The Bozeman courier., 1923-05-09
News Notes of
The Oil Fields

The Gypsy company Ia expected to
spud In its well near Psndroy within
the next FEW days.
Reports are current that the Shafrer
ON and Refining company Ks planning
to enter the HarlOwtOn field with tw.
er three rigs
According to report from MissouIa
drilling on the proposed oil we'll near
Pablo, in the E1athead valley, will b.,
begun about June /.
Mutual Oil company has spudded :
a third Frantz- -Homestake well on Sage
Hen structure, on the east side of the
Musselshell river, Cat Greek field.
II necessary the deep test we'll
the Mid-NOr1hern Oh company in the
Lake Basin field, near Rapelje, viii
be drilled to 1000 feet, we are told.
Satisfactory progress is being mad,
On the Ohio Oil company's well south
east of Big Sandy. According TO lat
est reports the drill was down 700 feet.
1t is rumOred that the California Oil
company, now drilling at Agswam. is
planning to sink another we'll 'cOn-
siderable distance north and west OF
the Agawam site.
The Mutual Oil company transmitted
through it's pipe lines in the Cat Cree:
field to Winnett 251y 900 barrels Of Oi
during March, nearly double the Fet
ruary transmission.
The Hager-Steveason company will
drill the ThOrne dome, IA miles 'du,
north of Geraldine in ChOteau county
as soon as complete equipment can b'
gotten on the ground.
The Mid-NOrthern Oil company wei
on the Ringing dome, the highest drill
ing location In the world, is down 1 ,59l
feet in hard red sandstone 'Th'
first possible oil sand horizon is esti
mated to he at least 1900 feet.
Winnifred citizens are considerabl-
excited over the discovery that wate
flowing from the Kansas Montana wei
near the city shows traces Of oil an,
gas. II is likely. oil men say, that tn
we'll may become a commercial pro
ducer.
The we'll Of the California Standar
on company TO he drilled near HaI
lOwtOn will be started with 18 inc
casing and the company ia prepared I
go down 1900 feet If necessary. Off
cials of the company appear to be COZ
fident Of production.
Development of $50 acres Of leases
in the center Of the Kevin-Sunburk
field and held by L. P. Jackson an
John Cooper. has been taken over h
Senator T. S. Hogan and r. NJ. Har
of Billings. Three wells are TO h
drilled on the acreage at once, it
said.
While drilling a water well thre
miles west of Lodge Grass. Dave Peas
and Bill TOwneS. ranchers, struck
flow Of gas at 112 feet When the gs
was encountered there was 100 fe'
Of water in the hole. which was con
pletely blown out and displaced by I'll
gas flow.
In a 4S-hOur test. the OhiO-Baker N
we'll in the Kevin-Sunburst fiel
made a record of 1868 barrels. IN
we'll was not on pump. hut gushiI
from the top of the casing. It's pr
duction record makes 1t, at preseI
not only the best well in the Kew
Sunburst field. but in Montana.
From Havre comes the report tn
control of $4,000 acres of land in Il
vicinity Of the GOldstOne on what
known as the GOldstOne oil structu
has been obtained by G. NJ. McCOnn'
and William Welsh, a member Of 4
hoard Of county commissioners Of H
county. The two men have guarante
to have a rig on the structure on
before October 1.
The Devereaux well, in the west e
Of the Cat Creek field, which came
April %. is said TO be flowing in exec
of 900 barrels. This is the first CO
mercial production in the third san
of Cat Creek. The fact that the W
is located about four miles west of I
nearest production in the field Ope
all kinds of possibilities in large al
that has not been tested.
IT has been reported at LewistO
that the Mid-Northern has taken O'
100 acres in the Cat Greek field M
the nOw-famous Devereaux well VIII
came in April 2S. The deal is on
"fifty-fifty" drilling contract with
Fergus County Oil and Gas cOmpf
which controlled the acreage and VIII
holds more land in the immediate
cinity of the well than any comps
or individual.
Word from Winnett states that
Devereaux producer, brought in a
days ago in Cat Greek is prOduc
frem an entirely different sand Il
any other producer in Montana. /
said the sand is a sugar brown and
first Of its kind to be encountered
Montana. Experts claim 1t is the @
real oil sand ever encountered In
state and enormous and long-life ]
duction is expected from it. rex
test of the crude from the Devere
producer on the Devereaux dome,
the Weowna Refining company,
cIoseS that il is the highest gra