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Evening star., 1940-01-01
Club Meets FRIDAY

The National NJ Eleanor Bracken-
ridge Club will meet at 8 pm. Fri
day at the home of Mrs. William H.
Sharkey. 10 Bryant street NV. Miss
Helen Hardesty and Mrs. Penn
Howard will be co-hostesses.
The entertainment will include
selections by a professional trio and
Scotch songs in native costumes by
Miss Helen McLesh. The clubs
year books have been completed and
will be distributed. Members of the
club have been invited to attend
with their husbands or escorts.
Evening star., 1940-01-01
Residential
Social
Notes

Mrs. Richardson Gibson, formerly
Of Washington, and now living IN
New York, has come to visit Mrs
George Howe and will be here for
. week or 10 days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard j. Gal
lagher we're hosts at a Southern
breakfast yesterday morning at
Wardman Park Hotel. where they
have an apartment. The party was
planned for Mrs. Gallagher's BROTH
er, Midshipman Howard Shackle-
ford Moore, who will soon return
to his studies at the Naval Academy
in Annapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gallagher also en-
tertained Midshipman Moore at
dinner Christmas Day and gave
cocktail parties for him before the
midshipmen cadets ball and the
sail loft dance, which was trans
ferred to the Army Navy Country
Club.
The Misses Morsell, debutante
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. H. Tudor
Morsell. were the guests in whose
honor Mr.. and Mrs Harry T"mmes
gave a cocktail party Satur y aft
ernoon at Great Oaks, their place
near Potomac, Md.
Later in the evening the Misses
Morsell were entertained at a din
ner dance at the Chevy Chase Club
by Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ravenel and
Mr. and Mrs. Detlow Mathinson
Others at the dinner dance included
Mr.. and Mrs. Morsell and their
house guests, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
H. Preston, jr., of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Benjamin Dunlap Hill and
Miss Cynthia Hill entertained at
tea Friday for Countess Victor Won
Luettichau, who is visiting her
brother and sister in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Pennington.
Miss Grace Carr. whose marriage
to Mr.. Gail G. Geddes of Montclair
N. j., will take place January IL. was
the guest of honor at a luncheon
Thursday at the Columbia Country
Club given by Mrs. Bond P. Geddes
of Chevy Chase. Md, mother of Mr.
Geddes. The 80 guests were seated
at one table which was decorated
with traditional Christmas flowers
and green's.
Miss Jacquelyn Gray gave a New
Year dance for a group of sub
debutantes in her Chevy Chase home
Thursday evening. Her guests in
cluded Miss Natalie Notz. Miss Joan
Schlee, Miss Jane Shoemaker, Miss
Mary Sullivan, Miss Mary Stohlman,
Miss Frances Smith, Miss Catherine
Palmer, Miss Kay Hawkins, Miss
Barbara Dietrich, Miss Caroline
Embrey, Miss Helen Gilliert, Miss
Lois Lovett. Miss Eleanor Stefin
Miss Monsita Correa, Mr.. Robert
Delete, Mr.. Douglas Parkhurst, Mr.
Joe Keyhoe. Mr.. Billy Black, Mr.
Andrew Peters, Mr.. Manuel Correa
Mr.. Jerry Andrews, Mr.. Palmer
Rixey and Mr.. Donald Craig.
DR.. and Mrs. Leo Kasehagen, Sd
who were Christmas guests of Dr.
Kasehagen's mother, Mrs Leo Kase-
hagen, at her home on Jefferson
street, went to Pittsburgh Friday to
visit friends at Carnegie Institute
Of Technology and also to spend the
New Year with Mr.. and Mr.. John
Francis Duffy. parents of Mrs. Lee
Kasehagen, Sd. DR.. Kasehagen re.
Gently resigned from Carnegie Tech
to accept position as chemist with
a firm located at Wilmington, Del.
and Tamaqua, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Pellman re.
Gently returned to Washington anc
are staying at the Hotel Roosevelt
for the winter.
Evening star., 1940-01-01
StarnOnt Aid

The Starmont Aid for Consump-
tives will meet Wednesday at 10:30
am. at the home of the president,
Mrs. Andrew Stewart, 1442 Clifton
street NV,
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-26
No ADMINISTRATOR
FOR OIL INDUSTRY

There Is talk in Washington that
Colonel Thompson, Texas railroad
commissioner, will be appointed
federal oil co-ordinator Of the
southwest, by President Roosevelt.
Reports are without confirmation.
Under the draft industry" pro-
vision OF the CONSUMPTION law, there
Is no provision for an administrator
over any entire industry. The gov
eminent can force any company to
which government orders are given
to give such orders precedence over
all other orders previously placed.
Where a plant refuses to take
such orders or to give preference
to them at prices determined by
the Army and Navy, the govern
ment may take possession Of the
plant and manufacture the product
through the appropriate branch OF
the army and navy.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-26
BASINS" NOW
OBJECTIVE Of
PROSPECTING

Basins" are the favorite pros
pecting areas of the major oil COM
panies, following development of
the Illinois basin, Forth Worth
basin and other similar areas which
have formerly been frowned upon.
according to ]. Bland Catlett, pion-
eer Montana oil operator, who is
visitor here from Texas where he
has made his home for a year past,
This explains the activity in the
Missouri basin, also in the great
Black Hills basin of the western
Dakotas and eastern Montana, ex-
tending from Nebraska to the
Canadian border.
Catlett came to Montana from
North Dakota where he went to
do some upland bird shooting, only
to discover a large number of Mid
continent oil men, leasing parties,
biologists and geophysical crews
swarmdng over the Dakota prairies.
Catlett, who has an unerring nose
for OIL has had a hand in the de-
velopment of every Montana oil
field and has been on the ground in
practically every important oil de-
velopment in the United States dur
ing the last two decades.
This instinct, else fund of infor-
nation, led Catlett to file on
homestead in Cat Greek oil field |
just before he enlisted in the army
at the time OF the World War.
His army time applied as residence
time on the homestead and he came
into possession of preference rights
on the minerals and his farm, de-
veloped by Midwest Refining COM
Dany. became one of the most proli-
fic producers of oil in the State of
Montana. He is one of the owners
Of the Blue Label Oil company
which owns $40 acres of the best
oil land in Kelvin field, located in
Section 16-35N-2W, and has other
Montana interests.
The rapid decline of Illinois pro-
iuction has been the chief factor in
he intense activity in the Dakotas.
le states. He believes that entirely
lew areas will see drilling in the
coming spring, to attempt to replace
he slipping production of Illinois
which again dropped in September.
The August decline was $1,000 bar
els daily below the July level and
IL, 200 barrels below the June
weak.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-26
ALOE NOSE"
IS DISTINCT
kelvin FOLD

The Aloe fold on the southwest
slope of Kelvin field on which
Santa Rita oil Co has taken leases,
has long been highly regarded by
petroleum biologists but there
has been no effort to develop 81
since the introduction of acidiza-
tion in modern production meth
DDS. Wells drilled throughout the
area have had showings of oil at
the top of the Madison lime. but
acid has never been used. Else
where In the field, wells with
similar showings have developed
commercial production through
acidization.
The upper part of the Aloe fold
was first leased up by Ohio Oil
company. the nose" having been
first mapped by Ohio biologists.
thereafter the Collier map
was issued by the U.S.G.S. show
ing the fold. There was a rush
OF leasing activity and three wells
were drilled but they had only
showings OF OIL
The westernmost well on the
nose" was drilled in Section g.
33-4W west OF the Santa Rita
block. That we'll had considerable
oil at the lime contact, also oil
and gas in what is believed to be
the Cut Bank sand This well
was purchased a few years ago by
Glacier Production Co. and recon
as a gas we'll This COM
)any has a large block OF leases
adjacent to this well. which had |
,een drilled on into the lime and |
INTO water, so no effort was made |
o recover the contact production
when 1t was plugged back.
The only wells on the upper end
4 the pronounced fold were those
Il Guarantee oil company in Sec
ion 25-343W. This led TO drilling
higher on the dome, without result.
rhe new US.G.S. map of Cut
Bank and west Kelvin shows the
Noe nose" as very pronounced,
o the southwest. The fold fades
ut in the Big Bend pool OF Cut
hank oil field.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-26
M EDICAL SERVICE
AT REFINERY is
GIVEN APPROVAL

The medical service at The Texas
Company's refinery in Sunburst has
been approved by the American
College of Surgeons, H. s. McCray.
superintendent of the Sunburst
plant, said today The. approval
was announced at the Colleges ma
tional convention in Chicago this
week. The College sets standards
for hospitals, clinics and industrial
medical services throughout the
United States.
Approval of an industrial medi-
cal service by the American College
of Surgeons is an honor at all
times" said Mr.. McCray. "At this
particular time of stress and ur-
gency in national defense, it is even
more significant, since 1t reveals
that industry is giving proper at
tention to the maintenance of its
as well as to the eff
cheney of its equipment"
Mr. McCray explained that the
Colleges industrial medical stan
dards call for adequate first aid and
medical facilities, a staff of compe-
tent first aid attendants and ply
sicians, the use of acceptable hospi-
tails, adequate measures to prevent
accidents and occupational diseases
and a general health maintenance
program. Mr.. McCray also said
that facilities for periodic health
examinations have been provided
for ali Texac0 employees in the
Sunburst refinery.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-26
New Test West
OF EllingsOn

A north extension to the Filing
son pool was in doubt this week as
Big West-ElIingsOn No. 4, CIVIL
SWA NWA 14-35-3W, had no re-
suits from acidization of a show
ing in the first ''break" in the
lime at 1924 to 1926. / will be
treated another time.
Meanwhile, Patterson-G Government
No. 2 has been spotted a quarter
mile south of the No. 1 which had
a showing of oil but not CONNER
cial. These wells offset the Filing
son farm on the west. The No 2 is
in Sc corner SEA SEA 1886
3W.
The EIlingson farm continues as
an outstanding producer. The three
Aronow wells are said to be max
ing a tank of oil a day with the
sensational No. still flowing,
when agitated.
Kelvin Land-Leach No. 4, Cas-
sidy operation, in c SEA NEA
31-35-3W, lis drilling at $50.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-26
WILDCATS IN
MONTANA
SLOW PROGRESS

MOntana's 'shinterland" drilling
saw no developments OF conse-
quences during the past week.
The Texas companys test on
Absaroka. near Dry Greek field.
Carbon county, is reported at 6645
feet, nearing the Dakota sands.
Location is c Sc 4 NV a IO-4S-19E.
Montana Gas company's Nelson
No l well near Berthelote dome. in
G SEA NEA 12-35-1E, is waiting
for casing TO shut off water in the
Sunburst sand at 212O. After cas-
ing is run, the 10-fOot Cut Bank
sand, believed present in this loca-
tion, will be tested. Three miles
away a well in Berthelote field is
producing from that horizon. al
though II IS some 1854 feet lower
structurally.
At Cherry Ridge. near Chinook.
Cherry Ridge Syndicate-Harbolt No
1, NV NV ASWA 1-35-2OE, has
set II u Inch casing at 1000 feet.
At Whitehall, near Scobey, in
northern Montana, Copan Oil e. Gas
has decided to complete Wiley No.
2, In NV NV Il NWA 10-36-50E,
rather than start a new well. Rotary
rig Is being moved in TO start drill
ling in the old hole at 1928 feet.
Southwest OF Chester. Walter e.
Drought is repairing rig. his Tielt-
ges No. ! we'll, Sc SEA SWA 81
31-5E, at a depth OF 500 feet.
Other Montana wildcats report no
new progress.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-26

OF the natural gas act and are sub
ject to regulations OF the commits
sion.
The three companies filed appli-
cations with the commission re-
questing a determination of their
status, taking the position that the
nature of their respective natural
gas business is such as to exempt
them from provisions Of the nat
ural gas act. The commission 8,
opinion follows an extended investi-
cation, including public hearings at
Washington.
The commissions opinion states
there is continuous flow OF natural
gas in interstate commerce. The
Billings company purchases gas pro-.
duced In Wyoming from the Ohio
Oil Co.. at the Wyoming-Montana
state line and there is unbroken
transmission from the termini of
Wyoming gathering lines to points
of ultimate public consumption in
Montana.
AS to the Ohio company the com
mission held that the natural gas
transmitted from the Elk Basin
field In Wyoming to the Billings
company lines in Montana is in ef-
ect continuation with Montana
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-26
MOSBY DONE
Water FLOW
IS CASED OFF

A flow OF water was encountered
at the top OF the Madison lime
at 1850 feet at the deep test OF
AFRO OIL & Refining Co on Mosby
dome. 'he east dome OF Cat Creek
oil field. and this water is now
cemepted off. ready to test the
breaks" OF the lime.
So far as is known. this is the
first time that the Madison lime
has been reached by a drill on
Cat Greek anticline, this field get
ting its production along fault
zones in the sands of the Kootenai.
All OF the normal producing sands
on Mosby dome carry water. as did
the top OF the lime.
Ed l.. Allen and Harry Schwartz
OF the AFRO were in Great Falls
Friday In conference with Newell
a. Chandler. drilling contractors.
regarding the completion of the
well. Since there is no guiding
well log, the lower formations will
have to be explored carefully. using
rotary tools, and the depth to
which il may be carried may be
determined by the number of
water horizons, should additional
water be found before reaching
the Devonian
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-26
Tip" 4O'Neil Takes Large
Lease Block On Western
Slope OF Kelvin Oil Field

Remittance OF l. B. Tip ONeil into Kelvin Sunburst
field this time territory the southwest slope
along the Aloe nose announced during the past week
at Cut Bank
Between 1900 and $4,000 of potential oil land
has been quietly leased up by Santa Rita Oil Gas company
of which ONe is president 1t is that has been
under lease several times since it high structuray
of the best producing wells in the field but has
been thoroughy nrosnected No drilling has been done
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-26
West Trend In High
Gravity Pool Found In
Kippen-Solberg Well

westward trend in the high gravity pool of Kelvin
field indicated this week by the Kppen Oil Gassbberg
No well in south line, NWA NEA 20353W which is
apparently oil well checking IA feet higher than the No
Location of the No is southeast in Sc SWA NE Sec
ton 90
This structural condition of especial interest
there theory based in 1923 by Fred K Houston,
gineer local 'hgh north and Of the high
gravity pool well has been spotted by group headed by Charles
Wrgher mile hf the Kppen we'll The Wrghter
group High Gravity Oil Production Co. The
pany building road and hopes drill the well yet this
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-26
GETTING WINTER MEAT

The coming week is likely to
be a dull one for drilling activity
in Kelvin field because the
''Kevin crowd" of big game
hunters is today enroute to the
high ridges of the Rocky Noun
tains on Big River, to get
winter meat" The annual elk
barrage involves several of the
more active producers and drill
ling contractors including Jack
Agen, Charles Wrighter, r. j.
Smiley, Bob Engieking, Bob
Fffer, Grover Lund, +. l.. Postel-
waite, also Andy Bake, and
others.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-26

the district since the introduction
of the science of acidization des-
pite the fact that wells drilled in
the area ~ to IS years ago had
favorable showings of OIL Such
showings, when found in other
parts of the field, have frequently
led to large production, through
application OF hydrochloric acid to
the oil-bearing Madison lime.
The fairly complete block extends
from a point a short distance south
of the town OF Kelvin, in Township
BAN, Rg. 3W. southeastward through
Township 33N, Rg. 3W and wv
and into Township 32N, Range wv
and 3W.
The lease block is approximately
10 miles long and from two to
three miles wide. All the leases
are within the 1650-foot contour
OF the U.SyG.S. map of the field,
which is the principal producing
contour of the Rimrock high gravity
pool, the Rocky Ridge pool both
of West Kelvin, and likewise the
outside producing contour of the
Sunburst discovery pool in the north
end OF the main field.
Included in the lease block are
several hundred acres Of land pur-
chased In fee simple by Santa Rita
in places where it was not possible
to get satisfactory leases or oper-
ating contracts. Part OF the leases |
have been filed for record in TOole |
county but it is understood that |
leasing is still in progress.
l.. B. O'Neil stated Friday that
plans are not yet ready |
for announcement The probabili-
ties are that II will require the |
drilling of not one but several wells
to test out so wide an area. No
drilling requirements are contained
in any of the leases, he stated, and
Santa Rita will probably not drill
O'Neil entered Kevin-Sunburst
field at the time OF its discovery
and subsequently bought the pro-
)erties of Petroleum Exploration
and developed a good
OF production. When the
pool developed. with a
peak of $4,000 barrels per day,
here was no market and O'Neil |
Dui!t a refinery at Sunburst, know
IS the International Refinery, and
handled a large amount of oil. sell
ing the fuel oil to the Great North
I'm railroad. Subsequently he sold
tut to California Petroleum Corpo-
alton which was later merged with
nhe Texas company.
Turning to Cut Bank area. O'Neil
developed the Cut Bank gas field, :
ringing about the construction Of
he gas line TO Butte, and subse-
luently sold out his gas interests
o Montana Power Co. He then
developed oil properties in the west
nd Of the Cut Bank field and when
he Canadian market began waning,
lie built a refinery at Cut Bank,
he Northwest Refining Co. plant,
1hich is now operating, providing
market for all OF the production
( his Santa Rita Oil company. 4
The possibility OF finding high Z
ravity oil on the west flank of J
levin field, with a drilling depth 7
900 feet less than Cut Bank led !
, the assignment OF NJ. S. Darling,
eologist for Santa Rita, to the o
istrict. On his work is based the j
resent lease block. s
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-26
FOUR WELLS
GET PAY-0FF
ATcUT BANK

FOuF competitions Wl&tFkeu
the past week in Cut Bank
field, with three good prOduc-
crs and one small well, while
two more wells were on top
of the producing sand.
Montana Headlight OH COM
pany, which drilled the Drum
heller discovery well lin Cut
Bank field, scored its second
success of the year on it's
BrittOn No. location, &
NWH NEA 11-34-6W. Tt
made 100 barrels in the first
"a hours. It had Sunburst
sand from 2S2S to 1888, upper
Out Bank from 284S 20 1915;
lower Cut Bank from 2875 to
1855 and drilled into the Ellis
from 1855 to $3.50. The main
pay was 2878 to 2884 and oil
rose 1900 feet, making rs bar
rels in the first IS hours.
OF outstanding interest was the
TexacO-Tweedy No. 3 well C SW1 X
NV II 21-35-6W which was intend
ed as a guide to further prospect
ing west of the Lander pool but
which failed to get lower Cut Bank
sand indicating an irregularity in
the sand section that may be purely
local
The Tweedy well was cored with
rotary tools throughout the sand
section. It is rated as a rs barrel
well, making 1915 gravity oil as
against SO to 3S gravity crude In
adjacent wells. Sunburst sand from
1854 to 1856 and from 2973 to
298315 showed some saturation.
Upper Cut Bank sand was at 1922 "A
to 1928 with sand streaks at 303z
to 3O37, 1865 to 1867 and 3071
to 1913. with varigated shale and
sandy shale in between. The sand
at 1882 to 3037 was coarse black
sand but so hard that 1t had no
porosity but that was the only sand
to the usual black
ebert sand which carries Cut Bank
production The well was drilled
INTO the Ellis from 3O75 to 3OS9.
The main pay from 1913 to 1883 II
put 800 feet of fluid in the hole
md 1t was tested by bailing. 1t
vas plugged back to 1890 and shot
With nitro glycerin and is now
cleaning out.
The Cut Bank sands are usually
Iuite massive, so the Tweedy core
nay or may not be significant of
and conditions farther west OF
interest in this regard is the i
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 112 No. 4, |
e SW 4 NV 4 16-35-6W, west of
he big Lander wells. which is
qually perplexing in that it has
arried water in every sand a
ondition found nowhere else in the
istrict. The Sunburst sand at
TAT put 1900 feet of water in the
ole.
Texaco-U Unit Eleven No. 4, CIVIL
w a SWA 11-35l6W, in the north
nd of the field, made 112 barrels
litially. getting its oil in the
,wer Cut Bank sand. Moulton
md, the Lander horizon, at 1925
, $3.50, was dry; Sunburst sand
ON 2S95 to 1920 and from 2941
, 1850. was dry: Sunburst sand
'om 1895 to 1920 and from 2941
1850 were dry. Upper Cut Bank
ON 1850 to 1905 had oil showing
the bottom is feet. Lower Cut
Continued OF Page Five)
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-26
CAPACITY OF
SPOKANE PLANT
Is INCREASED

Dan Drumheller OF Cut Bank re-
ports that the Montana Headlight
refinery at Spokane has been en-
larged so as to increase capacity
from 200 to 500 barrels per day.
1t began operating at new capacity
during the past week. with good
results Production OF the Drum
heller interests in Cut Bank field
is being run to the Spokane plant.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-26
Cap Oien Has
Another Well

Casper T. Oien brought in still
another producer on Engemoen No.
II location NV NEH SWA 11-35-
NV this week 1t had ESQ feet of
oil in the hole from the lime con-
tact at 1920 to 1884 and will aoi-
die with promise Of being a good
producer.
Pacific National-McGOwan No. B,
,Conlnned on Page Fiv~'
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-26

Kippen-sOlberg No. 2 hit the
contact at 1890 and drilled to
1903, having 10 feet of soft lime
carrying oil and about half million
cubic feet of gas per day. The
presence of so much gas in the pro-
ducing horizon is regarded as a
good omen and may foretell the
coming of some large wells in this
undrained territory. It will be
treated with 500 gallons of hydro
chloric acid next week.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-26

of the interstate transmission begun
in Wyoming.
The Mountain Fuel Supply Co.
produces gas in Wyoming and Colo
RADIO and owns and operates a trans
mission system carrying gas for sale
in various communities, including
points within Utah This, the COM
mission held. constitutes a regular
flow in interstate commerce.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-26
GAIL MOULTON
OPENS OFFICES
ON WEST COAST

Announcement has been received
by the Journal of the opening OF
offices In Mountain Lakes, N. j.
and in San Francisco by Gail F.
Moulton, petroleum geolOgist, well
known ia Montana. Moulton first
icoutinued on Page Five)
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-26
Billings Gas Company Held
Within Federal Regulation

WASHINGTON D. CThe federal commission,
determined the Billings
Oil Billings
companies meaning