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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
FIND TRAP FOR
OIL NEAR GATE
OF YELLOWSTONE

George Whitaker of West Vel
lowstone reports that a group of
business been of West Yellowstone
employed Allan Sedgewick, a geolo-
gist from California to make a
careful survey for oil possibilities
in that district. After working
several days he is reported
to have found some very good indi-
cations of a structure within two
miles of West Yellowstone. The
sponsors at his suggestion leased
about seven sections of land and are
are now looking for someone to
drill test we'll
In the syndicate of II business
men are Whitaker, c. S. Peterson,
William Martzel, Sam Eagle, Alex
Stuart and H. G.. Bartlett all Of
West Yellowstone, F. c. West Of
Idaho Falls; Robert Dunn and Ed
mund Burke, Jr. of Bozeman and
D. Hartman and James Webster of
The geologist estimated $500 foot
drilling. The possibility of oil was
by the fact that residents
Of the park entrance community
have reported oil seepages in water
wells. The lease block of 4,480
acres is said to cover the indicated
structure. a complete report on
which will be written by Sedgewick.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
COURAGE IS
REWARDED
kelvin FIELD
II when you drill
You get a dry hole.
Drill. drill again.

And so it was that Mosby oil
company drilled in the midst OF
three dry holes in central Kelvin
Sunburst field and this week
brought in q producer that at last
reports was making three barrels
per hour.
Location OF the well is on the
Peterson farm In NE NWA SEA
7-35-2W. a quarter mile east of
dry hole drilled by this same
small group OF Montana investors.
with George Downs, petroleum en-
gineer, In charge.
The No. Peterson had the GUS
tomary showing OF oil at 1872 to
1879 and treated with 500 gallons
of "Kevin" acid with a 1255%
Be. strength. 1t responded well and
the oil used in treating was quick
ly recovered when pumping start
ed.
At last reports it was making
three barrels per hour with indi-
cations that 1t is an excellent pro-
Queer
Big West OIL Company, drilling
It's No. IL Dahlquist on the ex-
treme north end OF this remarkable
oil farm. encountered oil in the
lime at 1881 to 1889 and shot II
with 100 quarts of nitro glycerin.
II will next be treated with hydro
chloric acid, utilizing a technique
worked out by George Engle, sup
OF Big West, on his
other sensational Dahliquist wells
rhe wells on the north end of the J
arm have been producing but lit |
lie oil, and the No. IL was regard
ID as an exploratory we'll In the
midst of other producers.
The Dahlquist lease is one of |
he largest producing leases in the
ield today. with a record of bet
er than 5000 barrels in July as
with its best month of
1000 barrels in May when the
70. 8 flowing well came In. It's
Principal production is coming from
CONTINUED on Page Fivsl
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
WILDCAT SHOWING OIL
PONDERA
HAS SHOWING
WILL ACIDIzE

A showing of oil in the top
Is feet of the Madison con
tact" was reported Friday from
the wildcat we'll of Tarrant
and Kirk on the West Pondera
structure, southwest of Pom
dera oil field.
The contact was at 22S3 and
very hard. The first screw of sever
feet of drilling, showed only rain.
bow colors but the next 5-foot
screw showed free oil amounting
to perhaps two bailers per day;
the next 3-fOot screw showed not
only a little more oil but a flow
of gas. The owners decided to shut
down and acidize, rather than risk
ing water intrusion such as found
at the Porter well in the next sec
ton east.
The wildcat well is located on the
farm in C NEA SEX
s4-27N-5W. The oil was encoun-
tered at the Pondera elevation.
1S45 feet on the Madison
lime. Elevation is 412S feet. The
field produces most Of its
iii between 1880 and 1850, on the
lime.
The oil is apparently sweet"
having no sulphur odor and is
live" crude containing cousider-
1ble gas. The Porter well, also
irilled by Tarrant, several years
Igo. had the contact at 1884 to
1854 and drilled on to 1855 where
water was encountered.
West Pondera was discovered
nd first mapped by E. Byers EN-
lex, Independent geologist of Con-
ad. Several other biologists con-
irmed the structural condition at
he start of this we'll. agreeing /
hat production might be expected I
I porosity were found. There was
title porosity evidenced in the
Ioeschen well.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02

War drums of Europe drowned
out discord in the American oil in
dustry this week and the sit-down
strike of oil producers of six states
terminated with price-cutters re-
storing the price of crude to its
former levels.
With war seeming a certainty,
oil producers recalled that in the
last war the price of crude went
to $3.50 per barrel. Unless restrict
ed by government regulation, they
see no reason why the European
demand will not again increase
crude prices to a point where shut
downs will no longer be necessary.
The 15-day shutdown found
total curtailment OF some 10000
OO0 barrels Of crude and many re-
finers with empty storage tanks.
Gasoline prices stiffened in the
mid-continent and with the export
demand SURPRISING all previous rec
ords, there was possibility that the
law of supply and demand will
settle the problem of fair mar
gin Of profit for both producers
and refiners.
vi q IkCAAnAAG W.
which has been painted the vii
Ian" of the oil drama in Texas,
was first to restore oil prices, rails
ing its posted price 1875 cents a
barrel. Other companies followed
suit on Wednesday. These conces-
sions came in the face of the
threat of members of the state COM
pact to extend the shutdown to 80
days.
The war situation quickly termi- |
mated this idea during the week.
The reason is apparent:
If a war is to be carried on, gas
oline and fuel oil must be obtain
ed from the United States. Here
is daily crude production:
U. S.-3,29O,090.
Russia-595,98
Germany-11,548.
Poland-10,3S4.
France-1,2 74.
tContinued on Page Fourl
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
NATURAL GAS
MARKET GOES TO
The STAR

About the last hope of getting
Montana natural gas into the Twin
Cities seems to be fading with the
authorized building of Lone Star
gas line into Minneapolis. Lone
Star Gas Corp, one OF the largest
companies in the country, is extend
ing its line from Sioux City, Iowa.
This became known when its subsi-
diary. Northern Natural Gas Co.,
asked SEC for the right to use
So, 100000 of bank loans to build
$40 miles of 16-inch line and ST.
200, 900 for compressor station pro-
perty and laterals.
It is understood Northern Natural
is prepared to proceed with con-
struction Of the line from Sioux
City to Minneapolis as soon as the
loan is approved by the SEC, and
Il will probably be completed be-
fore the end of the present year.
Kansas Pipe Line G. Gas Co. Is
still dickering on It's line from the
Panhandle to the Mesaba Iron
range.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02

w VI. Fulton, who drilled the dis
covery well and the first CONNER
cial oil well in this field, has been
without market for Fulton Pet
roleum Co. production for many
months. excepting occasional spot
sales. After finding that the Havre
plant was selling all IT'S products
but was without ample crude. Full
ton completed a deal whereby he
will himself operate the plant, con-
tinuing to sell the refined products
through ID. o. Mecklenberg of Bill
lings who has a string of filling
stations in southern Montana, also
a contract for a large gallonage at
the Fort Peck dam.
Before taking the plant, Fulton
arranged a contract with the Great
Northern Railway company where
by that company will take the fuel
oil. The crude will be hauled by
rail from Conrad TO Havre.
Plant Rebuilt
The Havre plant has a rated
capacity between 400 and 500 bar
rels. The present owners installed
new pumps and rebuilt and repair
ed much of the equipment when
The plant will continue to produce
gasoline, distillate, diesel fuel.
stove fuel and fuel oil.
In a lifetime Of activity in the
oil industry. this is the first time
Fulton has ventured forth in the
role OF refiner Once before
when Pondera field was without a
market he bought from a receiver
in bankruptcy the old American
Refining Co. plant and 2I acres Of
land at Great Falls. He prepared
TO engage In the refining business
at that time and succeeded in in
teresting w. e. Rice in the property
and Rice subsequently took It over,
buying Fulton's interest In the
plant. At that time the move
Iaved the Pondera producers and the
Great Falls plant, now known as
he Home oil G. Refining Co., used
most of the Pondera production un-
IL the development of Cut Bank
I'll field with its high gravity crude.
rhe plant now takes only the Pom
lera production OF the Rice pro
'erties and a few others.
Pondera has as other outlets: a
opping plant built by the Warren
)il company and another topping
liant built by Jerry Hawley. They
ise crude from their own leases.
The Havre plant will be run at
apacity, Fulton stated Friday, and
his may afford an outlet for all
roducers who are now without a
ompany is the only one with any
amount OF storage oil.
tandolind sold its producing pro-
critics to Rice Oil Co. but retained
ONE $4,000 barrels OF storage oil
I which 10000 barrels was re-
emily sold to Imperial. for road
II blending. Fulton also sold
5000 barrels that went to I'm
erial. Recent spot sales have
leaned up practically all the stor-
&c oil in Pondera, other than that
Standolind.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
REFINERY At
CUT BANK IS
GOING AGAIN

Glacier Production company
Cut Bank refinery resumed opera
tons Friday, Sept l after a week 8
shutdown due to the fall of a 81
ton fractionating tower which vir-
tually cut the plant in two. sew
ering the overhead pipes and doing
extensive damage.
The big tower was successfully
raised a second time on Thursday
of this week. The tower was about
in position a week ago when
boom broke and II was surprising
that none OF the workmen was
killed. One man, r. B. Jones, was
struck by a broken cable but was
not seriously hurt The plant had
been shut down. which precaution
doubtless ayerted an explosion and
observers say, since the
severing OF the pipelines would
have doubtless caused a terrific ex-
plosion had the plant been on
stream.
The accident delays by one week
the completion of the Socony-Va-
,uum unit which Is now scheduled
20 start warming up and charging
rude during the week of September
49, The Cut Bank plant is expected
D run approximately 10000 bar
els of crude during the month of
september. The furnaces are COM
,leted, likewise the condensers and
III other heavy equipment. It is
low a matter of connecting up the |
-arious units.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
AWARD CONTRACT
TO TRUCK CRUDE
TO NEW REFINERY

Decision to postpone for at least
one year the construction of a pipe
line from Kelvin field to the Gla-
cier Production refinery at Cut
Bank was announced this week by
J. w. Johnson, president of Pro-
ducers Refining Co. Of Shelby. At
the same time he announced the
awarding Of One-year trucking
contract to the Greenup Trucking
company, which is installing s15.-
600 worth Of new equipment to
transport the crude from Kelvin
wells 70 the new Socony Vacuum
unit of the refinery at Cut Bank.
The amount of crude to be hauled
VIII be initially about 500 barrels
per day.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
Two WELLS
TEST SHOWS
IN CUT BANK

Showings of oil and gas were
given drill stem tests in North Cut
Bank oil and gas field this week
while a third well showed unex-
pected structural elevation, as the
most promising news from north
ern Montana.
Cobb TexacO- vasbO Consolidated
No. 1 well in SW NEA SWA 27-
37-5W, southwest of the Darling
pool, is today making a Halliburton
drill stem test on the Sunburst
sand, where it had 6;15 feet of
good saturation. The Sunburst
sand has come into prominence as
an oil horizon in Cut Bank only in
recent months. Now it gives prom
Use of being one of the principal
producing horizons in North Cut
Bank.
The Cobb-Texaco we'll had no
Moulton sand and the Sunburst
sand was from 1855 to 2677. The
saturation was from 1855 to 2672.
On the first test the bottom anchor
was plugged and 1t was necessary
to make a second test.
The second test was that of
observation-disclosures No. 2,
c NWA SWH 24-S7-5W, which
had a showing in the Moulton sand
was from 2610 to 1926 and on
a drill stem test 1t showed $500 |
cubic feet of gas. Drilling continues |
on down to the Sunburst sand, |
with a last reported depth of 2670. |
This well is short distance south |
Of this company's Crowley No. 2 |
q Sunburst sand producer that is
today the best we'll in North Cut |
Bank.
ItalO Petroleum Corporations
COrnett No. 1 well, c SW,A NWA
3O-37-3W southeast of the OAR
ing pool and on the nose" south
If the Border oil field, is drilling
It 1870 feet, with cable tools, and
than had been expect
I'd. This we'll is intended as a test
If the Madison lime rather than
he three Cut Bank sands although
he Sunburst sand will probably be
PRESENT. The Italo well is the high
st structurally, in the district, and
n the opinion OF w. M. Fulton, vet
ran operator, may be on an enclos-
d structure.
North Cut Bank wells had the
enter of attention this week as
main Cut Bank had no important
developments.
Glacier PrOductiOn-B annister NO.
, C NWA NEA 21-33-5W, south
asst of Cut Bank, had oil from .
911 to 2915 in the upper Cut i,
tank but the lower Cut Bank, nor
lal producing horizon, was absent. !,
Ill rose 800 feet and it swabbed :
0 barrels in 80 hours. Cut Bank
and was from 1905 to 2915. Sun
urst sand was from 1915 to 1900
nd dry. Drilling stopped in the Ell
s at 2915. Seven-inch casing was :
1t at 2911. !
Texaco-Hardwicl No. 4, C NWA
EA 17-32-5W, is drilling at 1910. =
TexacO-Sec. Unit No. z, C SWA :
Wa 9-32-5W. is drilling at 214S. r
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
DEv0NIAN OIL. Is
REPOR TED I'M THE
uOYDMINSTER AREA

DevOnian oil production on
the northeast flank Of the
sweetgrass Arch was reported
this week from the Riley
Shaw-Franco well i'm Lloyd
minister field i'm Alberta. It
Is heavy oil which rose 700
feet In the casing, and Is re-
ported coming from the Devon
ian contact. The Devonian
is 600 feet deeper than the
top Of the Madison Time, prfn-
cipal north Montana producing
horizon. and slightly deeper
than the Turner Valley pro-
dncing horizon near the base
Of the Madison lime. The De
vonian has not been adequate
" tested i'm Montana.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
DTD NOT CUT PRICE


AS a matter Of record, for per-
manent reference, here is list OF
the Midcontinent and Texas oil
buyers who did NOT cut the crude
price. following the lead of Harry
Sinclair's 20 cent cut.
Purchasers who have not cut in
clude:
The Texas Co.
Carter OIL Co.
Ohio Oil Co.
Continental OIL Co.
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp.
Gulf OH Corp.
BarnsdaII Refining Corp.
Pure oil Co.
w. r. Wilcox OIL and Gas Co.
Champlln Refining Co.
Johnson OH Refining Co.
Anderson-Prichard OIL Corp.
Sun Oil Co.
Magnolia Petroleum Co.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
MAKES MARKET FOR P0NDERA OIL
War DRUMS
CALLFIELDS
into ACTION
SINCLAIR UPS PRICE

TULSA, OKLA. - Sinclair
Prairie Oil Marketing Co., lead
ers in a crude price reduction
which resulted In a six-state oil
production shutdown, rescinded
its 2O-cent a barrel slash.
The company cut crude oil
prices Aug. 10.
The increase of prices back to
their former levels was made re-
troactiye to Aug. o.
The company purchased 1OO,-
600 barrels of oil daily.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
SAY VALLEY
WELLS SHOW
SHARP DROP

Insistently recurring rumors are
coming from Calgary that Turner
Valley wells are declining at an a.
farming rate so that some producers
are having difficulty making their
allowables to supply the market
requirement Of $4,000 barrels per
day.
At a time when Montana had
extra crude. such rumors were dis
counted as a wish rather than a
basis of fact When the last In
crease in allowables was announc-
ed the total flow for all crude wells.
as tested through 1-inch choke, was
62,413 Dbl. per day. with average
gas-oil ratio OF 5000 feet.
Rumors which have reached the
Journal from several sources indi-
Gated that Canadian refiners were
again looking toward Montana for
possible future supplies, unless
new oil field is discovered in Al
berta. One rumor said that the
purchase Of 1000 barrels of Mon
tana crude per day was contem-
plated.
Imperial Oil company has increas-
ed the capacity of its plants in Cal
gary and Regina each to $500 bar
rels per day. Three Dubbs units
have been added to three other re-
fineries including the Anglo-Canad
ian plant at Brandon. Man. in
creased from $50 to 1900 Dbl per
day; Gas & Oil Products. It., Tur-
ner Valley. increased from 1000 |
10 5000 Dbl; Lion Refineries, Cal
gary increased from 500 to 1000 |
Dbl. British Americans plants at
Regina and Moose Jaw are now
operating at full capacity. British |
American used 692,6S2 barrels Of (
Turner Valley crude in the first six
months Of this year. compared with
,,55s.474 barrels used by Imperial.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
sTANDARD OIL PROMTs

CHICAGO-The Standard Oil Co.
OF Indiana reported consolidated
net profit OF $14.97s,69s for the
first six months of 1889, compared
with $17,749,092 for the same per-
iod last year. The earnings were
equal to 9S cents a share on 49,
272.022 shares outstanding. COM
pared with $1.16 for the first alx
months Of 1888.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Mrs. Petch to Speak
On 'SunIit Norwoy'

Mrs. Gladys M. Petch, English
lecturer and broadcaster, will speak
on "Sunlit Norway" at 8 pm. We'd
nesday under the auspices of the
National Park Service in the De-
partmental Auditorium, Constitution
avenue between Twelfth and Four
teenth streets NV.
The lecture will be of particular
interest as the Crown Prince and
Princess of Norway are to make
their first visit to the United States
the latter part of April. Mrs. Petch
has many pictures of the royal
family.
She was the first woman to teach
English by radio in Europe and the
first English broadcaster in Italv
Czecho-Slovakia. Austria and Ger
many. The lecture Wednesday is
free to the public.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Detroit Police Team
Wins Pistol Trophies
Ey the Associated Press,

F.T the Associated Press.
TAMPA, Fla, March 18.-The De-
troit police team and members of
the United States Treasury entry No.
! took stock tonight at the close of
the national midwinter pistol cham
pionships and found themselves with
the bulk of the trophies.
The Detroit team continued to
show individual and collective su-
periority in the final events today.
Harry Reeves. holder of the ma
tional pistol title, and Al Hemming,
a felloW-member of the Detroit po-
lice team, conducted a duel but
slipped when they teamed together
in the national match course dou-
bles and ended in fourth place.
H. B. Carter, United States Immi-
grafton, and Charles Askins, jr..
United States Border Patrol, teamed
for first honors, with an aggregate
of 559x6O0, one point ahead of C.
Evening star., 1939-03-19

Mrs. William {. Collier
Last Rites tuesday

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Jane Collier, "a, who died yesterday
at her home, 14l4 Massachusetts,
avenue NV, will be held at $50
am. Tuesday in st. Matthews Cath
olic Church. Burial will be In Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Godfrey L.
Munter, Charles w. Linkins. John L.
Schneider, Chester G. Rupertus,
Renata Corte and william p.
Fletcher.
Mrs. Collier was the wife Of VIII
liam E. Collier, retired sexton OF the
Covenant-First Presbyterian Church,
to whom she had been married SO
years last August. Mr.. Collier served
for more than so years as sexton OF
the old Church of the Covenant,
Presbyterian, and the Covenant
First Presbyterian Church, his serv-
ice with the latter dating after the
merger Of the Covenant and First
Presbyterian Churches. He is now
an elder Of the Covenant First Pres
byterian Church. A native Of this
city, Mrs. Collier was a daughter Of
the late William Fletcher, who built
many Of Washington's streets and
highways.
Besides her husband, she leaves
Tour sons, John H. and Teunis F..
Collier. building contractors here:
George F. Collier, now sexton at the
Covenant-First Presbyterian Church,
and Joseph R. Collier, Raleigh, N.
c.; a daughter, Miss Annie M. Col
ller; two brothers, William and
Charles Fletcher. and a sister, Mrs.
Katie Lannon, all of this city. She
also leaves five grandchildren.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Girl Held as Slayer
Reads Stories in Cell
B. the Associated Press.

MILFORD. Del. March 18.-Isa-
belle Donovan, attractive 18-year-
old brunette held on a murder
charge, read detective magazines in
Jail tonight while authorities COM
pared two versions they said she
gave of the shooting of her sweet
heart in a lovers lane" quarrel.
Deputy Attorney General Daniel
j. Layton, jr., said the girl at first
admitted shooting Vaughn G. Webb,
20-year-old C. c. c. truck driver, in a
struggle for a pistol. She told a
coroner's jury last night Webb shot
himself.
Webb was wounded fatally We'd
nesday night while sitting with the
Donovan girl, an employe in a
wooden-spoon factory, in a parked
automobile on a quiet Milford street.
Miss Donovan, former high
school athlete, tainted at the in
quest when the jury found her re-
sponsible for Webb's death.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Tribute Paid Saito
As Ashes Are Taken
Aboard Cruiser
Astoria Soils for japan
Soon After Cusket Is
Escorted to Ship
Fv the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 18-The
United States Naval Academy and
high Government officers from near.
by Washington bade a solemn fare
well today to Hiroshi Saito, former
Japanese Ambassador and one Of the
most popular official visitors ever
sent from the Far East.
To the SLOW tempo Of mufiled
drums and booming guns, the ashes
Of the beloved diplomat were es-
corted to the cruiser Astoria for the
last journey home.
The Astoria, placed at the Jap
anese governments disposal by
President Roosevelt's order although
Saito had resigned as ambassador
before his DEATH, sailed soon after
the pagoda- shaped casket containing
the funeral urn was placed aboard
Nine. Saito and her two young
daughters were escorted to the
Astoria by Rear Admiral Wilson
Brown. who with aides of the acad-
emy staff met the cortege as it
rolled through the academy gates.
Four Navy captains marched at
each side of the hearse as it pro-
ceeded slowly to the pier. The Naval
Academy Band played Lead Kindly
Light"
Representatives of the United
States diplomatic corps and Japanese
naval officers participated in the
final tribute paid Saito in this
country.
Many newspaper men and Gov
ernment officials who were close
friends of the congenial statesman
accompanied the procession from the
Capitol.