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WILDCAT WEST
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have shown lower gravity, he
says, have been old oil taken
from the stock tank.
This crude is sulphur free
more so than either West Kelvin
ar Cut Bank crude and is coming
from a lime formation at the base
OF the Ellis at 4 depth OF 2O44
feet.
accumulation in the well is given
by its performance after the cas-
ing had been cemented. The hole
was plugged back Is feet, to 2O44,
in order to cement the 3-inch
casing. Fifty sacks OF cement
we're forced into the hole by the
Halliburton system, sealing the hole
above the Sunburst sand. The
plug was drilled out at 3 p. m.
Tuesday. At 8 p. IN. Wednesday
the we'll had filled up and was
flowing into the tanks.
Parent revealed that this well,
when undisturbed, has been flow
ing at regular intervals of five
DAYS and 10 hours. 1t has made
IS barrels at each flow. When
agitated. by bailing or by run
ming the tools, it flows smaller
heads. It was impossible to swab
the we'll because the hole was
caving badly. Furthermore, line
pipe was used as casing, the ir-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-06-07

Every great oil field was once a
WILDCAT"
We often hear of wildcat stocks and
we sometimes get the impression that
the term wildcat" implies a stigma. In
stead, the name wildcat" implies per-
haps the greatest opportunity for gain
that is afforded by American business
enterprise.
A man who secures an SO-acre lease
in proven oil field, drills well and
gets oil is indeed fortunate. But how
much more fortunate Is the man who
drills a producing well on block
of 10000 or perhaps 10000 acres. His
reward is likely to be from one hundred
to many thousand times as great as that
of the man who risks the drilling OF a
well on a small proven lease.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-06-07
Showing Of Oil

1t was very disappointing when a
wildcat well south of Baker, in Eas-
tern Montana, had only a small pnoduc-
ton at a depth of $500 feet and SINH
lar showing at around 800 feet. To
most people that was evidence enough
that Cedar Greek anticline should be
left alone. However, Carter Oil company
utilized geophysics to determine that
this showing of oil-like the discovery
well at Kelvin, like the discovery well on
Pondera and like the discovery well on
Cut Bank - was not on the top of the
fold. The surprising part was that ANY
oil was found in the discovery well To-
cation. Now the Carter is drilling the
high" of the dome in the belief that
that showing was significant
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-06-07
Showing Of Oil

1t is now we'll known that the wildcat
we'll of the Drumheller interests north OF
Out Bank was 'tall a mistake" 1t was
spotted on a structure" that was nom
existant. There was no such thing as
a dome in that area. Yet this wildcat
found a flow of gas and a spray OF oil.
Everyone believed the lack of structure;
few believed in the oil. 1t was a year or
more before anyone would risk the cost
of another well. The second well drill
ed found oil in commercial quantities
and even then few people would believe
that Cut Bank was a potential oil field.
Cut Bank has thus far produced around
SIS, 100000 worth of OIL
The significance of a SHOWING
of oil in a wildcat well is some
thing very hard to realize, and ev-
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PRICE RECOVERY
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generally recognized that OIL prices
were in a demoralized condition
The collapse in these prices was so
complete that the oil industry was
placed at an increased ddsadvan-
fage with regard to other principal
commodities. There were unques-
tionably many factors contributing
to the flush production in new
areas, increased importations OF
low cost foreign oil, Embellishments
in refinery output, excessive stocks
of certain refined products, prose
cutions and Investigations by the
federal government and decline in
general business activity. The re-
cent recovery in prices reflects the
improvement in some OF these con-
ditions, the effect OF which is great
enough to offset the depressing eff
feet of those factors which continue
to be unfavoraIble.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-06-07

Low-brow is person who likes
poppy stories, grille shows, and
good times-high brow is lOw-brow
who won't admit it,
And then there is the one about
the two brooms that wanted to be
broom mates so that they could
sweep together.
Diner: Where's the menu?'
Waitress: Down the hall, sir,
three doors to the left
Helen: "Give me a sentence con-
tanning the word 'analyze'."
Florence: my sister Anna says
she never pets, but oh, how ana
lyze."
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-06-07
Showing Of Oil

The showing OF oil at the Reagan
we'll northwest of Cut Bank was as
significant as the sho wings in any of
the other discovery wells in Montana.
1t had far more gas than any previous
discovery well. AT the same time, it may
not be a commercial producer. Whether
there will be any more immediate drill
ing on this structural condition is pro-
blematical. The vast majority are
sure at the onset that a flow of 5000, 900
cubic feet of gas spraying oil definitely
disproves the fold. Certainly, this well
is located on the very top of the struc-
ture-just as was the Pondera well
(supposedly).
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-06-07

The naughty senior girl shifted
disdainfully as the tiny freshman
cut in. And just why did yOu have
to cut in when / was dancing?"
she inquired hastily.
The freshman hung his head in
shame. I'm sorry ma'am," he said,
''but I'm working my way through
college, and your partner was wav-
ing five dollar bill at me-
Manager: Young man, have you
the firmness of character that en-
ables a person to do his duty in
the face of ingratitude, criticism,
and even ridicule?"
Applicant: Il should have. I
cooked two weeks for a camping
party"
Gladys: Last night Ben tried
to put his arm around me three
times.
Thelma; Some arm, Id say!"
Mother: MARY, where have you
been until 3 a. m. ?"
Mary: walking, mother"
Mother: For goodness sake"
Mary: Yes, mother"
Said the big brown rooster
To the little red hen:
You haven't laid an egg
Since don't know when.
Said the little red hen:
You dear old soul
Haven't you heard
About birth control?"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-06-07

regular pipe making II impossible
to pull load of oil. Accordingly.
Parent decided to cement the
Pipe and put It on production
using casing pipe.
A Lamtex casing pump, intro
duced here by Delgard of the
Cardwell Mfg Co., is being tried
on this we'll. The pump was low
cred on the end of the rods and
al the proper depth, slips were
released which expanded a wall
packer, holding the pump barrel
firmly in place. This is the first
time this type Of pump has been
used in Montana.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-06-07
Showing OF Oil

The wildcat well promoted by Ralph
Arnold and Charles Mau out west OF
Conrad found only a little oil-barely
oil enough to be seen as a spray in
flow of 100000 cubic feet of gas.
Nearly everyone agreed that this well,
favorably located as it was. definitely
proved that there was no oil at Pondera.
Yet Pondera oil field has been one OF
the most profitable fields in the United
States as regards returns per dollar OF
investment Its yield is little short OF
81 600 600
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NWA 21-S2-5w, is drilling at
1850.
Santa Rita-TFibal No. IA, NE
NWA NEA 10-35-6W. is drilling
at 2O7O.
Texaco-Jones No. 2. c sWA
SEA 633-5W. cemented 1O-inch
pipe at sos after finding Colorado
shale at 483. Elevation is 3743.
acO-GOverRment O7878S -.B
NO. 4, c NWA SWA S-32-5W, is
rigging up. Location is 1880 feet
Eorth of the south line and $50
feet east of the west line.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-06-07
WE BELIEVE

GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS haze been definitely pro-
zen indispensable in Montana E9ery qOTIdcat should
haze both Madison and DeVOnidn highs" deter'tin-
ed by reflection seismograbh before drilling begins
DEEPER DRILLING is essential to qwite the real his
tory of the Montana oil industry. The major
source of Montana petroleum is in formations BE-
LON THE BIG LIME Abandonment of 2UelS at
the Madison contact is 7oase of money. Aban-
don,ient of 7tels at the Cat Greek horizon IS stu
bidty No qUeH should be considered cOmbeti0"
until it is drilled into the DeUonidn.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-06-07
Showing Of Oil

Kelvin field was 90 miles from the
nearest oil production when a wildcat
we'll was spotted north of the town OF
Kelvin. The Kelvin wildcat found little
oil-enough to start more wildcatting
in the district The result is that more
than s46,O0O,O0O in new wealth has been
created in the Kevin-SuHburst area.
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THE FRIENDLY WILDCAT

en- more difficult TO evaluate. A
vast majority of people regard a
showing of oil as definite proof OF
FAILURE. It is a peculiar fact
but true. 1t is the man who APP
preciates the significance OF q
SHOWING of oil who makes the
fortunes: not the man who Eushes
in after oil is flowing over the top
of a standard derrick.
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ture. north of Havre Here is a wildcat
whose nearest neighbors are more than
so miles away. Signal Butte is farthe"
away from other oil production than any
other wildcat drilled since Kelvin dis
cOvery. The only encouragement before
the well started was the presence of gas
in shallow sands of the area. At a depth
of around 400 a showing of oil has
been found. This showing is too low
on regional structure (below sea levell
to be classified with any showings found
in Kelvin field, where production comes
from an elevation of 1900 feet above
sea level The showing of oil at Signal
Butte is significant of the accumulation
of SOME oil in a structural trap, under
new and DIFFERENT conditions.
Is it probable that the total accumu-
lation of the ages in Signal Butte is one
gallon, or one barrel or so little as 100
barrels? This oil is said to have been
found in the Ellis-above the normal
lime horizon.
If this we'll were in the Sweetgrass
Hills or on the edge of Kelvin field, the
showing would be less significant, in
our opinion. 1t all goes back to the
ancient theorum:
Oil does not occur in
spoonfuls or bucketsful in
natures plan of accumula-
ton: Instead, oil occurs in
pools.
Small quantities of oil may be found
in seepage and leakages NEAR pools but.
where structural conditions are present
to afford trap, 1t is improbable that
such pools are measurable in quarts or
gallons
It has been a long time since Mon
tana has had so many promising wildcat
wells as are now drilling. 1t is, by the
same token, the first opportunity in a
long time for building fortunes; start
ing new towns, doubling and trebling the
population and wealth of existing towns
and rewarding 'wildcatters" for their
fortitude
For twenty years we have been deal
ing in Montana oil royalties. We have
seen many personal fortunes made. We
have seen people build up nice incomes
by the purchase of partly developed pro-
ducing properties; We have seen others
build up slower but larger returns by
the purchase of royalties on proven
ground producing oil fields But the
greatest and quickest fortunes in our
20 years of experience have come to
those VINO bought ahead OF the drill In
wildcat territory The man who stakes
everything on one wildcat will lose IN
nine cases out of 10. But the man who
has taken advantage of the law of av-
erages has in most cases won.
1t is ridiculous for an investor to put
all of his money into wildcat royalties
But it is likewise ridiculous for a royal
ty investor to fail to pick up an occa-
sional high-odd royalty on a promising
wildcat.
The best guidance is TO remember the
early history of Cat Greek, Kelvin, Pom
dera and Cut Bank fields, where small
amounts of oil led to millions OF barrels.
We invite any who IS interested in
the purchase Of royalties in any particlI-
lar field or district to so advise us. Our
buying program is guided by the de
sires of our members.
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RALPH E. DAVIS
(oOntinued from PAGE onel

Continued from Page one)
Glacier Observation-Disclosures No.
4, C SWA SEA 32-33-5W, av-
eraged 100 barrels per day during
the first 10 days.
Santa Rita-Klein No. 4, C NWA
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THE sUNBURST BADGER
SEND A CONTRIBUTION TO
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Showing OF Oil

Likewise, we have the report OF a
showing OF oil at Signal Butte struc-
La gaceta., 1941-02-10
Churchill pide herramientas, no hombres, para
f%acitar Inglaterra ell terminar la obra
yderotar a Hitler
LOS Molinos de Dios muelen lentamente, pero
muelen con firmeza y seguridad."
Recordo a Bulgaria la tremenda equivocacion
de la guerra mundial

LondreS, Feb. 10-Habio aver
por la Radio ell primer ministro
Churchill y diio que su pals no
neceSitaba tropas de los EStadoS
! Unidos, sino las h~erramientas
n~ecesariaS para ganar la guerra.
Empez6 Ell jefe del gobierno
mencionando las operaciones del
ej6rcito en- Africa Y cit6 a los
generates responsables por la
victoria, ell general WaNell, co e
mandante en- jefe: el general
Wilson, segundo EN- ell mando,
un tactica de renOmbre, y los ga
nerales O'Connor y Craig. Des-
taco IA eficiencia de los tanques
irglsses y dijo que la obra del
ejercito, de las fabricas y de loa
photos de la aviaci6n, no hubie-
Sc tenidO tan rapido exito sin Ia
ayuda de la escuadra mandada
por el almirante Cunningham,
Ia escuara del Mediterraneo.
Una escuadra inglesa, anun e
clio, mandada por ell almirante
Somerville, ACADIA de bombar-
dear a Geneva, sin que la escua-
dra italiana saliera a combatir.
ALI sc I'm destruido los prepa
rativos de una expedition con-
ira las tropas francesas que en-
Africa maDda Ell general Wey =
gand. Estos canonazos deben ha-
Der sOnado muy bien en- los OF :
dos del pueblo frances. La Fran
cia hermana sabe que la Gran
Bretaha mantiene SUI dominic so
bre los mares.
Cit6 las operaciones desde Ell
Sudan en- direction de Eritrea,
Albisinia y la Somalilandia ita =
Llama, asegurando que en- Abisi-
MIA sc acerca la bora de que Hal
lie Selassie vuelva a su trono.
Los mOlinos de Dios muelen len
tamente, pero muelen con firme
"a y seguridad.
Habl6 de Harry Hopkins, el
enviado personal del p~residente
Roosevelt, y Wendell l.. Wilkie,
el excandidato de los republica-
nos a la presidential. Los dos di-
ran la verdad y el resto Sc hera,
en- aqua de I%nglaterra, por el Pre-
sidente, los legislatures y q pue
bio.
Dijo que Inglaterra no sabe 10
La gaceta., 1941-02-10

que durante el invierno ha veni-
do preparando ell hombre malva-
do de Berlin, nj sabe que pals pc
queno sera invadido; pero tiene
preSente que Hitler Y Mussolini
tienen algln dominic en- ell Mar
Negro, que los nazis han concen
trado tropas en- Rumania Y que
en- Bulgaria va han penetrado,
estableciendo sus aer6dromos,
los photos nazis y hombres de la
infanteria. Estima que los ma.
zis estan liStos para intensificar
Ell envio de troapas a Bulgaria,
aparentemente con el apoyo del
gobierno bulgaro.
lRecord6 la cOnducta de Bulga-
ria EN- la guerra mundial, GUAM
do Sc puso de parte de los pode-
res Centrales y en- contra de los
Aliados, a pesar de los avisos
,ue por los canales diplomaticos
sc dieron al Car Fernando. Re-
vel6n que la tarea de Inglaterra
es hacer comprender a los Balka
mes que ganara la guerra. "Yo
esperO que Bulgaria no repita
ahora su tremenda equivoca-
ci6n."
Tuvo palabras deSpectivas pa
ra Laval, 81 Quisling de Fran
cia, y para Mussolini, ell Outs
ling de Italia. Los dos sc italian
sometidos a las 6rdenes de Hit
Ter.
Cit6 el ataque de los Stukas
slemanes, operando desde Sici =
liza, contra ell portaaviones illus
triOus" y otros barcos. De los
$50 Stukas, los nazis perdieron
80.
Manifesto que jamas ha ocul-
tado ell peligro, pero que tieHe
confianza en- la victoria, con Ia
escuadra y la aviaci6n. Cree que
Hitler tratara de invadir a In
.glaterra; pero asegura que cua-
trO millones de hombres estan
dispuestos a resistir y veneer.
Cit6 la carta que Whkie hubo
deentregarle, firmada por ell
Presidente Roosevelt, y la con-
testaci6n que 81 lie di6.
"Mandennos las herramientas
y nosotros completaremos el ira
La gaceta., 1941-02-10

Londres, Feb. 10.-La escua-
dra inglesa, mandada pOr ell al
mirante Somerville, atac6 aver a
Geneva, lanzando mas de 800 TO-
neladas de explosives. con ayu =
da de la aviaci6n, sobre la hist6-
RIGA ciudad donde Sc dice naci6
Crist6bal Colon. Confiesa ell BON
bardeo la nOta italiana de hoy y
sehala el nGmero de muertos ell
~ y 81 de heridos en- 226.
Sc do la orden de que la es-
cuadra atacase para evitar sale
ra hacia Africa expedition tia
lo-lemana que ALI habia sido con
centrada. La concentration totd-
litaria Sc realizabaen contra del
ej6rcito del general Maxine Wey
gand.
Para llegar a Geneva, la escna
dra, compuesta de los acoraza-
dos Renown, Maya, cruceros,
dastructores y el portaviones
Ark Royal, penetr6 en- Ell golfo
de Geneva, a trav6s del Medite-
franco y del mar de la Liguria.
Procedia la escuadra de Malta
y tuvO que recorreT 700 miIlas
La gaceta., 1941-02-10
Cause enormes dahos en- Geneva Ell Bombardeo
de la Escuadra Inglesa
La Nota Italiana admite II muertos
ZIG heridos


por mares vigilados por los avio
mes del Eje.
CREASE que MussOlin habia
hecho minar 81 golfo de Geneva,
pero no result6 asf.
La nota del Almirantazgo in
giles, dada hoy, dice: FL bombar-
dec de la escuadra alcanz6 a las
fabricas de productos electricos
de la Ansaldo, donde Sc inicia-
ron varios incendios, la planta o
l6ctrica principal del puerto,
muelles, almacenes y obras que
Sc habian realizado y Sc realiza-
ban en- la parte interior del puer
to. Los tanques de petr6leo fue-
ron alcanzados y tambien los
patios y estaciones de los ferro-
CARRIES.
Los nigleses solo p%erdieron un
aeroplanonaval, el "Pez-Espada"
Dos aviones de los f~ascistas fue-
ron derribados.
La nota italiana, dada por Ia
Radio, dice que los edificios su-
frieron grandes dahos. "Uno do
los cruceros ingieses fu6 alcan-
zado por las bOmbas de nuestra
(Pasa a la 4a.l
La gaceta., 1941-02-10
Ell CONGRESO DE LAS JU-
VENTUDES AMERICANS

Washington, Feb. 10.-El
Congr5so de las Juventudes A.
maricanas, ahora dominado por
los comunistas, amenaza con pc.
ner piuetes frente a la ~secreta-
ria de la Guerra y al mismo item
20 insiste en- que uno o mas de
sus Delegates debsn ser llama =
dcs a declarar por e ccmits de
relacicnes exteriores del Sena-
10. Habiendo eomprcbado que Ell
Congreso esta ahora dominado
por los eomunistas, Ia Sra, Roo
La gaceta., 1941-02-10

Esa sociedad, o 10 que sea, la
mazda American Peace Mobiliza-
ton. no es otra cosa que un nue.
vo abOrto de los comunazis.
Asi 10 dijo anOche Walter Win
chell, por la Radio, citando ell IL
bro de Martin Dies titulado "El
Caballo de TrOpa."
La tad sociadad trata de sacar-
lie dinero, por medic de cuesta-
clones a los trabajadorse de
Tampa.
La gaceta., 1941-02-10

ApeSar de las eStridenclas de
los comunazis Y los p~acifistas a
TODD trance, liados directa o in
directamente con ell totalitaris =
mo. la camara de representatives
interpretando ell sentir del pals,
aprobo ell sabado, por 26O votos
contra 165, la ley de ayuda a In
Qlaterra.
La ley Sc entregara hoy en- 81
cl:nado, que la empezara a dis
on esta misma semana.
age qua en- la alta Camara
dra de 60 a 81 votos.
Estados Unidos ayudara a In
elaterra porque asf 10 quiere ei
pueblo americana. iDefendera a
Ia Gran Bretana, ayudandola
con materiales de guerra, es de-
fender a Estados Unidos!
Wilkie, que manana martes
aa.larara ante Ell comite de rela-
~es extericres del Sanado, Ia
Ell pueblo y Ell gobier-
les esperan ayuda en- for
a lie materiales, pero no Soda
os.
Aver, hablando por la Radio,
J primer ministro Winston
- rrchill declare que el no espe-
"a ayuda del ejercito america
no, en- este ano, nj ell pr6ximo nj
ningdn ano, sino que Sc lie man
den a su gobiero las armas o he
rramientas que n~ecesita para ga
mar la guerra.
Pero los comunazis siguen ha-
5lando de paz a TODD trance, con.
la esperanto de que Uncle Sam
le niegue a Inglaterra los mate
riales que ~necesita para conquis-
tar la victoria.
La gaceta., 1941-02-10

grito; "Mussolini nos ha roba-
do nuestro pasado glorioso". Sc
arranc6 las medallas Nazi sque
lleyaba en- su pesho y echandolas
al suelo las pisots6 con rabia
inanerrable, con passion profun-
da, con odio eonesltrsdo,
La gaceta., 1941-02-10

lie robaron a una sonora, en-
Miami, joyas valuadas en- 260
mil pesos.
Las habia lucido en- ell Hippo
dromo Y los bandidos decidiercn
asaltarla.
liza inmodestia... quiza no le
haya costado NADIA, por cuanto
los ricos acoustumbran a asegu-
rar sus joyas!
La gaceta., 1941-02-10

Knox y Bullitt estiman que
ayudar a Ingaterra significa ga
mar tempo para que Estados u
nidos pueda prepararse bien.
mo opinan como ellos Lind
bergh Y otros patriOtas condeco-
radios por los nazis y ansiosos &c
que 81 pueblo britanico sea derro
tadol
Lindbergh dijo ante Ell comite
Eel senado que 81 tenia archiva-
da Ia condecoraci6n que Goeriny
'a ertregara en- una cajita. JPor
or6 no Sc la devuelve al mariscal
de la aviaci6n?