, 1922-03-09

been encountered at a depth
mile and a half east of Cor
Is throughout that valley, ac-
on-sinE TO reports reaching Helena
The reportcd OIL strike was n7ado or
the holdings % the Bitter RoOt on
o1mpauy which Immediately suspend
cd operations. pending tks arrival Of
additional equipment wits which 20
czra for tho Anticipated nov. Al
ready a 5oO-harra tank w1h n mum
her Of 10-inch easdnEs have boon
onds-pd and ARRIVAL Is expected at an
carly date- Tho strike was made
while mo drnes wcro probing for a
lost bit To reach the tool II was
and Il vBs while engaged IN drilling
these that therc was a rush OF gas
that carried a Epray OF water high
into the air This vraa followed by a
Fush OF oil int water that went
trimming over the 13H4nch casing.
The first tests proved to be OF be
tween 20 to 60 gravity and tho oil
Uns reported &c b much darker than
that tzinrn from Tho Cat Greek folds
Sampiea scooped from the ground
have been shown IN Hoien4 and burn
81 nercefy when a match was applied
on men have declared n IN important
Etrka The strike cazno as a sur
prtsa as IT had not been ezpectna To
encounter oil AZ n Lessor depth than
2.boO feet In tho opinion of many
oil mon tho strike has proved the Bit
ter Root field. Tho Bittor Root on
company which Is n OF the pioneer
companies In that field has leased
approximately 10000 acres OF adjoin-
Ing lands On which Il is beloved oil
my be found Tho company Is com
posed entirely Of farmors and a few
business men living In ana AROUND
CorvaInA
Shipments out Of wInnett from mo
Cat Creek and Antelope Croeh fields
aggregated $50 carloads OF crude oil
In the 20 days Of February. according
TO reports filed with the state public
service commission IN Helena THIS
was an average OF u carloads a day,
no that tive month kept mp tho high
volume OF xhipmerts that begun last
NIL
- ANNoAaA Aa "ATtIlI LIZ Ule
Comma Petroleum company. which
has " small commercial. producers
ON Its Cat Greek ncreage VIII drlll
additional wells as soon as weather
conditions promise uninterrupted
operations
st Paul. MINI. peopio arp negUtiat-
ing for a drilling contract on MEX.
II $3.50, Cat Creek field Tho TIP
O'Neill producer is on tn, ad5ofning
40 in tho same section.
The town OF Kremlin, located on
the main line OF the Great Northern
railway, 20 miles west of Hayre,
boasts the only or vol in northern
Montana that has drilled continuous
ly through the winter months. The
Lease is held by the Krenlln Petro-
leum company, and is being tested
with a diamond drin outfit by the
Diamond Drill Construction com
pany OF Spokane A depth Of more
than 1000 foot has been attained.
Brrmlin is surrounded by structures
passed upon by reliable geologLsts.
Hill county Is in a direct limo between
the oil folds Of Calgary. the Cat
Creek field of Montana and the south
ern fields. and production OF a heavy
oil is looked for to the north.
Gray Eagle on company has sp,d-
ded in n test well on the Royal Thorn.
ton lease. e-5-25. Edgar anticlhne. &C
oording to report from Billings. The
company has built a 72-foot Standard
derrick over location and is Installing
a st Louis rig for test. This well
VII test a large area, part of which
O in the Crow Indian reservation.
Hole starts tn the upper part of h
Colorado and viii DO 1zried down
from LOO to 1000 feet to test ho-iz.
n Of possible production in the
Rootenai formation. Drilling will
start with a 15-inch hole. The Edgar
Is In Carbon and Yellow
stone counties. rs miles south and
west OF Billings It is "a large struc-
ture which depends on a largo fault
foreclosure on one side Tribal leases
on tiiis structure have BEEN applied
for by the Barnsian-Foster
ton, the Crow council having approv.
ed or this application Officers Of the
Grey Eagle company are John Mono.
han. a former Oklahoma operator
president; M. T. Brannon OF Billings
secretary; II. L. Martin and L. H
Drake directors. Mr.. Martin win di-
rect field operations OF the COMPANY.
The AFRO ON and Refining com
pany or Le7yistown. Momtana's first
refinery, has placed an agency in
Butte. and through that agency Mon
tana gasoline has found a ready sale
Ten automobile garages In Butte have
signed contracts to sell at retail re-
tined gasoline from the Cat Creek
Deld- Tho claim Is made for Montana
gasoline tfnt It is the highest grade
% any sold IN tho west Montana
men financed and arc directing the
AFRO company. which installed the
hrst refinery In Montarsa. md now
shares the field with the Miles CITY
plant. No time was lost in stock
seinng or prumotiOn work. The com
pany was formed on June 20. the frs.
carload of steel was on the mupd
July II, for the building and Oct II
or last n the first run was made
and shpments "a started No. 4.
George J. wedeEnan Is president. n
A Hoover and J. E Lane, vice prezI.
dents. o. W. Belden. treasurer. and
Ihcnas L. Taylor, Jr., serretar
As soon as weather conditions per.
NIT the Monarch Petroleum comparv
a south Dakota company with head