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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08
OVER THE COUNTER

No. 3. is in the approximate center
of lot or SW Il NEA Section Z
32-5W, near the bank of Cut Bank
creek.
Santa Rita-RasmussOn No. 8, c
NV ASEA 32-33-5W, made As bar
rels in the first "a hours, having
had 500 feet of oil from the Cut
Bank sand. 1t had dry Sunburst
sand from $3.50 to 1900; upper Cut
Bank from 1924 to 1855; lower
Cut Bank from 1855 to 1850, with
its main pay from 1857 to 1850.
1t drilled into the Ellis from 1850
to 1885.
Observation-Disclosures Land
Bank No. 3, CSL ny SWA IL
35-6W, is drilling at 2635.
Consolidated Gas-state No. 8,
SW NEA SEX 26-35-6W, is drill
ing at 2345.
Glacier PrOduction-BOnne No. 5,
C NWA SEA 4-S2-5W, is drilling
at 1910.
Glacier PrOductiOn-Yunck Unit
No. 4, CNL Sec. 2-S4-5W, is drill
ing at S55.
Santa Rita-WhetstOne No. @.
Center Lot 2 (SEA NEA) 1885,
CIV, is drilling at $500.
Tarrant-Barnes Butler No. 1, c
Lot (NWA seq 15-34-6W, is
drilling at 47O.
Texaco-Unit Nine No. 8, C NWA
NEA 9-32-5W, is drilling at 1880.
1t had Colorado shale at 745 and
set surface pipe at 77S.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08
Test Near Town
Resorts To ''SOup"

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. No. / :,
Sc NEA NEA 2-33-6W, northwest
of Cut Bank. found the same lean
zone" that has marked wells along
Miller coulee, although DIT had
more oil than found in any other
we'll in the district. 1t had dry
Sunburst sand from 1900 to 1926:
upper Cut Bank from 2945 to 1865
and lower Cut Bank from 1865 to
2985. 1t had oil at 1861 to 1865
and 2978 to 1885 with rs feet of
oil in the hole. It was shot with
100 quarts of nitro glycerin, is now
cleaning out and will be shot a
second time.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08
ACTIVITY TEMPO
is INCREASING IN
TOWNSEND MINES

TOWNSEND--Mining activity is
on the increase in Townsend dis
trict, with the result that 1910 is
likely to be a banner production
year in this district. Both placer
and lode mines are operating in this
vicinity with good success. Cooley
Brothers are now handling several
thousand yards of gravel daily on
Indian Creek, just west of town
A mile or so higher up on Indian
creek. near Hassel. the Douglas
placer outfit is handling around
1000 yards of gravel daily with
two drag lines.
North and west of Townsend
about 20 miles, the Bergstrom in
terests are running several thous-
and yards daily with drag line
mad washing plant similar to that
of Cooley Braothers On Boulder
Bar, above Confederate on the
east side, some Minneapolis parties
are starting to operate drag line
and washing plant Colonel Charles
Sheridan sold his properties and
owing to i'll health. He
recovered several pounds of gold
from Boulder bar, operating with
shovel. trucks and washing plant
Dredging continues on Confederate
gulch and in addition there are a
of placer miners working
by hand in this famous old gulch.
Quartz mineral acticity includes
the Al Dance mine in the Park dds
trict, west of Townsend, shipping
every few days to the smelter. The
Silver Wave property in the Has
sci district has been taken over
lately by outside interests and they
figure on immediate operation. The
Diamond Hill property is working
on a small scale basis. McLaren
Brothers, operating the. Ohio-Keat-
ing property, have a full crew of
men. Several smaller properties
are operating near Radersburg.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08
Curran Makes
222 Barrels

Texaco-Curran No. 5, c NV a
SEA S-32-5W, was completed this
week with an initial of 222 barrels
per day. 1t is Texas company's
best completion of the year. 1t
had dry Moulton sand from $500
to $3.50; Sunburst sand from 284O
to 1856 and from 1925 to 2945;
upper Cut Bank from 1865 to 5000,
with a showing of oil, and lower
Cut Bank sand from 5000 to 3019,
fully saturated from 3O05 to 3019.
Oil rose 1000 feet and it swabbed
222 barrels in the first "a hours.
Texaco-State MASS No. 5, c.
NE "A NEA 16-32-5W, was finished
up with an initial of Is barrels in
"a hours before shooting with nitro
glycerin. 1t will be shot another
time, in an effort to make a com
mercial producer It had Moulton
sand from $500 to 1920, dry;
Sunburst sand from 1885 to 1895,
dry; upper Cut Bank from 2945
to 1885 and the lower Cut Bank
was missing. The saturation was
from 1871 to 1918. Oil rose 400
feet. 1t was completed at 1886 feet
at the Ellis contact
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08
DEFENSE IS
TO BE theme
OF MINERS

WASHINGTON, d. National
defense problems dealing with the
administration program to acquire
stocks of strategic minerals will be
considered at the forthcoming
meeting of the program committee
for the 18th annual western metal
mining convention and exposition
of the American Mining Congress
which is to be held at Colorado
Springs, Colo, September 1919.
The program committee meeting
has been scheduled for June 10, at
Denver by it's general chairman,
J. c. Kinnear. general manager Ne
vada Consolidated Copper Corpora
ration, McGill, Nevada.
Attention of committee members
will be focused upon drafting a
program embracing the economic,
operating, and legislative problems
confronting the industry. Foremost
among topics which will be con-
sidered for inclusion in the con-
vention program, in addition to ma
tiOnal defense questions, are in
dustrial relations, international de-
velOpments in mineral resources,
luu uStI idI uses lOE SilfGIt mine IL
nancing. progress in mining and
milling practice, taxation, wages
and hour legislation, health and
safety problems, and other nation
al legislation affecting mining.
Following the program commit
tee meeting, arrangements will be
completed for the exposition which
is TO be held at the Broadmoor Ho-
tel in Colorado Springs in conjunc-
ton with the convention sessions.
Present indications point toward
the largest metal mining exposition
ever held. With three and one half
months remaining before its open
ing, over fifty equipment manufac-
turers have contracted for space to
display their products. Their ex-
hibits will occupy over eighty per-
cent of the available exhibit area.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08
COrrigeux Has
1877 BbI. Initial

Glacier PrOduction-G. Corrigeux
No. 4. c SEA SWA 2S-33-5W, was
completed this week with an initial
of 1877 barrels. 1t had Sunburst
sand from 1850 to $3.50; had upper
Cut Bank sand from 1920 to 3045
and lower Cut Bank from 3045 to
1904. drilling two feet into the
Ellis, to 1906. The main pay was
from 1904 to 3040 and from 3045
to 1868, with 1900 feet of oil in
the hole when swabbing started.
With a surface elevation of 1861
feet above sea level it found Colo
rodo ehaIa af GQO foot
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08
MONTAHAHS
TALK PLANS
FOR PROGRAM

BUTTE-Dan NJ. Kelly, Vice
President in charge of western
operations of the Anaconda Copper
Mining Company and chairman Of
the Montana program committee of
the American Mining Congress, was
host at a luncheon given to that
committee at the Finlen Hotel. at
which the committee made sugges-
tions for subjects and speakers 10
cover the subjects. which will be
submitted to a meeting of the Ma
tional program committee to be held
at Denver, Colorado on June 10.
The Denver meeting is to be at
tended by delegates from rs states.
Carl ]. Trauerman will represent
Montana at the Denver meeting.
The National committee at Den
yer will pick out subjects and
speakers for the annual western
meeting of the American Mining
Congress to be held at Colorado
Springs the week of September IL,
and 1t is expected that over 1000
delegates will attend the September
meeting.
The following members of the
committee attended the luncheon:
A. Strojan. jr., Mgr, Winston Bros.
Helena; H. G. Bacorn, owner of the
Cable Mine at Gable; Chas. Brazier,
Secy., Golden Messenger Mining
Co., Helena; c. ]. Giulio, Mgr,
Liberty Montana Mines, Jefferson
Island; John Hickey, President,
Moonlight Mining Co.. Philipsburg
Alexander Leggat, Mining Engineer,
Butte; Arthur J. Theis, Mgr, Boaz
Norris; DR.. Francis A.
Thomson, President. Montana School
of Mines, Butte r. D. Bradford
Mgr, American Smelling &c Rein
ing Co., East Helena; Carl j. |
President, Mining AS
ISOLATION of Montana, Butte; August |
Grunert, Secy. Mining Association
Of Montana, Butte.
Special guests at the luncheon |
were w. B. DAILY. w. H. Hoover, and |
James j. Carrigan, respectively Con-
5ulting Engineer, General Western |
Counsel and Manager of Mines of |
the Anaconda Copper Mining Co..
Butte.
Committee members who were
unable to attend the luncheon are
Stanley r. Moore, Mgr, Standard !
Wilborn Tom L. Pitt
man, Mining Engineer, Lewistown;
and Robert Porter, President of
Porter Brothers. Helena.
John c. Kinnear, Mgr, of the
Nevada Consolidated Copper Co.,
ely, Nevada is National chairman
If the program committee.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08
ROAD CUTS HIGHGRADE

BONNEVILLE, Cal-Fortune
smiled when 10 Heull and H. E.
Kitch, local prospectors, turned to
roadwork While laboring on
highway near here Hull found a
piece of quartz, traced it to a near
by ledge and the partners uncovered
highgrade which Melted them 500
each for the first two days work.
Later prospecting disclosed a vein
10 to 15 feet wide carrying good
mill ore. Hull and Kitch succeeded
in securing a lease on the Halter
claims where the ledge was found
and report that they are apparently
developing one of the best strikes
made for many years in the Down
ieville field.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08
BURROUGHS HAS fine
DREDGE IN idaho

SPOKANE 1.-THE worlds most
modern gold dredge DIS nearing com
pletion on the Engineers Gold pro-
perty near Harvard. Idaho" ac-
cording to w. A. Clark, secretary
of the company, on his return from
an inspection trip ut was INSTALL
ed by Northwest Goldfields Inc.
managed by Bill Burroughs, oper-
ating ground under lease and roy
atty arrangement. It's cost exceeds
100000. 1t has diesel made
electric power and steam heated
cabins for the operators, and can
operate at Is below zero if neces-
sary."
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08
ENFORCEMENT UP AGAIN

An antitrust suit for the pur-
pose of divorcing the production
and refining branches of the oil
industry from the marketing and
transportation divisions is being
planned by the antitrust division
of the Department of Justice and
is ready for action by the house of
representatives in Congress in a
short time, it has been learned.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08
TWO MINING FIRMS
WILL SELL STOCKS

Two mining companies registered
securities with the Securities &
Exchange Commission at Washing
ton, D. c., during the month Of
April, according to the monthly
report received here. The total a.
mount of the mining issues pro-
posed was $745,OOO which is O.6
per cent of the total gross amount
of securities proposed to be issued
during April. The one oil company
issue was for $1O,OOO,OOO.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08
ASSAY OFFICE
BILL APPROVED
BY S. SENATE

The U. S. senate has approved
bill by Senator B. K. Wheeler
to reestablish the Montana assay
office at Helena. The measure now
is ready for action by the house of
representatives The federal assay
office for the state was closed sew
en- years ago when mining was
slack, and during the last few
years most miners have been re-
CURED to send their gold to Den
yer for assay.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08
COMPLETION DUE
In PONDERA FIELD

Ted Hawley's well in Pondera
field, in NV SEA SEA 16-27-4W,
has reached a depth of 1928 feet
and he will be drilling in during
the next few days.
The Pondera Oil Syndicate No. 1
well on the Haber farm, NE NV u
SEA 17-27-4W, has been increased
to 30 barrels per day by acidiza-
tion.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08
FLATBOW WANTS Mill

LIBBY-The Flatbow Mining
Co plans to continue development
this summer at its property east
of here. The company desires to
block out sufficient ore to warrant
construction of a mill The prin-
cipal values are in gold and silver.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08
HECLA PROFIT UP

NEW YORK-Hecla Mining Co.,
reported March quarter net profit
of $175,194 after all charges but
before depletion, equal to IS cents
a capital share, compared with net
loss of $21,834, after depletion,
in the March quarter of 1899, the
company, a lead producer, has
mines in Idaho.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08


The Mining & Scientific Press
reported in 1901 that the Rhodes
claim near Murphys, Calayeras
county. California produced $3.50
600 from an area of 40X100 feet.
A similar area in the Jameson
claim. Iowa Hill. Placer county,
California, yielded S2,000,00O. Ov-
er s2.500,000, according TO the
Press. was taken from an opening
the size of a "'three-room cottage.
one little pocket in the Moose
mine near Alma. Colorado, is re-
ported to have yielded about
$1,500,000.
The Georgetown (Colo) Courier
in its issue of April G. 1901. related
that in the early days of that camp
the Pelican mine produced about
$3,50O,000 and the Dives, from
continuation of the same ore bodies
mined 100000 at the same time
Later, when these mines We're cut
up for leasing purposes into 1OO-ft
blocks, fortunes were made by
Iessees from these small squares in
a few months time
THE Baltramo lease, the Courier
recites, below the main level of
the Pelican produced 100000. In
sinking the winze the first 8 feet
below the level, Baltramo & Co.
took out $500 The streak of
ore at times in this lease was so
big that after the ore was stripped
to the wall of the vein and then
shot down, holes would have to be
drilled in some of the chunks and
blasted in order to make them small
enough TO load into the big hoist
ing buckets"
Among other amazing returns
from block leases at Georgetown
the Courier mentions Thompson &
Co, 100000; Lyon, Mcpherson and
Co, $4,000; Mulloy and Co, $685.
90; Savant and Co, $4,000; Bal
lard and Barrett, on the Cory City,
S1OO,O00; McNulty and O'Connell, |
on the Dunkirk, almost $3.50, 200; !
Oyerfield and Saunders, on the Pay
rock, $4,000; Blackheart and |
Weir, on the Payrock, $50, 900; |
Guanella and Co., on the same vein, |
100000; leasers on the Baltimore,
$4,000 in 9 months; the Carnahan
lease on the Colorado Central, about
S35O,OOO; Potter and Johnson on
the same vein, 100000; L. E. |
Dovis Co., on the Silver Glance,
$4,000; Matthews. Dillingham; and
McNulty. owners of the Little
Emma. from a pocket, 100000.
The Terrible, the Dunderberg,
the Brown, the Mendoza, the Fred
Rogers and many others are said
to have produced amounts ranging
from $4,000 to 100000 from
single pockets of ore.
The files of other camp news
papers in numerous states would
add to the list of discoveries which
prove that the miner, when luck
is pulling for him, does not need
a section of land to clean up
fortune. A back yard is big
enough if the cards are right. The
occurrence of these bonanza pock-
cts proves also that fortunes may
easily be overlooked. No one is
likely to miss a mountain of low
grade milling ore, but one might
live for years by a protruding
knob of weather stained gold ore
without realizing that riches were
to be had for the taking. That's
why the possibility of bonanza
pocket discoveries will not be ex-
hausted until the last cellar has
been excavated, the last we'll driven
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08
MEDITERRANEAN an.

A study of Europes petroleum
supply leaves no doubt that the in
clusion of the Mediterranean in the
active war area would be of major
Importance to the oil industry here
and elsewhere.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08
ASK PIPELINE PERMIT

WASHINGTON = Permission Ia
construct a natural gas pipeline
from Fort Peck, Mont, to Glen
dlye Mont, has been asked of the
FEDERAL power commission by the
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. of
Minneapolis.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08
LANDER POOL

Continued from Page Onel
in less than two weeks Of drilling
time.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08
CREEKS SEEK "GREAsE"

A Greek Orthodox priest of Kan
sas City sprinkled water over the
rig and blessed the operation prior
10 spudding of a Missouri wildcat
financed by several Greek mer-
chants.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08
TEXACO REFUNDING RnNns

The Texas company has filed
with the SEC at Washington reg
istration of $6O.OOO.OOO of deben-
lures due May Is. 1865. This will
redeem on June "a, 1910, 100000
600 of the corporation outstand-
ing 3A % debentures due Jan. Is.
1851. The interest rate of the new
issue has not been announced.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08

at the Ellis contact
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08

No. 3. is in the approximate center
of lot or SWA NEA Section Z
32-5W, near the bank of Cut Bank
praak
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08

This is one of our regular jobs.
During the past 20 years, our Washoe
Sampler has sampled and purchased
for cash millions Of tons of gold, silver
and copper ores and concentrates, at
the rate Of 1900 tons a day.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08

is the process Of obtaining from 9
lot of ore smaller quantity that
contains, in unchanged percentages,
all the constituents of the original lot
u. q. BUREAU OF MINES.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-08-29
Over Six Million Farmers
Participate in AAA Plan

More than 100000 farmers, op-
Grating 80 per cent of the cropland
of the United States, are participant
ing in the AAA farm program in
1910, the Agricultural Adjustment
administration has announced.
The number of 1910 participants
is estimated at 5000, 400 compared
with 5,764, 200 who participated in
1889. Last year about 80 per cent
of the nations cropland was farmed
under the program. This years es-
timated participation in the farm
program is the largest in the his
tory of .AAA.
Based on current reports, esti-
mates of number of farmers who
will participate and percentage of
cropland to be farmed under the
program, by regions, are as fol-
lows:
Southern region, 2,59O,O0O farmers
and go per cent of cropland; east
central region, 100000 farmers and
83 per cent of cropland; western
region, $4,000 farmers and 81 per
cent of cropland; north central re-
gion, 100000 farmers and 70 per
cent of cropland; northeast region,
100000 farmers and 63 per cent of
cropland.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-08-29
, RANCHO
CARMEN. :
g Frank H. speerman
WNU Service

Bowie was nettled. "Far from it.
He needed an ambassador, as you
call it, who could cut through half a
dozen Indian tribes athirst for am
bassadors' scalps; who could negoti-
ate thousand miles of hell's des-
erts and climb half a dozen Sierra
ranges and swim forty or fifty riv-
ers with mule, just for exercise;
who could get fat on lizards, frogs,
bugs and leather belts, and drink
blue sky for water"
DR.. Doane listened without betray-
ing all he felt at Bowels impatient
outburst.
you've seen SERVICE" blurted
out Doane one day. He was exam
ming some scars on his patients
torso. "For a boy of nineteen
you've been busy. Where did you
do your fighting, SOM"
well, we've had several little
brushes with the greasers. You've
heard of our troubles along the Rio
Grande. Santa Ana kept us on the
run a while But for every Texan
he slaughtered at the Alamo, and
for every Texan murdered at Coli
ad, we've taken toll. followed Sam
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-08-29
Rural Briefs

The average American uses IT'S
pounds of butter in year.
1t takes 80 gallons of maple sap
to make 71R pounds of sugar.
About three-quarters of large
turkey is edible meat, compared
with less than two-thirds on large
fat chicken.
Early prospects indicate that sup
plies of most fruits in 1910 will be
smaller than the relatively large sup
plies of 1889 but about equal to the
average Of recent years.
Skimmilk and Gull potatoes are
being used to make waters, chips,
sticks, or croutons to develop new
use for agricultural by-products.
Grass silage can be preserved
safely in any well built, properly
filed permanent silo, with no more
spoilage than is usual with corn
silage.
The feed cost of producing 10C
pounds of pork has been reduced ap.
proximately 20 to Is per cent in the
last 20 to 30 years.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-08-29
| FARM
!. J:
USE GOOD BIRDS
TO SIRE POULTRY
Flock Profits Are Increased
By Careful Breeding.
BY DIR. w. c. THOMPSON
(New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station.
Rutgers University

ny ONs W. Os A11OIAA oOAN
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station,
Rutgers University
The day is fast approaching when
poultrymen must use more proved
sires for their breeding work to in
sure maximum profits from their
hocks.
"a good poultry male is one which
has the capacity of string large
number of sons and daughters in a
given breeding season. And in or
der to be proved sire, he must
be tested in three ways.
'sF'irst, the male and female par
entage back three generations
must be known and must be shown
to have possessed high yield, eff
fcient growth, and proft-making
capacities.
Second, he must exemplify the
type which it is hoped he will pro-
duce as breeder.
Third, the proved sire must have
demonstrated his capacity as par
ent of good production individuals.
1t is usual to measure sire as
to 'progeny-test' by observing the
percentage of fertility obtained eggs
from hens mated with him, the per-
centage Of viability of chicks sired
by him, and the egg yields Of daugh-
tiers during the fall and early win
ter months of the first laying year.
''Such a process of proving
poultry sire is expensive. His iden-
titly as good proved sire is scarce
ly established before the end of the
first year in which he was used as
a breeder, therefore if a male bird
of good pedigree and good individ-
ual points has shown high fertility
and good viability Of chicks this
spring he should not be sold, but
should be retained somewhere on
the plant until at least the number
of his daughters for the season and
their early months of production
shall have been established. This
means that many poultry sire used
this past spring should be retained,
not butchered. III. 44.fa,t
"Keep such male birds either in
small male bird flocks or in in
dividual pens, but in every case
away from the hen focks during
the summer and fall season.
''Watch out for fighting if more
than one male bird is kept in
pen. They are valuable individuals
and merit extra bother and cost of
holding them over the season fol-
lowing their use as cockerel breed
ers. The high percentage of daugh-
tiers which can be obtained from a
proved sire the better are the
chances for consistent and continu-
Gus high egg yields from the flock"