The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-04-04
TWO DEEP WELLS
WILL BE DRILLED
INTERESTING TESTS WILL BE
MADE IN NORTH FIELD BY
POTLATCH AND MUTUAL
VIII Go Through the Lime to the
Devonian, and Oil Men All Over
Country VIII Watch Experiment
With Keen Interest.

A second well of sufficient depth
to explore the Devonian sand in the
Keyin-Sunburst field is assured
with the signing of contract for
the drilling of a deep test by the
PotIatch Oil and Refining company
ON the northeast quarter, southeast
ouarter. section 21-S4-1 west. A
2O-inch hole will be started and the
drill will be sunk to 1000 feet, III
necessary, to prove the lower form
alton at this location.
With the deep test to be drilled
by the Mutual Oil company on the
Hogan tract, the Potlatch will repre-
sent a branch of development work
capable of bringing about determine
tions of great consequence during the
coming season. The Mutual has an
nounced that it will drill at least
5000 feet, and as much deeper as
NAV be necessary to carry a hole
through the lime into the Devonian.
Rig On Ground
The letting of the Potlatch con-
tract followed a visit to the Kelvin
Sunburst field of J. P. Weyerhaeuser,
head of the Weyerhaeuser lumber
interests. He was accompanied by
f. r. Titcomb and B. H. Horny,
who are associated with him, and all
of whom have become interested in
the Potlatch and in the Inland EN-
pire Oil and Gas syndicate. While
in the field they were the guests of
II. J. Jones of the Potlatch. The
rig and materials for the deep test
are on the ground and it is under
stood that drilling will start within
a short time.
Although field work and pumping
of the producing wells will not gen
orally begin until April, there is,
much evidence of impending activity
in the oil country. One of the drill
ing jobs to be undertaken at an
early date, if sufficient acreage is
procured, will be conducted by a
group of Moscow, Ida, men. This
group plans to drill a short distance
north of Shelby near the Ohio-Berg
gas wells.
Two wells will be started within
/ short time by the California COM
)any, but the locations have not been
The Ohio, the Mid-Nor-
hern and a number of other compan-
es soon will have drilling rigs in OPP
,ration. The Sylvester-Sunburst-
ierson No. 1, south half northeast
quarter southwest quarter 29-35-1
vest, is drilling below 500 feet and
he Mae Belle-Lashbaugh No. 1,
northwest quarter northwest quarter
northwest quarter 34-35-2, is below
he gas at around 1900 feet.
Find Water Flow
The Hesla has skidded a rig from
he Hesla-McManu No. 1, to the No. |
, location, east half southeast quar-
.er 1882 west. Mcdonald &
rhomas-Sorrell, southeast quarter
outhwest quarter southwest quarter
'-34-2 west, has fishing job at $50
eet. A heavy flow of good water |
vas found in this we'll
With the approach of the date set
or the general reopening of the field,
interest among oil men continues to
row in unauthenticated reports con-
erning the construction of at least
me additional refinery in Montana.
t now is established that the surplus
rom the field will go across the bord-
+ into Canada until Montana has
anger facilities for refining, a fact
hat has a number of angles and vi
ally interests number of concerns.
The market offered for fuel oil
through the Great Northern railways
il burner engines is considered to be
phase that will greatly encourage
he erection of a refinery. With the
urplus from the field piped to Coutts
nd carried from there by rail to Cal
airy or Regina, the Great Northern
yould lose the haulage of both the
rude and the finished product,
hitch, with the need of fuel oil, is
bought to place the road in position
D consistently offer encouragement
D prospective refinery operators on
he American side of the boundary
ne.
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