The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-10-30
HAYSTACK STRUCTURE
DUE FOR EARLY TEST

Organization of the Haystack Butte
company, for the drilling of test on
Haystack Butte structure, near the
i Great Falls during the present week.
The company, capitalized at $780,
900, controls $4,000 acres on struc-
ture mapped by J. J. Regan of Great
Falls and approved by number of
other geologists. Drilling will start in
the Colorado shales and production is
expected at less than 1900 feet, proba-
bly, from the Sunburst sand, where
the Gladys Belle Oil company had
showings in it's test well, eight miles
north.
This structure is located between
the main buttes of the hills, the leases
extending north to the Gladys Belle
leases. The drilling site will be at
surface elevation of around 1000 feet,
about 500 feet higher than Kevin field,
which lays to the southwest. 1t is
stated that at the drilling site chosen,
erosion has cut away several hundred
feet of the Colorado shales, leaving a
relatively shallow test to the Madison
lime.
The Gladys Belle we'll, eight miles
north, developed a 20,000,000 cubic
foot gas flow in the Colorado sands
and a large gas flow is expected at
the Haystack Butte well according to
Mr.. Regan. Fifteen miles south and
considerably lower on structure, the
Beck Petroleum company also had a
showing of oil The conclusion of the
Haystack Butte company is that in
the area between the two wells pool
of oil will be found.
Arrangements have been made for
a drilling rig and casing and the COM
pany is preparing to finance the ac-
tual cost of drilling, amounting to
about $4,000. The leases have been
81 IL per cent Of the oil, with no
acreage held out by the men who took
the leases, as is frequently done. Of
hcers are ]. ]. Regan, president; John
Clark, Great Falls implement dealer,
secretary; and trustees, are Il. XII
Biclzford, automobile distributor, w.
A. Reichelt, realtor and the above
named officers.
"The showings of oil in the Beck
and Gladys Belle wells, coupled with ;
the gas and oil seeps in the Sweet
grass hills is ample evidence of the
existence of oil in the district" says
Mr. Regan. 'The oil spring on West
Butte is one Of the most famous in
he state. There is a gas spring in the !
nils, also, where it is possible to light t
,he natural gas with a match. The :
Gladys Belle people ascertained that
heir well was down on structure, and |
here is no question about the Beck
veil where they went 2600 feet to get
ellis. We feel certain of commercial
,as in the Colorado and we are almost E
equally certain of oil in the KootenaiI
ands, where the Gladys Belle found
t. We believe that we are higher on
tructure and should get commercial
Mr.. Regan quotes Geologist G. N. :,
Knapp as saying that the situation :
round the Sweetgrass Hills is one of :
he most promising for the develop =
nent of large oil production in the e
tate of Montana. Mr.. Regan believes h
hat the hills are anticlinal in nature, 4
nth three or four plugs thrust up 4
trough the fold. He points out that |,
here has been no evidence of meta :.
lorphism in any of the wells drilled =
lose to the hills and all have had Y
eavy flows of gas and several have lC
ad substantial showings of OIL In the e,
entral peak, called Gold Butte, he
ays he has found layers of asphalt K
in the granite intrusives.
Two locations have been spotted,
ne on the John Oswood farm in sec
on 15-35-4E and the other in NW1-4
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