Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-12

To which argument the answer is. in
the words of Professor Quizz:
Right. Absolutely right"
But while the rule above stated is
absolutely right, the exceptions to the
rule make an interesting situation from
the viewpoint of the investor The ex-
ception to the rule is based on this
undeniable fact:
The greatest pools in Kevin-sunburst
field have invariably been found IN THE
VICINITY OF SUNBURST SAND PRO
DUCTION
We glance back to the beginning of
this field and see the Sunburst pool,
where the Sunburst sand, 1875 feet above
the top of the Madison lime, carried oil
and was believed to be the principal pro-
ducing horizon of the newly discovered
oil field Then operators began drilling
south of the discovery wells and found
to their dismay, DRY Sunburst sand. 1t
did not take many wells to prove that
the Sunburst sand was not the principal
producing horizon. But wells ADJOIN-
ING the Sunburst sand area were drilled
on down to the Madison lime and they
came in the greatest wells in the field
One Of these farms Immediately adj
iacent to the Sunburst sand pool is the
/. H. Baker farm, where members of this
organization bought their first royalties,
during the period of greatest dependency
this field has known Before the Baker
No. came in the owners of royalty on
this farm did not sell their holdings for
the simple reason that none would buy
them. Then came the Baker No g. which
became the fields first million dollar oil
well. Owners of royalty on this farm
have thus far received S2O2,19415-and
most of it went to investors, because
Irving Baker sold most of his royalty
That is one-eighth of the total yield to
Jan. 1,-s1,617, 1926.
Bakers neighbour William Howling,
sold ALL of his royalty and it was divid-
ed up largely among the people who
formed the nucleus Of this organization
Those royalty owners have received one
eighth of a total of s1,469,3 Cup to
January 1 of this year, OF the $40
acres half of it has been pretty well
drilled out; the other half has but four
producing wells and one dry hole on 100
acres; the balance all proven ground.
giving insurance of more revenue for
many years to come.
The Bruins farm, the Swears farm and
the others in the vicinity of the Baker
I1OWlluS ldull NQuOLeu because no fault
exists) have had remarkable results from
acidization. Too far away from the
crack or fissure to have natural produc-
ton, they sometimes respond 1000 per
cent to acidization
There is additional evidence that the
shattering of the lime in this area must
have been quite severe.
Remember the old Empire pool in
what was then east central field?
Starting off with Sunburst sand pro-
ducers this pool was once highly regard
ed but it was entirely forgotten and even
lost its name and identity when the great
gushers of the Rice-Fulton pool came in
on adjoining ground.
Remember the Sunburst sand wells on
the Tenbroeck farm? Not for away came
the Queen City-Corey gushers
Remember the Eagle petroleum's pidd-
ling little Sunburst sand wells in the area
which Gordon Campbell called Rocky
Ridge dome?
With the coming of acid, Bill Cas-
'idy tried 1t out on a dry hole-dry in
he Sunburst sand and with only