Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-04-10
DOZEN WELLS
ARE DRILLING
At CUT BANK

The first days Of real spring
weather that Cut Bank has known
brought new hope to Cut Bank
oil operators this week, despite
knee-deep mud which has made the
movement of equipment nearly Inn
possible. Thursday and Friday were
warm and sprdng-like and for the
first time this year active opera
tors are not worried by the danger
OF freezing water pipes. The first
warm day found a dozen active
wells in the field.
The week saw no compilations
and the sporting of but one new
well. A second well was announe-
ed but the location stake has not
yet been driven.
Dakota -AIontana-T Tribal 1876 No. /,
NWA NEA 15-34-6W, reported
2340 feet Tins week, having gotten
below the bottom OF the old hole
which by electric survey was de-
termmed to be 126 feet out OF
plumb at a depth of 200 feet. The
old hole was plugged back TO 500
and drilling has proceeded eau
tiOusly keeping an absolutely straight
hole. Addly enough the hole had
oAAALNA VA GR-AARt W NtAI 9OANAF
according TO une measuring device,
and the new hole did not encounter
il. They are making 100 feet a
day, now that they are below the
danger zone.
Glacier Production Connolly No. 2
SWA SWA 6-34-5W, is drilling
at 7t5. Ten4nch was set at 535.
Glacier PrOductiOn-Corrige No.
1. NV NWA NWA 21-33-5W, is
drilling at 1860, with 1O-inch set at
$50.
HanIon-Agent Allotted 1s1, No. 2
C Loa 8, Sec. 7-32-5W, drilling, goo
after a fishing Job.
HanIOn-A1. 1%S No. 2, sen
NWh 12-32-6W, drilling. 261O.
Pottep-A1, 1873 No. 2. SWA
NWA 12-32-6W. drilling. 1855.
santa Rita-AIadisOn No. 4, NWA
sWA s0-34-5W, drilling, 1000.
renanch pipe was set ct S26.
Texas-Stufft No. 4 NWh NWH
I-35-6W, was completed with rotary
Tools 10 2947, setting production
string at 2945. Ten feet of Cut
Bank sand was cored, showing sat
lraton. 1t will be drilled in with a
spudder, starting tomorrow.
WahIgren-Britton No. 2, sen
NEA 14-34-6W, cemented 10 Y -tnch
,asing at $50.
Glacier PrOduction-Fuller No. 2,
VWA SEA 17-33-5W, drilling, 470.
Cut Bank OIL Trust Yunck No. 1,
IL SEA SEA 23-34-6W, rigging up.
The one new location is Montana
Standardization No. 4, $50 feet
'outh of the north lime and $50 1t.
vest of the east line, in SW "A NEH
.4-34-6W, spudded on April and
s drilling at 100 feet.
One new we'll was announced to
De drilled in the southwest extension
If Cut Bank, In SEA SEA 1892
wv, north and east OF the Chatter
on producer completed last fall.
rhe new we'll Is to be drilled by
}. Il. Lee of Billings on the Davis
arm Located in this quarter sec
ion is 20 acres OF Blackfeet tribal
and, in E5a SEA SEA Is. Loca-
ion of the Lee we'll has been tenta-
lively placed $50 feet back from the
ribal land in the center of the east
inc. The tribal 20-acre tract is
me that is expected to come up for
ale this spring, whenever the de-
,artment of the interior allows the
ribe to auction off its southwest
ands.
Dan milestone shot his No. 2
'ribal well. NEA SWA 36-S3-6W.
nth 100 quarts of nitro glycerin
mt after standing "a hours it show
d only nine barrels. Whether it
ill be hooked onto the power and
reduced as a 5-barrel wen has not
cen determined.
Dan Drumheiler resumed work on
is Drumh eller-R Reservation well in
VIZ SWA 21-34-6W, finding 400
eet of fluid standing in the hole
fter the 9O-day shutdown. He is
Juggling back to shoot the showing
4 the black ebert of the Cut Bank
and.