The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-13
News Notes OF
The Oil Fields

MONNb8@& Ok8AAb 4 CHEO1ONkA@ C&48RANI 1
has spud&ed IN It's well on rAe Bennett
raneA. Il miles southwest Of Carter.
The C4rte4 Oh company has taken
over 9 e~GssdeTab2e block Of leases
aear Robson and 10 preparing for drill
ing operations.
In the presence Of a few spectators
and mLnuS Eae Iszad ceremony the
Montana Giant co1npaAy Spudded In a
we'll On the w. e. B@Maet ranch south
west 81 Carter
The FuIteu No. 1 eli well. 10 miles
southwest Of Robson, was forced to
shut down several days to pick up an
underreamer lug which was lost in the
Aole.
The D~evereaux No. 2, located direct
ty west Of the discovery we'll In Cat
Greek, and in the sane 40, has been
sp1dded in and is now on it's way to
production.
One week after it was sprdded in,
the offset well of Senator T. 8. Hogan
to the DevereauX we'll on the west end
Of the West Dome OF Cat Greek, was
at a depth Of 800 feet.
The Mid-NOrthern-Oldha No. IL,
which has been spudded in. in Cat
Greek, will he a second sand well and
will be completed even though prOduc-
tien Is found in the first sand.
The Gordon Campbell discovery well
No. I, in the Kevin-Sunburst field, two
miles west of Kelvin, was shot the other
day with success, and will be one Of
the producing wells OF the field.
Reports are that the Frantz-BrOwn
, well, in Cat Creek. which tapped the
, second sand at a depth of 1880 feet, is
a very good we'll and will likely make
in the ~neighbOrhoOd of 200 barrels.
ShOshOne Oil company has cOmplet-
ed a commercial well on section 434-
NV, Kevin-Sunburst structure, the oil
coming from a depth Of 1906 feet. This
extends the proven field about 21A
miles.
I Oil from the Observation-Disclosures
/ No. 8, the big gusher recently brought
l In in the Kevin-Sunburst field is said
e to be of a higher grade than any other
in the field with the exception Of the
I" POtlachO-State well.
a Operations are expected to be under
J, way in a short time at the hurry No
Ii 2 well rear BrOadview. Drilling has
been held up for several weeks while
: fishing for a bad string of casing. Th'
: we'll is down S,4OO feet.
Ii The Shields Valley syndicate which
} is drilling in the Potter Basin fielt
le near Wilsall, is determined, 1T Is said
to drill the deepest hole in the stat
W If necessary, to secure oil. The wei
II Is new down more than 1000 feet.
u The HOgan-Zuern No. 1, in the south
east quarter of the southwest quartz
of section $3.50, Cat Creek fielC
drilled. with a rotary by Charlie
Batcheller, should be completed With
20 days, as the rotary is a rapid digge
/ once everything is set.
A second gusher in the Billy Cree
field, neal Buffalo, WyO., located a fe'
rods from the powerful gasser brOugh
In on January 8, was brought in b
the Carter Oil company. When brougt
In the well blew mud 100 feet abov
the top Of the Standard derrick.
After negotiations extending over
! period Of several months with tn
Roundup Oil and Gas company. it hf
been announced that the SO PetrOleuI
corporation, regarded as n of tn
largest independent oil companies
Montana, will enter the Devils Basi
- field near Roundup.
Winnett reports say that drilling
just beginning to get under way in Il
west end Of Cat Greek. There are fi'
wells now drilling, with the DevereaT
now producing. Senator Hogan hi
two wells making hole, the CalifOrn
IL one, and the Devereaux spudded in |
second well, making five in all.
. Adviees from LewistOwn are to Il
effect there will probably he litigati'
=. between the Shaffer o. & G. cOmpaI
4 and MId-Northern Oil company, Ca
lie firnia company, the Texas cOmpal
= and the Fergus County OH & Gas col
s. pany, covering the title to land arOul
= the Devereaux well in the western e.
OF Dat Greek.
Operations on the Lake Basin RanC
erS' Oil company well In the Big La
y field near Rapelje. have been sh
. down while an electric light plant
being installed. IT Is planned to we
two shifts daily following the comp
70 ton of the plant. The hole Is n
abOut 500 feet deep, operators 81
snd results are expected soon-
A. J. Collier, geOlOgist with I
United States geological survey, is
the north field to make a gOvernm'
q survey. of the Sweetgrass arch.
CeHier Is known through northern Nj
tana for his surveys of the Kevin-Sl
burst and BOwdoin dome structur
a The results Of the summers work Y
N appear In a government bulletin pr
re ably TO appear next winter.
re The new Devereaux well, the lat
"a discovery In Cat Greek. is now yield
AZ 81 which has a gasoline content