The Bozeman courier., 1923-06-27
News Notes OF
The Oil Fields

The Markham No. i, a wildcat test
near Dutton, is now drilling at $40
feet.
The Kremlin Petroleum company
will soon resume drilling In their well
west of Kremlin.
The Carter Oil company. has spudded
in on the Rattle Snake Butte structure,
near Choteau, in Teton county, and !
the bore is making headway rapidly.
Activity in the Bowdoin oil field is
increasing and interest grows rapidly |
as the wells near the producing sands. |
Several new concerns, it is reported, /
are preparing to enter the field.
Operations have been resumed at |
the Black Hawk well, on the Flat
willow structure, near Winnett. New
casing has hs9n set, and the well will
be carried to the Ten Sleep sands.
! 1t is reported that the California
company is considering purchasing the
( six-inch pipe line running from Cat
Greek to Winnett and formerly owned
! by the Montana Independent Pipeline
company.
Signal Butte Oil company, composed
Of Seattle and Tacoma men, has been
incorporated in Washington with capl-
tai of 100000. The company expects
to drill on the Signal Butte structure
in Hill county.
The Huestis No. 1 in the Sunburst
field is now drilling at $40 feet. The
rigging was skidded from the formar
location where the drill was down
1,14O feet. A lost bit made necessary
the opening Of a new hole.
First shipments Of crude oil from
the Sunburst tank farm Of the Illinois
Pipe Line company to the Sunburst
Refining company tanks at Great Falls
were begun last week. Regular ship
ments viii now be continued.
Reports are current In Miles City
that the Haskell interests, represented
by the Middle States Oil company, will
help finance the completion Of wells
numbers 8 and Of the Stellar Oil
company on the Porcupine dome.
The Sunburst Oil and Gas is now
rigging up for what is expected to be
new and interesting test Of the
southern part Of the Kevin-Sunburst
field. The new location is In an area
that has not been prOspected prior to
this.
The Northwestern Oil and Develop
ing company Of Newark, N. J., will be
,, gin active development work In the
southwestern part of Carter county
' near Boyes. The rig was partially
erected last fall and some Of the ma
> chinery hauled In.
, The Ohio well, Sherrard No. 1, IL
the Big Sandy field near Great Falls
Z which developed into a large gassel
. last week when a flow apprOximatini
: 20,O00,000 feet was struck, has re
i sumed- drilling after casing out tn
, gas, which originated In a sand thirty
o one feet through.
Y The Hard Times well southeast o
n Wheat Basin, Saltwater county, whicl
d was recently taken over by Harrison
h and Finney, has now reached a dept
|. Of 985 feet. One of the best showing
2 Of oil that has yet been struck in an
d of the neighboring wells above tn
Bagle sands has been secured, accord
ing to reports. Some gas is also n
ported which when ignited burns n
'e several feet above the hole.
W A case Of peculiar interest I
ct leasors Of land In Montana will be d.
s. cided In the federal court at Gres
te Falls soon when that court adjusts tn
ID differences between e. J. Fifer an
E. the Franz Oh corporation. Fifer a
K leges, in his complaint, that the o
IN corporation, in preparing to drill b
is acreage, laid water lines and tol
e down fences to an extent that he asI
W damages in the sum of $4,000.
ce A standard rotary rig, the derrick
which towers ia feet in the air, spu
ded in at Ragged Point, near ROundU
- recently and it is expected that II
= Madison lime will be reached with
:, sixty days. This well Is less than
- - quarter of a mile from an Ohio te
- well in the same structure whiC
- brought showings Of oil at 1,7O0 fe
- but was abandoned at the depth
- 1925 feet on account of caving.
70 Following the strike of gas in CO
on siderable quantity in the Edward
Jones well near Bynum, Teton count
on surveyors of the Mid-NOrthern al
of Gypsy development concerns are 50
M to be busy in the vicinity of Bynul
The Edwards-JOnes well has be-
capped successfully and the gas W
be used for fuel in drilling an offs
vas well. This strike, at less than
sin feet, is reported very puzzling to ge'
he ogists.
sn- Machinery and tools are now on t
Il. way to the Northwestern Oil and I
ish velOping cOmpany's location in I
tn southwestern part of Garter couu
oil and actusl drilling will soon hov