The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1926-10-07
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kevin-Sunurst Status in Petroleum
World Brings Officials Here on
Annual Inspection Tour

Recognition of the fact that tn
Keyin-Sunburst field now is one 0
the major producing areas in tn
Rocky Mountain region was respon
sible for the visit of high official
OF the Standard Oil company of In
diana and it's subsidiary companies
Monday, according to members of thu
party who passed through Great Fall
Monday night after spending the da.
in the field.
Headed by Col Robert w. Stew
art, chairman of the board of direct
ors of the Standard of Indiana, anC
T. A. Dimes of Denver, who holds {
like position with the Midwest Re
filming company, the party reached
Great Falls at p. m. and left two
hours later on a specal train for Bill
ings. 1t was planned to leave Bill
ings early this morning for Greybull
Wyo., where the Midwest company
Has d large T0llu0Ty.
On Inspection Trip
Officers of the Standard are now
on their semi-annual inspection triI
and for the first time in the history
of the company have regared the
Kevin-Sunburst field of sufficient i'm
portance to warrant a visit in tc
become acquainted with the develop
ment going on, it was stated. The
northern Montana field is the first
to be visited by the officials on their
present trip. M.s
Officials Of the Midwest passed
through Great Falls Sunday night on
their way to Shelby, here they were
met Monday morning by the Indiana
company group, who came west over
the main line of the Great Northern
railway On the inspection trip OF
the field they were accompanied by
Donald Campbell of Forsyth, an at
torney for the Mid-Northern Oil com
pany, a subsidiary of the Midwest;
E. B. Coolidge and W. ]. Johnson of
the Hard Rock Oil company and F. c.
Platt of Shelby, head Of tho Northern
Oil Information bureau.
After spending today at the Grey
bull refinery the party will inspect
the Salt Creek and other producing
areas of Wyoming and will then pro-
ceed to Denver, where a number of
conferences are to be held.
Members of the party representing
the Standard of Indiana were r. w.
Stewart, chairman of the board; DR..
w. NJ Burton, president; Beaumont
Parks, E. G.. Seubert and Allen Jack
son, vice presidents; E. ]. Bullock,
director of purchases, R. H. NIGEL
roy, director of traffic; c. J. Bark
dull, general auditor; j. j. Nevotti,
secrtary to Colonel Stewart, and T.
S. Cook, manager for the company in
the Rocky Mountain, area.
Midwest Officers
The Midwest company officers on
the trip are T. A. Dimes, chairman of
the board; John D. Clark, president;
r. S. Ellison, M. K Blackmer, H. G.
Naylor and H. G. Bretschneider,
vice presidents; F. d. Anderson, gen
gedal counsel; A. w Peake, general
r. C. Coffin, chief
geologist; N. S. Wilson, manager of
J. A. Carroll, general
w. R. Finney, manager of
gas and electricity; John Bartram.
division geologist; Victor
Hendrickson, Montana, division geol-
ogist; G. B. Jenkinson, vice president
of the Midwest Exploration company;
Wayne Esmay, Midwest company
at Shelby; B. L. Warren,
of the Greybull refinery;
Herbert E. Daley, manager of the
land department. and M. o. Danford.
tax commissioner.
Others in the party were John C.
president of the Utah Oil
Refining company; James owen,
president of the Salt Creek Consol-
idated Oil company, and H. H.
Brooks, secretary of the Salt Creek
Producers association. The latter
companies are subsidiaries of the
Midwest or Standard companies. The
Midwest company stock is owned by
the Standard of Indiana.-Tribune
Lee & Drury, merchants of Cut