Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-12-16

in 1922, indicated a possibility of find
ing oil either in the Madison limestone
(Mississippian) or in the Deyonian
rocks, but it failed to show any sands
in these formations which could be ex-
pected to serve as reservoirs. Attempts
to find commercial quantities of oil in
lower formations than the Ellis were
made in 1925 near the top of the
Keyin-Sunburst dome, in Sec. 81, T.
BAN. R1W; Sec IT, T. 35N, R1W, and
Sec. 20, T3SN, R1W. The Dry Fork
we'll in See. 2, T. PIN. R3W, (near Con-
rad completed in 1923, which is re-
ported to have found a small quantity of
oil in the Devonian or perhaps in the
Madison limestone, also suggests the
possibility that oil may be found in one
of these lower formations though the
wells 50 far drilled to those formations
have failed to find more than traces
Of gas and oil.
Three wells drilled in 1925 and 1926
apparently found commercial quantities
of oil IN the Madison limestone less
than 100 feet below the Ellis formation.
These wells-the Ohio-Johnson No. and
Queen City-Hanna No. I, in Sec. 49, T.
BAN R1W and the O'Neil-Lashbaugh No.
s. in Sec. 81. T35N. R2W-struck the
oil at IA, 29 and SO feet respectively be-
low the Ellis, probably in parts of the
limestone made porous by solution. Pre-
that found in the Ellis. The discovery
of a 3,000-barrel initial production at
depth of Sc feet below the top of the
Madison will undoubtedly lead to con-
siderable deeper drilling and may result
in finding a lower oil horizon of CONNER
cial Importance, but it would probably
not be found at a uniform depth in that
formation, for the bedding and structure
of the Madison are probably not conform
able with those of the Ellis. (This has
been proven true in Turner Valley field
years after the foregoing was written
Five wells have been drilled through the
Madison limestone on the Kevin-Sunburst
dome. and these wells may have been
placed in unfavorable positions with re-
gard to the deep structure. NOT MORE
THAN 80 WELLS HAVE BEEN DRILL
ED AS FAR INTO THE MADISON AS
THE ONELL NO. 5 WE'LL, WHICH
PENETR ATED IT FOR Sc FEET (The
caps are ours.)
The person who owns or buys land
owners royalty in Kevin-Sunburst today
is gambling with odds in his favor, we
believe, that his chief return is coming
from formations BELOW THE SEEPAGE
OIL That oil will be developed as
surely as automobiles continue to burn
petroleum fuels-and that is pretty
certain.
With the conclusive information at
hand it seems to us that every investor
should say:
Il am going to capitalize this infor-
nation. / am going to get every avail
able low-priced royalty I can possibly
afford and be prepared to wait for deep
drilling.
We know there is oil below the top
of the Madison lime
We know that deep drilling is coming
in Montana.
We know that royalty prices are low.
We know how to make a fortune.
Volumes can be written on the subject
and to those people who are alert on the
subject of deep sand development we send
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