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Imperial Valley press., 1937-11-01

And, speaking of China, friends
about the Lambs and Players are
wondering the fate of dapper Tom
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-03
Get FLOWING well, kelvin FIELD
Shell GeOphysicaI Crew
Checking Willow Creek

geophysical crew employed by the Shell Oil company
this week at work making survey of Willow Creek struc
ture of Choteau Teton county, in the sharp dip area
along the east face of the Rocky Mountains
Mapped by the United States Geological Survey and
erous private biologists as text book" structure Willow
Greek has never been tested probable oil producing hor
zon but abandonment of well the top of the red beds has
discouraged prospecting for the past 10 years The Durham
interests of West Virginia abandoned well Willow Creek
at 5000 feet without reaching any horizon known pro-
ductive of oil in Northern Montana.
The party of the Colorado Geophysical corpor-
alton including is men and complete equipment including
some four trucks and several passenger The party is in
charge of Roy Bennett while Floyd Cranda of the land
department of the Shell is observing the survey which will be
Shell to drill this structure which offers possible production
at around 1850 feet Shell has before undertaken
wildcat well in Montana having only marketing facilities in
this state
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-03

Erroneous reference to the issu-
ance OF participating interests was
made In the Journal In the account
of the completion of the Hannah
Porter company's Parker Williamson
No. 3 well in the Big Bend pool
of Cut Bank field. s. w. Hannah
points out that the editor Of the
Journal had in mind the Hanlon-
Agent Williamson lease, since Han
has issued no partici-
pating interests whatever The VIII
Hanson NO. 3 well referred to
swabbed 957 barrels in the first
five days with IL hours of shut
down time, having made 80 barrels
in the first two hours of swabbing.
The rig has been skidded to No.
4 location on the same lease, to
a point 40 feet west of the east
line and $50 feet north OF the houth
line Of the VIZ SWA SEX Sec
ton e-s7-sW. A power plant was
set on the No. well aud It started
off At $50 barrels.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-03
DULL WEEK IN
OIL ACTIVITY
At CUT BANK

Cut Bank oil field apparently
rested up preparatory to the holt
days Of the Fourth, during the past
week, recording but one compile
ton and that a we'll with so small
a showing that it had to be aban-
doned.
There were fifteen active opera
lions in the field and one new ioca-
tion was announced.
The new location is Texas COM
pany's State No. 2, in center SW Il
NWA 16-32N-5W, in the same sec
ton as the South Cut Bank discov-
cry well, offsetting the Texaco-
Hardwick No. 1 producer.
All of Section 16 is regarded as
highly valuable oil land although
when the No. 1 was drilled on it
while ten miles away from prOduc-
ton, it was regarded as a doubtful
wildcat After production was
found it was believed to be on
oil field. Subsequent drill
ling proved it to be a part of the
great Cut Bank oil field which now
Continued on Page Fivel
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CONTRACT TO
make TEST On
CHALK BUTTE

A drilling contract was this week
awarded to Manning & Martin, TO-
.tary contractors OF Cut Bank, for
test of Chalk Butte structure,
north and west OF Cut Bank oil
field, located on the structural
nose" which forms the Del Boz
nita pool in Alberta.
The well Is to be drilled by
Frank r. Henry and associates of
Chicago. Associated with Mr.. Henry
Is w. E Ullmann, a member of
the Chicago Board of Trade, who
came to Montana with Mr.. Henry
to view the structure and to check
over the leases
Location Of the wen Is to be on
the Walker allotment, in the CEN
ter Of the SWA Section 35-36N-
8W. In order to drill on this loca-
ton, rather than on tribal ands, 1t
was necessary to give the Blackfeet
tribal council a 121A percent ov-
er-riding royalty on this first well.
The overriding royalty win be re-
linquished by the council as soon
as a well is drilled on tribal lands.
The drilling contract provides
that the lower Kootenai formation,
below the red beds, are to be cored,
to reveal possible saturation in the
5unburst and Cut Bank sand men,
bers. The Kootenai or Blairmore,
will be topped at $500 and the
sand members are expected between
$3.50 and 1850. The Ellis is ex-
pected at 1850 and the Madison
lime at 4140. Cut Bank produces
from both the Sunburst and Cut
Bank sands while the Del Bonita
,ield gets most of its production
rom the top of the Madison lime.
Henry and associates have IL, 900
Icres in a solid block, covering the
structure down to and below the
owest closing contours. It is all al
otted and tribal Indian land ex-
epting some 1,40O acres purchased |
md now owned in fee simple by
Joseph S. Irwin, petroleum geolo-
CONTINUED on Page EIveI
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HOME OIL CO.
STOCK ISSUE
IS ARRANGED

Dispatches from Washington, D.
c., wednesday disclosed the regis
tration of $3,488,380 of securities
with the Securities & Exchange
Commission by the Chicago bank
ers who are handling the CONSOLE
dalton and refinancing OF the Home
Oil & Refining company plant and
the Cut Bank producing properties
of Cobb, Pardee and Nadeau
Brothers.
The issuance Of 69S,676 shares of
SIS par stock is authorized under
the registration statement proposed
to the commission. The under
writer's are named as Distributors
Group, Inc. The purpose OF the
issue is given as for debt retire
ment and working capital.
Part OF the funds are to be used
it is understood, for retirement OF
Indebtedness incident to acquisition
of the Cut Bank producing proper
ties, purchased for stock and cash,
and for the control stock OF Home
Oil, relinquished by w. e. Rice
and associates to make possible this
issue. 1t is undertood that Rice
has agreed to serve as chairman
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-03
Scientific Production
Methods Pay Dividends,
Kevin-Sunburst Oil Field

Improved production methods coming into play in
Sunburst development this year before with
the result that greater production is being obtained from
completed wells and the gravity of the oil is being kept higher
than under old methods
The new method results from careful study of back pres
sure and the use of separators the flow line The
markabe success of properties operated by L. Postelwae
attributed to careful study of methods of acid
and of the method of pumping The sensational Rim Rock
Production company wells in the Kelvin high gravity pool
are examples of the of the of eparaors main
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-03
APPLY ACID
To REVIVE
kelvin WELL

Kevin's newest phantom
gusher", the Sweeney-Davi
No. 2 well, is today being
treated with hydrochloric
acid in an effort to bring it
back into production.
This is the fourth well
which has come in a gusher
in this field and has sudden
ly dried up when it was
shut in.
Operators are convinced that the
pressure breaks open a non-produc-
tive fissure in the lime and the oil
disappears. The Sweeney well flow
ed high over the crown block, one
week ago. 1t was shut in and allow
ed to stand until morning. When
the crew left it was rumIbling like
a big gusher. The following morn
ing when the crew returned there
was no gas and not enough oil
in the bottom of the hole to wet
the dart on the bailer.
The No. 1 we'll, south of this one,
came in an 800-barrel gusher. 1t
flowed out of control for several
days. When it was finally put un-
der control, it suddenly quit, al
though it was subsequently brought
back to IL barrels per day
Two similar phantom gushers"
were completed on the Big West
farm, Each one flowed over the
crown block after acidization. AS
soon as they were shut dn, they sud
denly dried up. Instead OF making
800 to 500 barrels, they seemed to
tap bottomless caverns which
could not be filled with fluid.
Thousands of gallons of acid failed
to have any appreciable effect on
them.
A new plan was tried on the
Sweeney-Davis No. 2. There was
about six feet of oil in the bottom
of the hole. coming in at the rate
of two or three barrels per day.
But the oil would not rise above
the six-foot mark, indicating that
this was the level of the crack or
fissure in the lime So the hole was
bridged back to that level and care
fully cemented
The we'll is today being treated |
with 500 gallons of acid and 1t is
hoped that the acid will not eat
out the cement which seals off the
fissure. If it brings back the gush- |
or flow, it will be the first time that
a well with its bottom blown out
has so responded.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-03
No New Sunburst Sand Pool

On the extreme northeast of the field the CaptPaCe
we'll reported have showing Of oil last week drilled
into the Sunbust POOP the
dry This disappointment the formations above had
all shown oil giving every promise of Sunburst
pool contemplated by L. Emmons pioneer geoogst Of this
field. Drilling continued in Bentonite at 2006.
On the northwest flank Crumey -AEacCOwan i, NEA
SW 2733W is drilling at $50 while the Browning
No. l. NV NWA sWA 2l-S6Sw, still underreaming pipe
1880 Crumy expects get production either the Sunburst
Cut Bank sand believing that connecting link win be found
between Kevnunburst Bank Wells this district drilled
several years ago. showed sray sand that
be Cut Bank sand.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-03

head maintains pressure and the
pressure continues uniformly until
the oil reaches the flow tanks.
This method has also served to cur
tail the formation of paraffin in the
upper part of the tubing.
Wells on the Schmidt farm, in the
light oil pool, have 80 gravity oil,
with ordinary handling. BY the ap-
plication OF back pressure, with pro
per gas separators. the gravity Of
this Oh has been boosted to 4O.2 Be.
gravity. In the case Of the No.
well, the settled production was
gradually increased from SIS barrels
until Il Is now making rs 20 80
barrels per Day.
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Expect To Link Up Two Fields

While Crmley looks for the sunbus sand link between the
fields Township 36N another group of Cut Bank operators
leasing Township 35N Range West in which township
well starting of the Kelvin high gravity pool known
Rmrock pool NEA NEH 25354W This well spuddng
1t is Spencer BakuoO No. is being drilled by
Neil Spencer Harvey Bailey other Cut Bank operators who
have joined in this mile and quarter from the big Rim
rock No well which capable of production of 200 barrels
of 402 gravity oil per day.
Also in this pool is rskeOn-Ness No 1, NWH NEA
3035-3W rigging up.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-03
GETs BOWDOIN LEAsEs

An oil and gas prospecting permit
covering 2,198 acres on the Bow
doin gas structure has been granted
to the Equitable Petroleum Corp,
whose headquarters are in the
Transportation building at Wash
ington, d. c., according to notice
received by T. F. CORDIALLY, register
OF the Great Falls land office. The
acreage is in townships "a and S5
north, range 81 east.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-03

LALW DdGh pT619UK5 anu GO WIFI .
the gas. BY these methods, the pro
duction of wells has actually in
creased over initial production.
Each wen is a problem to be solved
and it requires experimentation to
determine at what pressure the
we'll produces with highest effi-
cheney.
Another factor in pumping is the
location OF the working barrel and
of the perforated joint, which is
now placed low in the well. and a
breather hole at the top Of the for
nation makes It possible to keep oil
standing on the formation at all
times. A release valve at the well
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-03
Chab Well Making so Barrels

In the Rocky Ridge pool north of Kelvin the Chab Oil Co.
Eagle Petroleum. well the Haugen permit the pump
ing so barrels per day from the Sunburst sand
ENTHUSIASTICALLY No l. Sc NWH NWA 11-35-Sw is drill
ling at 1000
HoweLLanewoOd No l. NE SEA SW1 1-35-3W rigging up
New Era FueLGOeddertz No. l. CIVIL NEA SWA 12-353W,
plugged back to the Sunburst sand is making five barrels
200 N''-''s
Nepstad vanderpass MONTGOMERY Fsrgher Haugen s.
NWA NEA 11353W picked the lime contact 1926 but
did not drill in They had showing of oil and win acdze This
is not far from the sensational Perron-Eug producer
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-03
LARSON NESS OIL

Larson Ness Oil CO. has been or
ganized at Kelvin by Hans Ness and
j. q. Larsen of Cut Bank and r.
j. Smiley, Andrew Dipple and Mel
RAIDER OF Kelvin. Capitalization Is
$4,000 with 81 shares OF which
$4,000 has been subscribed.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-03
GOING no CALIFORNIA

Montana oil men have been In
vited to plan their vacation trips
to California so that they may at
tend the Black Gold festival at Taft
on Sept. IS and 10. It Is the first
major exposition covering all phases
Of the oil industry ever held ON the
Pacific coast.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-03
I'M FOLEY A BENEDICT

Jim Foley, petroleum engineer OF
The Texas company, was a recent
visitor in Montana, surprising his
Cut Bank and Shelby friends by
introducing Mrs. Foley, his bride
of a few weeks. Mrs. Foley is a
former Green River, Wyo., girl.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-03
South Kelvin Oil Is Pumping

South of Kelvin there opportunity opening
pool providing acid does its stuff the PreO Porter
No. /, we'll Sc SWH NWH 12343W. This well showing
of oil the 1927 1880 but the formation very
hard and drilling continued 1910 without getting
with 500 gallons of acid which the formation took
" Pumping has starred but production record is reported
yet
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Adlon Producer Flows
100 Barrels Per Day
After ''Shot'' OF Acid

Following 5OOgalloA "shOt" of hydrOChOric acid the
AdlOnWar well in the high gravity pool west Of Kelvin began
flowing through the tubing at the rate of 100 barrels and af
ter five days shows sign Of diminishing It south and
Of the Rmrock discovery well the Schmidt Lo-
cation is NWN SEN 29353W It offsets directly
the the Scotland McNamer well which different
handling is only a small well.
AdOn has 80 in the high gravity pool the half
Of the southeast quarter of Section 2863W This is 1913
deep had initial of aeidizng
say that gives indications of flowing for long time
The of modern production practices whereby
maintained and the gas conserved The company financed by
Winnipeg capital The oil is SO Be gravity premium
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BeardsIee Has Well On The Lime

central field A. Beardslee show Of
tact 1850 feet in his Swears No z, in NE SW NWA 9352W
Day-Hausr No. NE NEANEA 17-85-2w is drilling at $50
E c. Carney stOcHmens No g. sW NV NEA 11-S52W, had
1888 and drilled hard formation 1884 acdx
ecsnanusd PAs FEAR
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-03
Aloe 'eNOse" Test Is Drilling

South and west of that location the Aloe nose Bus
Kuth OVERLY No we'll in the northwest Of Section 30
42W This short distance from the old Guarantee Oil
well which three barrel producer With acid such
well might make 100 barrels Bill Bur Of Cut Bank and
Ray Kuh of Shelby decided find The Aloe nose
the distinctive structural features in KevnSunburst field
a mapped by the U. S. Geological Survey.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07
Sixty Seconds From Life

police Remember-midnight, August 4th.' Very
melodramatic, indeed And no signature, of
course! Let me see the others"
They're all the same, one each day. all post
marked Brooklyn, and say simply, Midnight
August 4th.' I'm a criminal lawyer, Trent. There
are dozens of men, killers, who might be behind
this. l know what these men are like-they
mean business. tell you they're out to get mel"
us there anyone in particular, john who has
ever threatened you openly-any of the men
you sent up the river while you were in the
district attorneys office?'
Naturally! Dozens, of theml But even If
knew who sent the letters, the fingers on Inc,
Trent! You know these men as well as do
there's nothing can stop them. If you get one
of them, another steps right into his shoes It''
an endless chain I'm doomed mani"
Nonsense! How do you know gang is back
of this threat? There's nothing to indicate that
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07
AN AMNESIA VICTIM

murder of his stepfather? God Look at that
facets horrible-horrible Say, l have it
now! You handled the Moran case last year.
didn't you, John? thought so! There! There
goes the first stroke of midnight! /"
'Darnel! Quick men! Lift him off of Moran's
body and put him on the couch over there. He's
probably had heart attack Wouldn't be sur
prised if he's as dead as Moran"
.He's been under a terrific strain Phone for
a doctor, James. Say Mac, how did that body
get here? / mean how did"
Here's the answer to that one, Mr. Trent
This note was pinned to Morans coat
~ ETS have it, Harrigan. Hmm-from the
boys mother! She's been failing Darnell
probably watching his every move. Clever too!
She really never threatened him at ALL That
first letter said You will know what death is
like not that Darnell, himself would die! And
If he went to the police. 1t would be fatal to her
plan--not to him! Listen to this: Now you
know what being in death house is like, and
what death is like, too My boy was note killer,
but you are. You convicted him. It was you
who took his life. I'm giving you his body, too.
so that you may see the result of your victory.
Perhaps, after all, Terry is better off than you
are. Fanny Moran. Yes see it all clearly now.
Mac, that boy should never have gone to the
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07
Plan To Pilot Your Life As Safely As Planes

I can hear a great chorus of people saying, Il
3an't do that because 1t affects the happiness
of others" have never known a case where
this was true. If man is living with woman
whom he does not love, or a woman is living
with husband whom she does not respect it
is grave injustice to continue-not only this,
but it is dishonest position. So strange and
subtle are human minds that they comprehend
this situation sometimes without knowing its
cause. l have known men to come home and
feel unaccountably distraught and yet not bs
able to explain the reason. have known women
who did the same thing. And have seen family
dinner tables presided over by the grim god
Suspicion.
There would be nothing that anyone could
explain Of course, the answer is found in the
playing of the game-pretense. These men
couldn't leave these women, and these women
couldn't leave these men, because they kidded
themselves into believing that the other one
would be hurt. Here again intelligence is needed
Here again we come face to face with this
fact: BEFORE YOU CAN MAKE OTHER
PEOPLE HAPPY YOU MUST YOURSELF BE
HAPPY!
Few of us are such super-men and super
women that we have the ability to put our
selves in the background and do happily for
others. It seems we are not big enough to
divorce ourselves from the things we do. I doubt
if it could ever be DONE since what man
accomplishes must inevitably be a mirror of
his own soul Thus do we learn from the flight
physician who stresses the Importance of hap
piness emotional stability and outside interests.
1t is comforting to know that the men who
pilot the ships through the heavens are being
watched so closely. It would be more comfort
ing to know that those near and dear to us and
those whom we meet in business were being
likewise observed. Since we have no flight
physicians to command us, we must take our
selves in hand and be able to say:
"I am fbe master Of my fcfe:
amfb captain of my soni."
Jean Rendlen
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07

LOW much of success are you making of
plotting your own life ? How much training
are you putting into your work of directing and
controlling your ship as it sails through the
unchartered horizons of existence?
This was the question that l asked myself
as I made recent airplane trip and had the
privilege of watching a United, Airlines pilot
as he maneuvered through difficult air cond-
tons. In his hands had been entrusted the keep
ing OF many lives aboard this plane, and yet he
sat with calm nerves certain of direction and
a supreme knowledge of the problems before
him. 1t made me very curious. so l asked
DR.. E. H. Padden of Alameda who is the flight
physician, all about the sort of examination
he gave these men. / learned a good many
things that had not known before. For in
stance, find that the domestic life of pilot
Is watched very closely that his married life
is considered of vital Importance THAT HIS
HAPPINESS is A COMMERCIAL ASSET. 1t
is something that might all to own
advantage. Something that the world of COM
merce might also
The day has come in this chaotic existence
of ours when we cannot afford to ignore the
heart of man. Odd isn't it? A few years ago
we thought that mans loves and hates his
passions and interests and his avocations were
something that did not concern the rest of the
world. Now find that in these very things
are found the sina qua of not only this
mans life, but of all lives with which he comes
in contact Since none of can live unto
selves and all of us must have contact with
the outside world. 1t behooves us to chart our
course train ourselves and be as well informed
the pilot that steers the plane across the
heavens. If you quarrel over the coffee at
breakfast, or the fact that little Mary left her
doll in the center of the living-room floor or
that young John left a ring of alkalf in the
bath tub, you may be sure that your mental
balance wheel needs adjusting, and DON'T
FOOL YOURSELF, it's everybody eses bus-
ness but yours
This I learned from the flight physician
airline companies will not employ pilot whose
married life is unhappy, for the reason that If
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-07

chair. 1t was pretty clearly self-defense, and he
was protecting his mother. If he'd had good
lawyer, he'd have gotten off with ten years
Darnell burned him for political reasons because
the pressure that finally threw him out of the
district attorneys office was on. think he de-
serves all the hell he's going through and more.
Let's have look at him."
rs he dead Harrigan?"
mo, he's still breathing, Mac"
Here, let me see him! Pulse is weak but
getting stronger He'll be all right, but I'll
wager he'll never forget the last three weeks
and the face Of that dead boy tonight. Better
get Morans body down to the morgue Mac"
I'LL see to it myself"
And, Mac. wouldn't be surprised If FANNY
Moran came around in the morning to reclaim
the body of her son. don't think Darnell will
have any charge to make. Be nice to her. Mac
"Ill look out for her, Mr.. Trent"
"This has been the biggest evening and the
least work Of my career There wasn't ANYTHING
to figure out! Things just happened! Well
thanks for your assistance Mac. Wen lust let
Darnell rest there on the couch until the docto,
gets here. Good night"
Good night, Mr. Trent. Come on men. get
that-that box out of here"
Copyright, 1887