The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-05-11
OFFICIAL PAPER McCOrE COUNTY
News Notes Of
The Oil Fields

The Gypsy company LIS expected t
spud In its well near Pendroy within
the next few days.
Reports are current that the Shaffe
OIL and Refining company Is planning
to enter the Harlowton field with tive
or three rigs.
According to report from Missoull
drilling on the proposed oil well neal
Pablo, In the Flathead valley, will be
begun about June 1.
Mutual OH company has spudded IL
a third Frantz-Homestake well on Sage
Hen structure, on the east side Of the
Musselshell river, Cat Greek field.
If necessary the deep test well OF
the Mid-Northern OIL company In the
Lake Basin field, near Rapelje, will
be drilled to 5000 feet, we are told.
Satisfactory progress Is being made
on the Ohio OH company's well south
east of Big Sandy. According to lat
est reports the drill was down TOO feet
It Is rumored that the California on
company, now drilling at Agawam, Is
planning to sink another well a con-
siderable distance north and west OF
the Agawam site.
The Mutual OIL company transmitted
through its pipe lines In the Cat Creel;
field to Winnett 251,0 900 barrels of oil
during March, nearly double the Feb
ruary transmission.
The Hager-Stevenson company will
drill the Thorne dome, IA miles due
north of Geraldine in Choteau county,
as soon as complete equipment can be
gotten on the ground.
The Mid-Northern Oil company well |
on the Ringing dome, the highest drill
ing location In the world, is down 1890 i
feet in q hard red sandstone. The |
first possible oil sand horizon is esti-
mated to be at least 1900 feet.
Winnifred citizens are considerably
excited over the discovery that water
flowing from the Kansas Montana well
near the city shows traces of oil and
gas. 1t is likely, oil men say, that the
well may become a commercial pro-
Queer.
The we'll of the California Standard
OIL company to be drilled near Har-
lowton will be started with 10 inch
casing and the company is prepared to
go down 1000 feet If necessary. Off
Gals Of the company appear to be con-
fident of production.
Development of $50 acres of leases.
in the center of the Kevin-Sunburst
field and held by L. P. Jackson and
John Cooper, has been taken over by
Senator T. S. Hogan and R. M. Hart !
of Billings. Three wells are to be
drilled on the acreage at once, it is
said. [
While drilling a water well three S
miles west of Lodge Grass Dave Pease
and Bill TONNES, ranchers, struck a ]
flow of gas at 112 feet When the gas s
was encountered there was 100 feet s
of water in the hole, which was COM '
pletely blown out and displaced by the
gas flow. Il
In 4S-hour test, the Ohio-Baker No. q
3 well in the Kevin-Sunburst field, C
made record of 3,O69 barrels. The t
well was not on pump, but gushing o
from the top Of the casing It's pro- Z
duction record makes 1t, at present {
not only the best we'll in the Kelvin C
Sunburst field, but in Montana. d
From Havre comes the report that G.
control of 1900 acres of land in the Il
vicinity of the Goldstone on what Is a
Known as the Goldstone oil structure n
las been obtained by G. M. Mcconnell
md William Welsh, member of the W
yOard of county commissioners of Hill Ct
county. The two men have guaranteed L
o have rig on the structure on or m
efore October l. Il
The Devereaux WELL in the west end Ell
I the Cat Creek field, which came In tt
-pril %, is said to be flowing In excess t
800 barrels. This is the first COM e,
iercial production In the third sands hs
Cat Creek. The fact that the we'll so
located about four miles west of thu eS
earest production in the field opens al
i kinds of possibilities In large area pr
lat has not been tested. an
1t has been reported at Lewistown pr
lat the Mid-Northern has taken over a
70 acres In the Cat Creek field near
e now-famous Devereaux well which RI
me In April %. The deal Is on a re
drilling contract with the po
argus County Oil and Gas company ra
lich controlled the acreage and which Las
Ids more land in the immediate vi ca
nity of the we'll than any company
individual re,
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