Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-16
BELIEVE IT OR NOT,

BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
that makes us most dizzy is a report
from California that scientific device
has been developed that actually reveals
the presence of oil in a structure. It is
an electrical apparatus, based on the
theory that electricity will travel through
all conductors but will not travel
through oil which is a non-conductor.
This device has been definitely proven in
accuracy in several oil fields The only
trouble thus far is that it does not re-
veal the QUANTITY of oil. Thus the
prospector faces the possibility of drilling
$4,000 or 10000 feet to find only a
thin oil sand which would not be COM
merciaI but which would serve as de-
finite non-conductor for electrical cur
rent directionally driven into the ground.
Details regarding this instrument have
never been given. We have talked with
people who have seen the instrument and
who certify that dts accuracy Is proven.
All these things we have discussed are
strangers to Montana, excepting the
science of acidization
The first test is now drilling in north
ern Montana oil a structure discovered
and mapped by geophysica1 INSTRUMENTS.
This is the first test ever drilled in
northern Montana that has the DEVON
IAN rather than the Madison lime as
its objective We are told that this deep
reach the Devonian. So we are still
a long way from deep drilling. We
know that there is oil in the Devonian
in many other states and also in Mon
tana, but none has been found on a
known structural high With geo.
physics 1t is possible to accomplish the
hitherto impossible feat of determining
geological highs" of Devontan and other
ages which may not correspond with
the Madison lime thighs" from which
we have thus far produced $85,000,0OO
worth of gas and oil in Montana.
We know that as certainly as actdiza-
ton came to Montana and as geophysics
came to Montana, these other sciences
are coming We know that deep drilling
Is coming, as certainly as the rising sun.
We know that with the unbelievable mar
wells of science, prospecting in Montana
in the future is not going to be the
hazardous business in the future that
it has been in the past
In other words, we feel that the oil
industry is rapidly becoming less Of
speculation" and more of an invest
ment."
We know that with the application of
all these sciences to a Montana structure,
all with positive results, and investment
in wildcat royalty would scarcely be
called a speculation. II soil analysis
showed the presence of oil in structure
by both geology and geophysics
and this electrical device measured the
depth to the oil horizon, and IL modern
drills were employed to swiftly penetrate
the formations to that horizon, there
would be little left to the element OF
chance.
Just as we know that "creekology," by
which early oil wells were located, is a
thing of the past, so do we know that
methods heretofore used in Montana are
to be discarded in favor Of these new
scientific methods which viii make pos
sible a tremendously profitable oil indus
try in this state, the entire eastern half
Of which ds under1ain with formations
capable Of producing oil.
wonderful opportunities await those
who are aware of this situation and able
to capitalize it. It is our business to
keep our members abreast of the swiftly
moving events of the industry. We IN
vite any who wishes to choose land
owners royalties as a vehicle for invest
nent to join US. The membership fee
is ST.