, 1922-03-29

BILLINGS, Mont, March 29.-John
Johns. pioneer oil man OF the Porcu-
pine field. is as confident as ever that
the Porcupino field is the best and
largest potential oil producing area in
the whole of Montana, md declares he
Is as positive as every that n thorough
test Will develop great commercial pro-
d~uction, according to advices reaching
here from Miles City.
He admits that the last two years
have been anything but r~osy-hued but
his faith remains mistaken and he an
nounccs his intention of sticking to
his venture with to Stellar OH & Gas
company. OF which no is secretary. I'M
I'll oil is produced in the Porcupine
in commercial quantities. Speaking
of the activity now going on. he re-
oortS that the Tensleep company.
which mas entered into a deal with
the Stellar TO drill n well to u depth
Of $1,000 feet. on a $3.50 basis. to test
out This field, has purchased 100 tons
OF coal, or five car loads, which has
been set out at Vanada, coming from
Roundup, and is being hauled out to
the field to wells No. 5 and 1. which
it is believed will be drilled simultan-
eously, by four-horse teams to be
used for drilling.
Three big trucks made the trip from
the Soap Creek field to Roundup this
week. and returned with the cement
pumping equipment belonging to the
Ohio Oil company information reach
ing here from Roundup shows. The
trucks were the property of the Dox
OIL company, which drilled into n com
mercial oil sand and now seeks to
shut off water ron above. The ma
chinery Is to be used in pumping CON
crete into hold for the purpose of shut
ting off the water SO the sand can be
tested
The roads are now In fair condition
leading to the Big Wall and Howard
Coulee fields, and word received here
recently leads to the belief that the
Ohio on company will return to
Roundup within q couple of weeks to
u work in those structurea
Preparations are being made to start
drilling again in the DEVILS Basin and
WILLOW Creek fields, supplies being
now assembled for transportation to
location. Cass & Jones expect to re-
sumo work in the Adams well within
a few days. and the Montana Pioneer
rig Is also to be started up soon. Oil
men at Roundup expect to see more
activity this year than any time since
oil was found there, it Is declared. The
deep tests now started and projected
will go far TO o or disprove the
presence of oil in the lower quadrants,
where man, believe the big pools will
be struck.
The Rhoades syndicate, which fur
nished the first SO 900 toward finan-
cling h Gordon Campbell well at Ke-
vim, has been r~eorganized as a corpor-
alton under the name of Kevin-Sun-
burst on company, dispatches reaching
here from Great Falls indicate.
Judge w. B. Rhoades secured 600
acres of choice lands on the Kelvin
structure, the first pick from holdings
arc estimated to he 10Th many times
the capitalization. bL - incorpora-
ton figure is only $50. 0uu. Unit hold
ers in h syndicate will be given dou-
BILE the amount Of their investment in
stock.
The organizers are IRON a group Of
AZ. including u. r Edwards. L. New
man. John p. Mcintyre, w. E.
Rhoades, Great Falls, and Walter
Bright of Lewistown. The company
shares are valued at 81 each. The
corporation has no intention at the
present time to do any drilling but
win deal in acreage in the proven
area