The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-11-22
Two More Are
Added to Kelvin
List This Week
Dakota Montdnd-Emmons and
Bitter Creek Oil Gre the
Latest Completions

2 se-nw, 29-35-1 W, hit the pay
sand Monday at the depth Of l.,
514 feet, in a grayish hard sand,
which became coarser with depth
and turned to brownish sandy
lime, and saturated with oil.
They have drilled 25 feet into
the sand and have over 500 feet
of oil in the hole and still rising
This we'll is estimated as from
100 to 125 barrel day settled
production.
This we'll was drilled in just 1e
days. 1t is about seven feet low
er structurally than the No. / an
offset to the south. They had "a
feet of Sunburst sand at 1,293
feet, with but a small flow Of gas
in it. Eight inch casing is set at
1,400 feet the we'll being complet-
ed in open hole. While the No. l
had a hard shell of lime after
the first four feet of tight sand,
then getting into a heavy pay,
this we'll failed to find such dis
tinct change, the sand NEARLY
changing from a tight to a loose
formation. The three wells com
pleted in this quarter section
all have exceptionally thick sands
for this field, and seems to make
sure that this area Of the big
field can be depended on for
some very satisfactory and long
lived production.
The northwest quarter of Sec
tion 29-35-l w is taking on the
appearance Of substantial deyel-
opment and business like plans
for the future. A very substan-
tial field camp has been erected
by the Bitter Creek Oil company.
Men are at work in the center of
the acreage, installing the band
wheel power plant which will
operate the wells of the Bitter
Creek and Sweeney Oil company,
who between them hold the 16Oi
acres. There is plenty of gas for
drilling and for heating and light
ing the buildings, as we'll as for
the power plant, as the Sweeney I
Maughans No. l has 100000
feet of gas in the Sunburst sand,
which has been piped to the
places of use on the lease.
The Dakota-M Montana-Emmons
No. | have over 1000 feet of oil
in the hole, having drilled thru
but about five feet of sand and
are at present in a hard lime
shelf. Experience in this part of
the field has shown that a num-
Der of wells encountered this
shelf and after piercing it, got
more sand than above, and pro-
duction was increased. 1t is not
known at this time, whether they
will drill deeper. While t h
chances are there is more sand
below. they have splendid we'll [
as it is, and may risk no more ,
depth at this time. In drilling ,
this well, they got the Sunburst ,
sand at 200 feet and it contain
ed no water or gas. After drill {
ing it and penetrating the yellow {
strata which invariably marks |
the Sunburst base in this field,
they set 8-inch casing at 1,25O ,
feet. At about 1850 feet they !
struck sand which has very {
strong showing of oil, sufficient {
probably to make a 10 barrel :
well. This oil was Of a very high
quality and without any sulphur
in it. From |, ,250 to the present {
depth of 1,466 they have drilled
in open hold, getting their pro-
luction with the 8-inch bit. Troy
Owens and ]. L. Swank who had :
the contract, drilled the hole in
"a days including all delays. The l.
drilling cable was in bad shape h
and after causing a number of o
stops. compelled them to put on :,
4 new cable to drill the last five :
feet. They are waiting the ar ;
-ival of general manager A. M. I
Fruh, of North Dakota, before