The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-05-02
CARBON COUNTY
GREAT OIL FIELD
Red Lodge Men Justified in
Faith of Producing
Field.
Frannie Gusher.

Oil company last November came in
gusher Monday night as reported
by telephone call to local business
man who is interested in land close
in to this WE'LL This makes the Sec
ond producing we'll in the Frannie
field and is rated at 500 barrels by
officials of the company. The drill
has only penetrated the sand sixteen
inches and being bigger producer
than the discovery well tends to
strengthen the theory of geologists
that the best part of the structure
lies northwest from the discovery
well.
G. T. Lupton, widely known geolo-
gist of Denver, in his report on the
Frannie structure states that from
the northwest this field has drain
age area extending 20 miles in that
direction, and he is very optimistic
in his hopes for another big field for
Carbon county. This we'll is located
in the SEA of Sec. 29 Twp. So, Rye.
SO Park county, Wyoming, about one
half mile from the Carbon county,
Montana line.
This we'll is especially interesting
to local people as numerous Red Lodge
business and professional men are
owners of land in the immediate vi
cinity of tie we'll in Sec. 33, Carbon
county, just north and west of it on
the Montana side Of the line. The To-
cal men who purchased land are J. P.
Plunkett, D. M. Marino, Jr., DR.. N. A.
Stacey, John Peters and L. B. Mer-
rill. Others interested in royalties
are VIM. Larkin, Jr., Joe Gerondale,
Fl. P. Cassidy, J. F. Swab, Frank
Lyle, John Chapman, Pete Egan and
Dir. Adams. These men have all in
vested money in the field ahead of the
drill and the present prospects are
that they will realize large financial
returns for the faith they have had in
the prospects for oil in Carbon coun-
ty.
The exact depth at which the oil
was brought in is not known but it
is less than $500 feet. The fact that
this well has all the earmarks Of a
big producer, production being got
ten at comparatively shallow depth
and the field being not over one mile
from the railroad, makes a combina-
tion that is hard to beat from an in
vestment standpoint and the local
men interested are jubliant over the
prospects for immediate develop
ments.
A party of nine Red Lodge men
visited the field last Sunday and re-
port drilling activity in full swing,
which is good showing considering
that the discovery we'll was just
brought in last August. To date six
rigs are working in the field and
three more rigging up, with two rigs
nearing the producing sands. New
locations reported to be, are one, two
miles west from the discovery well,
and two locations a half-mile south of
the we'll being drilled by the P. & R.
in the southern part of the structure,
where it is said good prospects of
producers are. in order.
1t is also reported that the Rosen-
berg interests are leasing 1000 acres
in the immediate vicinity of Warren
and drilling. will be started as soon
as these leases have been gotten to-
gether. The Rosenberg interests are
the people who brought in ahe discov-
cry we'll and representatives of these
interests seem to have unlimited faith
in the prospects of the Frannie field.
c. T. Lupton, geologist, estimates
that this field should produce $4,000
barrels per acre during the life Of the
field
Dry Creek.
N. p, No. 2, spudded in last Tues
day and it is reported that the hole
is now down over 800 feet. Biologists
are now plane tabling the east Dry
Creek structure or what is known as
the Golden Dome.
1t is understood that the Ohio is
getting ready to install an elaborate
separating plant in the field to separ-
ate the oil from the gas coming from
the No. producer. It is understood
that too much oil is coming to allow
the gas to be run into the Billings
pipe line from safety standpoint as
we'll as from an economic attitude. 1t
is understood that this gas alone con-
tains five gallons Of casing head gas
oline per thousand. The total gas
produced by this we'll is eleven million
cubic feet per day, under pressure
Of 1,400 pounds per square inch, which |
makes the discovery well a very valu-
able proposition.
Badger Basin.
julius Peters, of Great Falls. con-
nected with the Resolute Oil COM
pany, operators conducting the test
well at this field, flew over this field
making observations from an aero |