The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-04-25
News Notes of
The Oil Fields

Drilling is expected to start soon on
Howling well No. 3 in the Kevin-Sun-
burst field by the Mid-Northern com
pany.
The Schlueter Bros well at Carriers
vile, Rosebud county, is down $500
feet. Production is looked for very
soon.
II Is reported that the Middle States
company lie laying plans to sink a test
we'll on the Weoly structure, near
Hardin.
According to the contract work On
the Keystone Oil Syndicate in the
Kevin-SunburSt field must be started
by June l..
The hurry Bros. test well near
Broadview, which is now below the
3,S00-foot level, Is one of the deepest
wells in Montana.
Experts predict that commercial pro-
ductiOn will be encountered in the
F1atwillow structure, Fergus county,
a. 2,2O0 feet.
It is reported that oil has been
struck in the Campbell-McGOws well
V0C Vi O1C taAtACbb byf II Ol nv w.
side of the Kevin-Sunburst field.
For the week ending March 81 pro
ductiOn In the Cat Greek field was 49,
003 barrels considerably In c. Of
the previous three weeks average.
Rapid progress is being made In the
well on the Baker Glendivs structure,
which is being drilled Jointly by the
AbsarOka and Florence companies.
From Pablo comes the report that
the Brainerd Petroleum company, a
Minnesota concern, t planning to drill
three test wells In the Flathead valley.
Production is looked for by operat-
ives at the Ringing well neal Three
Forks at 1900 or 1900 feet. Latest
reports state the well is down about
1900 feet.
1t is believed that the Montana
Sweet Grass well IN the Sunburst field
which tapped the sands at 1893 feet
will develop into as good a producer as
others in the vicinity.
Prospects are good, it Ia reported,
for the Ohio Stockman's National Bank
well No. 1, brought in in the Kelvin
Sunburst field the other day to pro-
ducs $50 barrels per day.
In the Roundup fields where deep
with a Standard rig, and the A-BC
company with a Sullivan Diamond drill
production is confidently expected.
Arrangements are being made for a
general celebration Ia honor Of the
spudding in the Sunburst Pool well
which event will take place May 4. The
site for the new well fS within the city
limits OF Sunburst.
Another well is to be spuded i'm by
X. B. Frazer and associates on the
Bears Den structure north Of Chester
Promoters Of the enterprise r con
fident commercial production will be
found in the district.
Few people are aware Of the fac.
that Cat Greek has a producing wei
from shale exclusively and at a depth
Of $50 feet. 1t is true nevertheless and
the well has been running five barrels
q day since January, 1921.
/. Much activity Is reported on tn
Shaumut incline southeast Of Harlow
ton, where the Standard Oil company
Of California is said to have extensive
|, holdings. The first test we'll Is expect
ed to be spudded in very soon.
A large flow Of water encOuntereG
by the drillers in the Woody test vel
: on the Crow reservation has been shut
; off, and the drilling has been resumed
at a depth Of Z,540 feet. The wateI
was reached at the 2,532foot mark. an,
! some difficulty was experienced Il
checking it's force.
The Mid-Northern Oil company haI
resumed drilling operations ca tn
Rush No. 1 well at Spindle Top, nea
> Grass Range. Work on this well hai
been closed down during the last win
ter, but the operators hope to driv
: continuously from now on. The posi-
bilities Of striking oil are very good
: according to officers Of the company
\ Recent developments at Billy Cree
near Buffalo, Wyo.. appear to indicat
q that another light oil field has beeI
added to the producing structures o
the state. 1t has been announced tina
the $4,000 00-foot gas well on tn
structure was producing a high gravit
! oil from a drip in the gas line an
that the quantity averaged as much a
H five barrels a day.
The observation-disclosures No. 2 we
Il in the Kevin-Sunburst field which hi
the top of the sand Tuesday, appear
to be a well, according to reports. Tn
depth of the well was given as abou
the same as the No. 1 well or abOu
1,64O feet. While the top of the san
was just touched, the field men VIII
saw the No. 1 well drilled in were q
the opinion that the No. 2 will be eve
better than the No. 1 well. The No.
); well is rated at between 100 and 10
barrels.
. The Illinois Pipe Line company
: again running oil in the Kevin-SuH
" burst field after a shut down of Sc,