The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1926-07-15

Extension of Kevin1Sunburst field, on
what is known as Barthelote dome
has come under the scrutiny of Mon.
tana operators during the past few
weeks and as result 1900 acres has
been leased up by several different
groups and at least two test wells are
assured.
10y Oil company of Great Falls was
the first in the district, securing a
block Of approximately 5000 acres,
Including the Louis Barthelote farm
of 1900 acres. This company is pre-
pairing to drill Immediately, having
spotted a well on section 20-36-2e, on
the Barthelote farm, and Dick 10y,
president of the company, is now in
Billings to purchase standard tools
and equipment capable of drilling
$500 feet.
Barthelote dome, located in north
ern Toole county, near the West Butte
of the Sweetgrass Hills, was discover
ed by c. L. Emmons of Kalispell, the
geologist whose work in Kevin-Sun-
burst field developed fortunes for a
group of Kalispell people in the Kali
Iispell-Kevin Oil company
Mr.. Emmons mapped this structure
in 1922 when the development of Ke-
vin-Sunburst had scarcely begun.
The subsequent drilling in the pro
ducing field proved the accuracy of
Mr. Emmons' geology and he and his
associates held the most valuable
leases developed in the field thus far,
including the famous Homestake
Seition 36-35-2 w, the Stannard-State
lease, operated by the Rice Oil COM
pany, the William Byrne farm, and
others.
Structures with the approval of Mr..
Emmons are in great demand among
operators, and the sudden revival of
interest in the Barthelote dome fol-
lowed the impetus given by the drill
ing of the BelliFey well, some dis
Itance east. Mr.. Emmons' geology has
been carefully checked and rechecked
by number of geologists.
Mr.. Emmons said in his report on
the Barthelote dome, in part:
The territory covered by this report
lies about four miles southwest of The
Sweet Grass Hills in the northern
part of Toole county, Montana, and
is minor fold or upcupping of Gre
taceous beds on an immense anticli-
nal fold known as the Sweet Grass
Arch.
given this territory by the writer ow
ing to the fact that most Of the land
covering it is owned by the Barthe
lote brothers. The Kevin-Sunburst
oil field is located from ten to twenty
miles southwest of this structure,
while about six miles to the northeast,
oil was found in well drilled in 1915
by the Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
the underlying beds in this territory
contain petroleum and where struct
ural conditions are right for the accu-
mutation of oil, one can expect to find
it in quntities that will bring hand
some returns for the money and eff
forts expended:
The writer's first visit to that part
of Montana mentioned in this report
was made in the summer of 1902,
when he visited an oil seepage at the
base of the West Butte of the Sweet
Grass Hills and spent about ten days
looking over the surrounding country.
When oil was discovered in the now
famous Scat Creek Field" of Montana
in April, 1920, the writer returned to
this locality and has since devoted all
of his time in examining structural
conditions over most of Toole county
and also in development work.
Several trips have been made a.
cross the structure under discussion
during the past three summers.
However, it was not until the past
week that the writer made close
examination of the locality. He was
accompanied while making this trip
by Mr.. Joseph Barthelote, one of the |
owners of the land. who has resided
there twenty-nine years and who is
both a Mining and Civil Engineer,
and who has very comprehensive
knowledge of structural geology as it
pertains to the accumulation of OIL
Much valuable information was OBJ
tanned from him in regard to out
cropping beds.
STRATIGRAPHIcAL
vrqeIle Sandstone:
The Virgelle Sandstone is the for
nation exposed on the structure
However, most of it has been carried
away by glacial erosion 80 that only