The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-10-25
OIL IS FLOWING
over TOP In THE
DRY CREEK FIELD
Carbon County Oil Field Is
Now Listed as
Producer.


creek came in as a gusher Sunday
afternoon and flowed for several min
utes, spraying oil over the derrick
floor and onto the roof of the en-
closure that is built around the lower
part of the derrick.
When the tools were drawn up the
rush of gas caused the we'll to flow,
and in few minutes subsidized. Sew
eral balers full of oil were dumped
out, and longer, heavier baler sub
stituted for the one first used, as the
first one was too light to go down the
hole easily, ON account of the great
gas pressure.
The first time the second baler was
lowered into the hole it became caught
and could not be Jared loose until
Monday afternoon about 3 o'clock,
when the well flowed again, more than
on Sunday, sending sprays of oil up
into the derrick and out for hundred
feet or more surrounding the derrick.
The spectators made themselves
scarce, as they figured if their clothes
needed dry cleaning they would take
them to the proper place. All escaped
a serious wetting, except Bob Robin
sons dog, and he was a sight after it
was all over, but crude oil is good for
flees, among other things, so no great
harm was done.
There seems to be from three to
six hundred feet of oil in the hole
and when it rises to a certain level
after period for accumulation it Just
naturally busts loose. On account of
the large cavity at the bottom of the
hole, caused by the nitro blasts, it is
impossible to determine how much oil
this well will make, also on account
OF the gas pressure it is impossible
to tell how far up the oil extends in
the hole. The broken bit has been
partially driven into the side wall, and
is not giving much trouble and some
drilling is being done to get down to
greater production. The quality of
the oil remains the same.
Several deals for royalty we're con
summated this week, among them are
two of considerable interest DR.. S.
NJ. Souders having transferred royalty
i'll GAO acres to drillers employed on
the discovery we'll, and Margaret
Souders transferring royalty in 280
acres to the same parties. The amount
of the transaction was not given out,
but we understand it was for a CON
siderable sum. George Corbett, drill
er, was in Tuesday morning and closed
the deal for the group Of buyers.
1t is understood from reliable
sources that the Continental Oil COM
pany has recently secured leases on
1890 acres Of land in the southeast
end of the field, and will soon have a
rig located for drilling operations.
1t is not probable that the Dry
creek will be big producer, but hav-
ing such a high gasoline content and
containing no sulphur, small well of
this oil would be worth more than a
big well of black oil having a large
sulphur content, as is characteristic
of the oil in nearby fields recently
brought in. The sulphur has corr
rosive action on the metal pipes and
stills in the process of refining and
the constant replacing of parts makes
the refining of this oil, which must be
done by a special process, very ex-
pensive.
Dry creek has been more or less in
the limelight of the oil world since
1918, and this last test by the Ohio
Oil company has been watched with
more interest by followers Of wild cat
tests, than any other test well in the
Rocky mountain area. Various COM
panies have made tests in the past
IS years in this field and they have all
had good gas showings, but none of
them have gone deep enough to tap
the frontier sands, which are now pro-
ducing the oil in Dry creek. Below
the frontier group are other potential
producers that might be saturated
with oil, so that this field might do
the same as Salt creek in Wyoming,
produce from several sands, which
would make it one Of the best pro
ducers in the country.
Local people who have invested in
lands or royalties in this field are
to be congratulated, as there seems to
be no question now but what they will
be rewarded for all their faith, after
all these years in Dry creek, Carbon
county, Montana.
During the time that the Dry creek
we'll has been being drilled, the whole
thing has seemed more like COM
munity afafir than anything else. The
men at the we'll are certainly as fine
a bunch of fellows as you would meet
anywhere, and visitors at the well
have always been received with cour-
tesy. People from Red Lodge and
Bridger and the surrounding country
have taken a genuine interest in the
venture and the men employed at it
which in turn has been reciprocateo
by the men themselves.