The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-05-25
News Notes of
The Oil Fields

The Mid Northern Oil company Is
said to have taken a lease on 1,4OO
acres near Conrad.
The Broesler No. well of the Mid
Northern company at Conrad, Is now
1000 feet, and the drillers are work
Ing at top speed.
Officials of the Hager-Stevenson Oil
company claim the well to be drilled
II miles north of Denton will be sunk
to the Devonian sands.
The Franklin Oil company well
which came in a few days ago in the
Kevin-Sunburst field at 1928 feet is
rated as 300 barrel producer
Indications are that the Western
States Oil company will commence
drilling on the Woody Greek structure
near Hardin in the immediate future.
1t is now believed that the r. d. well
In the west end of the Kevin-Sunburst
field in which oil was struck at 1,51O
feet will flow no less than 300 barrels
daily.
The Ohio Oil company well south
east Of the Big Sandy, which came In
as a gasser at 1900 feet, is flowing
about 100000 cubic feet of gas daily,
1t is reported
Teton county is becoming the scene
of unusual oil development work.
Should plans of the MIDI Western and
Mid Northern companies mature 1t Will
mean the spuddlng in of IL wells with
In a month In an improved area.
From Miles City comes the report
that the Henry Schlueter well, drilling
near Cartersville, is approaching the
sand and is drilling below 1870 feet.
Good showings have been had in this
we'll and producer is looked for.
An important deal in West Cat Creek
acreage was consummated at Lewis
town when the Homestake OIL company
took over go acres from the Lewis
town syndicate headed by B. w. Ash
worth, J. c. Dunn and J. ]. Mcintosh.
Reports from Cat Greek say that a
heavy oil showing in the shale was
found in Cleary No. 1, being drilled by
the Mid-Northern. From the showing
fh,,s far IT is believed that the well
will prove good commercial producer
In the first sand.
The Skull creek syndicate wildcat
we'll eight miles west of Newcastle,
Wyo., is reported to be making oil and
gas The hole is 3.450 feet deep. Tx
perienced oil operators are practically
unanimous in the opinion that good
well and a new field will be developed.
According to Roundup reports the
Van Duzen Oil company, which drilled
the discovery well in the Devils Basin,
will put down a new deep test In the
basin this summer.
Word from Missoula states that drill
ing In the Bitter Root oil well near
Corvallis is to be resumed at once. 1t
is planned to sink the well to depth |
of 1000 feet, If necessary, to get oil. |
It is said that the Bitter Root valley !
has the same formations as exist In the |
Cat Creek district.
1t is reported that the party sof Chi
cago, North Dakota and Arkansas men |
who visited the Flatwillow field near
Roundup to investigate a block of
acreage lying In the west end of the
field. closed deal whereby they are
to take over some 5000 acres in the
extreme west end. The leases call for
immediate drilling.
According to Great Falls reports
second test we'll will be drilled on the
Genou fold by the Mortified OIL COM
pany as soon as the rig on the well
recently abandoned near Genou pest
office can be moved. The location of
the second well has not been deter
mined. Oil was struck In the present
Genou we'll last November, but was lost
because of water difficulties. The flow
was not large, but the Mortified own
ers consider the showing to amply
Justify further prospecting.