The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-07-11
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nave springs which bring oil up with
the water, and have been doing so
since TIE memory OF man. The oil Ia
high grade, and there is no question Of
Its identity. The oil Is also accom-
panied by g1s, and comes up when the
water Is agitated. One Of the springs,
there are two Of them, rises In a bar
rel, and when the water Is agitated
with a stick the bottom is see to be
covered with shells, and oil and gas
rises to the surface. 1t is a remark
able Demonstration. and GeOlogist @.
J. Stone, quoted as stating it be the
only real oil spring he had seen In
Montana. G. NJ. RoOs of Great Falls,
has succeeded In forming an Organiza-
49, for the drilling Of the Oil Springs
%. lecture and his rig will be n mile
south of the springs, which are located
between the Buffalo dome and the Oil
Springs antlclina.
According to y. A. Bennett, field
manager for the Wlnnett-Paclfic, the
leases necessary TO square up the COM
pany's block of promising acreage in
TIE east end OF the Flatwlllow field,
in south Fergus county, has just been
closed up. All Of the rig timhers, with
the exception Of the mud stills which
will be shipped from LewistOwn in a
few days are on the location and the
work of building Of the derrick viii
be started as soon as the sills arrive.
Dan Wilson, who brought in the De-
vereaux we'll in the west end Of Cat
Greek, has the contract for the well,
which calls for a depth Of $500 feet, If
it is necessary to go that distance to
C production.
According to late reports the Has
kell interests. represented by the Mid
die States OIL company, will help f.
nance the completion Of wells numbers
) and 6 of the Stellar Oil company on
the Porcupine dome in north Rosebud
county. The No. 5 well has been
drilled to a depth of 1900 feet with an
eight-inch casing and the No. 6 is at
1900 feet with. a 10-inch casing. A
SMALL flow of gas was struck in the
. latter well. Nearly 100000 has been
spent in the development of the Stel-
lar oil field UP to the present time.
According to geological reports the
Shields Valley syndicate which is now
drilling on the Potter Basin dome, In
Potter and Meagher counties, will get
commercial oil in the next few hun
dred feet. The drillers are now be-
low 2,465 feet. The Mid-NOrthern Oil
company is drilling due west Of this
structure about five miles on the Ring.
ling anticline another distinct struc
ture wholly apart from the Potter
Basin dome and they have reached 8
depth of Las feet.
A test well is TO be drilled on thu
Sage Greek structure north Of joplin
near the international boundary. Tim
bers and rig irons have already beer
shipped to the location. The well L
to be drilled by the Montana Oil com
pany, a producing concern of tn
Kevin-Sunburst field. The location 1
in the extreme north of Liberty count
and the structure was mapped by tn
Gordon Campbell survey. It is sai
that part of the Sage Greek structur
lies acros the border into Canada.
DR.. s. NJ. SOuders Of Red Lodge ha
proved to the satisfaction Of q natior
al oil journal the feasibility Of HI
method Of extracting hish test gast
line from natural gas, according to a
article appearing in a recent issue {
that publication. BY DR.. Souder
method gasoline of high quality ma
he extracted from fuel gas, at II
same time improving the gas for ligh
ing and heating by eliminating Il
water and gasoline content which a
largely responsible for explosions az
leakage in pipe lines.
The well of the Fergus County Q
and Gas company. to test the Mari
river structure. near Chester, has be-
spudded and the contractor has be,
awarded a contract to dril to 4
depth Of $500 feet. The rig is
standard S4-fOOt California with a Is
inch bit. The structure to be tested
this well runs northwest to southwe
along the Marias river for II mil,
1t was mapped by GeolOgist r.
Ewerts.
The deep test Of the California, ne
Agawam, after difficult progrt
through the MadisOnian lime at
depth of 5000 feet, has been alb,
doned and a care taker placed
charge. A new contractor will be
cured, it is said. to pierce the II
and explore the hitherto unexplOi
strata below that.
At the Haskell Woody well n
Hardin, drilling has been delayed
account Of a fishing job. The well
now 300 feet deep. The tools W
lost last Friday and to date have
been recovered.
Following the strike of a large f
Of gas the drilling equipment of
Edwards-Jones well near Bynum,
Teton county, was moved to a
location, Offsetting the gasser.
The $50" Petroleum corporation
Miles City, which recently took {
the holdings Of the Roundup Oh