The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-08-08
OIL NEWS
TREASURESTAT ACTIVITY
BRLEFZ

of the Ohio Oil company at Shelby.
The Ohio Oil company has taken a
lease on the Mission structure, south
Of the Fort BeIknap Indian agency.
The Helena Valley Oil company Is
shipping a rig to the Raglan ranch on
the Prickly Pear structure, near Hell
ems
Henry Sherrard and R. Il. Dea of
Great Falls expect to drill a well on
the Fort McGinnis structure, about %
miles north of LewistOwn.
Drilling at the big Absaroka-Flor-
ence test well south of Baker, in Fal-
Ion county, is moving along in good
shape. 1t is reported that the gas
struck is a wet gas.
The Continental Oil Producing con-
pany, which is making elaborate prep
aRations to test out the Cowboy struc-
ture in the Square Butte district, is
putting the finishing touches ON rig
ging up and will be ready to spud in
| shortly.
The well of the California company
Offsetting the Devereaux in the west
end Of Cat Greek in Fergus county,
has come into commercial production
at a depth of 1T36 feet, and is reported
to be making better than 400 barrels
per day.
1t is reported that the well Of the
Mountain Chief Oil company has 20
feet Of oil standing in the casing at a
depth Of 112O feet, coming from the
Eagle sandstone. This we'll is located
on the Milk river anticline, north of
Browning.
w. L. Linton, geolOgist and field
manager of the Mutual Oil company
Of Denver, after making a tour Of In
spection of the Poplar dome, in Rich
land and Roosevelt counties, is now
taking up the proposition of drilling
test wells with officers Of the concern.
The Hager-Stevenson test on the
TaylSr-Owens structure northeast Of
Geraldine, is reported to be drilling
without interruption and 10 making
good Roadway. The well was started
in the Colorado formation and II is
the intention to test out all the known
, sands to the Madison lime, If produe-
ton is not found before that horizon
is reached.
The Hepp No. 1, a Midwest well in
the Lake Basin field, in Saltwater and
Yellowstone counties, is drilling at 900
feet according to the latest reports
n A 15k-inch casing is being run in this
: well which is to be a deep test thai
S will thoroughly explore the Lake Basin
), field. Drilling is to be continued to
: depth of 1000 feet if production is no
obtained at a lesser depth.
A rock drill, weighing almost half
ton, designed for rapid work in rock
n arrived by express in Milestone re
Gently and was Immediately taken on
f to the Flynn Bros. well at Ragged
Point, where progress has been hell
6 up considerably during the past weel
because of work in a hard limeston,
formation, which cut the rate Of ad
vance down to a few feet per day.
Increased production is the reSult o
blasting the Black Magic well, in tn
! Kevin-Sunburst field. The well wa
shot at 1871 feet with 60 quarts O
Il nitro-glycerine. This well was drille
le into production at 1877 feet last Nc
vember at which time the oil sand
'e were tapped but two feet. AS a resul
l. of drilling through the 11-foot oil san
and blasting the hole, the oil stand
c at 1900 feet.
- AS was generally predicted, the Mic
Northern brought in a water well /
the third sand in its offset to til
- Devereaux discovery well in O.
Creek, near L~ewistOwn. The sand we
drilled into at 1885 feet and the wat'
came up Over the top in a very shO,
time. The sand proved to be 20 fe'
thick, it having been drilled throug
at 1905 feet. While no statement hS
been made by the Mid-Northern,
is taken for granted that the well wi
be abandoned.
One of the biggest wells in Il
Kevin-Sunburst field was brought
recently by the Sweet Grass-McDona
well No. 2. With the drill barely pen
. trating the sand, the oil rose in Il
casing 800 feet within 20 minute
Drilling was stopped at once. II
well broke out as a gusher and W
going over the top in heads, clearil
the crown block eight times IN
minutes, and being estimated at 10
barrels or better by J. E. foreman,
ologist of the company.
Adviees from Miles City say th
representatives Of carbon black fl
tories that we're practically COMPEL
to leave Wyoming are looking ov
Miles City with a view Of locati
there. Three such factories are me
ing out of Wyoming on account Of I
favorable laws of that state. 1t
said that conditions favorable for n
ural gas exists in the vicinity of Mi
and that the carbon black manufi
turers are contemplating putting do
test wells in the vicinity with a view
securing gas.
Surveyors for the Texas Product
company, one of the large independt