black Butte ana 8 sec
ond well in Cat Creek about to be
started, the company expects TO have
at least three good producers this
year.
Former Attorney General s. c.
Ford of Helena went out to Cat Creek
Thursday on business connected with
the oil industry.
The suit of the Frantz corporation
against Fergus county, involving the
of taxes paid by the corpora
ton, under protest, to the amount of
$4,000, is to be disposed of by
Judge Roy Ayers upon an agreed
of fact, which was filed by
the parties Wednesday. Stewart &
of Helena represent the oil
company.
President A. n. Smith of the Bow
doin Oil company Is in the city from
and will go out to the Cat
Creek field to make a thorough in
spection Of the field.
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FISHING VESSEL BURNS.
Prince Rupert, Il. c.. Oct. 5.-The
American fishing vessel Bartalone has
been burned off Cape Muzon, Alaska.
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