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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-04
HIGHER PRICE
FOR SCRAP IRON

Increased prices for scrap iron have
been authorized by Price Control Ad-
mintstrator Leon Henderson at Wash
ington, D. c., in Montana and other
western states west Of the Mississippi
excepting California, Oregon and
washington. The new price is $12 a
ton for No. heavy melting scrap,
with an additional "a a ton 10 absorb
higher transportation costs from
Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada,
New Mexico. Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma
and Florida.
There is relatively little scrap iron
remaining in Montana as most Of it
was shipped to the japanese over the
past three or four years. Mining men
are now regretting the sale Of many
tons Of mine rails which cannot now
be replaced, owing to the priority re-
strictions. Considerable other mining
equipment, now valuable TO miners,
was converted into scrap iron in the
days before anyone guessed there
would be a steel famine"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-04
REFINERY AT
SHELBY OFFERS
CRUDE MARKET

An immediate market for 500 bar
rels Of crude per day and an ultimate
market for from 1000 to 1900 barrels
per day was announced this week by
Frank ". Long, new president and gen
eral manager Of Petroleum Refining
company, which has taken over the
newly constructed topping plant at
Shelby.
Long became president Of the com
pany to carry out a plan Of leasing
the plant from J. j. Greene, receiver
Of Petroleum Refining Co., which
avoided bankruptcy through chapter
10 Of the Chandler act Long agreed
to invest S1l,950 In new equipment
and to pay a minimum rental Of 81 500
per month to the creditors.
Long is president Of the Vapor Re-
covery Systems Co. Of Compton, Calf,
successful refinery equipment manu-
facturer, who was interested in the
Montana plant by Phil Jacks Of Los
Angeles, former general manager OF
Petroleum Refining Co. Long win pro
coed Immediately with construction
work to put the plant In readiness to
start operating, expecting to be ready
within two weeks.
Glen Dies Of Los Angeles has been
named assistant manager, A. M. Duley
of Los Angeles, plant superintendent,
and L. r. D'Assalenaux, comptroller.
Long viii not personally operate the
plant but win be frequent visitor.
Protesting creditors who resisted the
Chandler act reorganization-the first
Of its kind In Montana withdrew their
appeal TO a higher court when the
case came before Federal Judge
Charles N. Pray on Monday.
The company has no production Of
It's own and viii be bidding for crude
IN Kelvin and Cut Bank. The first
purchase vas 65,0O0 barrels Of bot
toms" from Ohio OIL company at Sum
burst. An energetic campaign for the
Of retail outlets win be
the next step. The fuel oil win be
void to the Great Northern.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-04

Having been requested TO prepare
brief history of the chromite deposits
occurring in south central Montana
for the only paper in Montana paying
particular attention to mining, The
Montana Oil g. Mining Journal. I will
try to comply in a manner that will
be of some interest to the good citi-
zens of the state who are not in any
manner familiar with or interested
in an occupation and development
second only to agriculture IN import
ance to humanity.
Very few people seem to realize that
if mining was to cease, the human
race would be forced very rapidly back
into conditions that existed q great
many thousand years ago when man
kind had to depend upon stone i'm
plements for every purpose, ofiense'
defense and subsistence, so really min
ing should be the subject in which
every person of adult age would be
intensely interested.
If we trace the rise Of civilization
and culture in the world. we find that
they kept pace In q remarkable man
ner with the development Of the fer
rous industry. When mankind found
how to smelt and make crude in
struments out of iron. he began to
develop more mentally and in some
morally, and with the great
er development Of this industry came
the present day remarkable knowledge
Of man, Of things far beyond the COM
orehension Of anyone so or 100 years
lgo.
steel Development
About a hundred years ago the Bes-
;emar process of making steel was
invented. Before that time, to convert
ron into steel was a long and ex-
,ensive process. Shortly after the de-
of the Bessemar process
he method Of producing steel IN the
pen hearth was developed, by which
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-04

means iron ores Of inferior and less
pure grades could be converted into
high grade steel comparable with that
made by the Bessemar process, which
was only applicable to the higher grade
Of iron ores. With these methods the
production Of steel became compare
lively cheap and since that time hui
man progress has, in q measure, de-
pended upon the development Of
superior iron and steel implements,
we will not say that 1t is dependent
exclusively upon the development OF
these superior materials, but 1t has
apparently kept pace with such de-
velopments.
Stainless Steel
About 1914, an English metallurgist,
whose name I do not recall, found that
bv adding relatively large amounts OF
chromium to iron, a product was OBJ
tanned which had greater tensile
strength. great hardness and the re-
markable quality Of resisting oxida-
ton or corrosion in a great many
conditions. which without this added
chromium. caused the steel to rust
so RAPIDLY as to ruin same in greater
or lesser periods Of time. This steel
he called stainless" About the first
large use of stainless steel was in the
manufacture Of heavy cannons. the
tube or inner barrel of same being
made exclusively Of stainless steel OF
high chrome content. the tube being
by jackets OF common steei
to give it necessary strength. ms
inner tube retained its hardness and
resisted pitting or corrosion at the very
high temperatures caused by powder
explosions in the chamber OF same 10
such an extent that the gun could be
fired probably a hundred times more
than il the tube had been made OF
ordinary steel.
With the development OF stain
less steel, engineers who are al
WAYS looking for the best possible
construction materials. found 9TH
er uses for the stainless steel, so
that today about 81 years after
the initial discovery Of stainless
steel, over 5000 articles are manu-
featured from same.
Due to the high refractory nature
If chromite which occurs exclusively
IS an oxide, it must be reduced in
electric arc furnaces since convention
Il blast furnaces cannot produce the
high temperatures necessary for the
-eduction Of the chromite ores. At
bout the time stainless steel was in
ented, a Frenchman named Herroult
designed and built a very practical
lectric arc furnace using three cleo
rodes and three phase 60 cycle. alter
lating current with pressures varying
rom 90 to about $50 volts. In these
Ierroult furnaces for some years all
hromite ores were reduced.
'Iectric Arc Furnaces
AS the consumption Of the ores and I
reatment Of same increased, other de-
igners developed other types Of arc
Continued ON Page TWO
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-04
HanIon Gets 800 BbI.
WeII--Jeffries May
Have Second Big One

one SOO-barrel well and indication:
Of another big well in the south enc
of the new Tribal pool Of south GU
Bank field marked the past week
'Bnl" Hanlon getting 300-barrel vel
offsettino the Jeffries- Tribal No. i
which came In with an initial OF 1,OOO
barrels per day. r. c. Jeffries, owner
of that well. Is said to have prospects
of another big well half a mile west
of his No /. 1t had an excellent snow
ing of oil before casing was run and
it viii be drilled In today Saturday
HanIon-T Tribal 1856 No. i, Sc NEa
NE1 3O-32-5W, swabbed 300 barrels In
the first "A hours and at last reports
was still making rs barrels in eight
hours. 1t had Sunburst sand from zTSO
to 2795, dry; upper Cut Bank from
$500 to $3.50; lower Cut Bank from
$3.50 to 1880, from which oil rose 1'OOO
feet It was drilled into the Ellis snare
from 1880 to 1889. Casing was cementeo
at 1907.
yesfr1es-TribaI 1877 No. /, NE SEA
NWa SO-32-5W, had its showing at
2874. where casing was cemented.
Glacier ProductiOn-Nen No. 5, GEL
NE4 2O-33-5W, appears to be an av-
eraqe well, In the Cut Bank SAND from
wnich oil rose 1900 feet 1t had Sun
hurst sand from 1890 to 1922 with 9
showing of oil; upper Cut Bank 900
In 2o85: lower Cut Bank from zSSo-
2oog and the Ellis was drilled from
2aa6 to 2997. Seven-inch pipe was ce-
mented at 1858.
Three new locations were announcer
all in proven territory: .
Glacier Production Maltby no. D
CSI, SEA SEA 5-33-5W, drilling, 20
It ia 14O feet north of the souIn nne
and eco feet west Of the east me.
Glacier PrOductiOn-A. CoErigeux NO
Sw NW4 Nw4 21-33-5W, locablon.
II IL 1920 feet south Of the nortn nns
and 40 feet east Of the west me %
Ut TeTaco- morrison No. 10, @ SWa NWa
2o-95-6W. has rig up. 1t is 1880 fees
south of north and 1920 feet east Oh
west line.
Drilling depths follow: Sr
Castle Pardee- Tribal 1913 NO. l. De
rEa NWs 3O-32-5W, 267O. IN,
Colh- Jeffries- Stuff No. i, De 0r4S
NE4 3-35-6W, 2785, preparing 20 co[e ,
Cobb-TribaI FOG No. /, NV NW4 S"a
1o-32-5W, 375. Avn
sUs NE4 26-35-6W, has 7-inch' not
cemented, at 272O. .oo ~
consolidated -Frary- Tribal 2OS no
.. Sc NEa SEA 24-32-6W, 9io. COiO-
rado shale at GAO, 10-inch at OBS.
Davis-Tribal 205 No. 2, Sc SEA NI-4
Continued on Page F1Ve)
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-04
REFINERIES
RUN 28,143
BBLS. PER DAY

Montana oil production more than
equaled market demands during the
month Of August, according to the
monthly production report Of the OIL
Conservation board. Total production
was 644,575 barrels or 20, 792 barrels
per day as against a market for 637.-
576 barrels. This contrasts with July
with production OF 640,688 barrels and
a market for TOT sol barrels.
One year ago total production for
August was 5s7.63l barrels and the
market was 724,918 barrels.
Kelvin production increased from
154, 422 barrels in July TO 162, 806 bar
rels in August; Cut Bank dropped from
1891 to 1929 barrels; Cat Greek
had little change likewise Pondera,
but other fields, including Dry Creek,
decreased from 24,153 barrels to 23,616
barrels.
Refiners reduced their runs to stills
589,242 barrels in July; shipments to
Washington and Idaho totaled 80223
barrels in August against 100 257 bar
rels In July.
Storage In all fields totaled l,252.254
barrels as compared with 1,243 300 bar
rels on July 81, which still shows a
reduction in storage since April when
the total was 1922, 706 barrels. August
storage in 1910 was 1263,614 barrels
slightly more than now.
Crude imported from Wyoming to
nearby Montana refineries totaled
331 1866 barrels, bringing the Montana
refinery throughput in August TO 872,-
40 barrels-an average OF 28,143 bar
rels run to stills daily during August,
while July runs to stills averaged
% SOL barrels.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-04
MINING MEN
ARE STYMIED
BY PRIORITTES

SAN FRANCISCO.-With 1000 min
ing men gathered from all parts o
the United States to exchange view
it became apparent that a priorities
created depression" is near at hans
in the mining industry, with the grea
mines of the west handicapped b.
lack of steel, including necessary re-
pairs. spare parts and new equipment
There is nothing wrong with the
mining industry except govern
ment-created wrongs, including
price fixing which curtaiIs produc-
ton excepting in high-grade ore
mines. Marginal mines, from which
the needed additional metals might
be produced, cannot be prOfitabIy
operated under present fixed
prices, in the face Of growing
costs, the convention was told.
Edward n. Snyder Of Combined
Metals Reduction Co., said that Il
the government Is to get additional
metal supplies, it either must increase
existing metal prices or act to reduce
production costs. Revision of the wage
hour and tax laws would do the latter,
he said.
There Is plenty Of manganese
ore In the United States TO meet
all demands, IL the government
will allow a price which win make
it possible TO mine It, Frederick
ISaist Of Anaconda Copper Mining
Co. said. @Prices are not sufficient
TO permit profitable production
from low grade ores requiring
complicated and expensive proc
esses for their treatment" he said.
Unfortunate for hydraulic miners is
the circumstance that Uncle Sam does
not seem to think he needs more gold,
despite the opinion of intelligent dis
observers, that the United
States cannot have too much gold In
the postwar period, thought by them
TO need or desire much gold, said j.
P Hutchins, San Francisco mining
engineer. He suggested that the preSi-
dent will raise the price of gold to
capitalize the federal reserve hoard
Of gold and gold miners may profit
n postwar period. Manganese rifles
and rubber cocoa mating" will be
Useful for gold saving.
sD0OdIebugs" IN C KIN m e for
dragline gold dredges-have pro-
duced $25,OO0,0O0 worth of gold in
the past nine years, said HI. S.
Lord of Lord and Bishop, Sacra-
mentO, telling the history of the
mechanical placer miner, their adj
vantages and disadvantages. They
now dig IS feet deep, he said.
A vigorous and well planned acct
lent program should be adopted by
very mining company, said James K.
of Climax Molybdenum.
lining ranks 30th in frequency of
Continued on Page Five
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-04
AUGUST Sales
OF Gasoline Hit
Record Figure

With gasoline tax collections reflect
ing Montana gasoline sales Of 1916
$50 gallons In September, the final
August figures compiled by the Board
Of Equalization at Helena show gaso-
line sales totaling 17,594.103 gallons
for that 31-day period. Montana re-
timers manufactured 20,349, s43 gallons
and exported $685., 083 gallons, making
net sales Of 1885, $50 gallons. Import
ers shipped IN 4.791 SIT gallons, ex-
ported ,274 gallons. selling 1885,, 24S
gallons of imported gasoline In the
state.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-04
Royalties VIII
Make Riches
For BLGckfeet

That oil royalties may soon furnish
a major portion of the income o.
the Blackfeet Indians is indicated by
records of the United States geological
survey office here. says the Great Falls
Tribune.
Records show there are 1873 produc-
ing wells on a narrow strip on the
eastern edge Of the Blackfeet reser-
walton, constituting a westward extern
sion Of the Cut Bank oil field.
Since discovery of oil on the Black
feet reservation in 1882, large sums
have been paid TO the Indians for oil
leases. Majority OF the wells are on
tribal lands but there are several
within the reservation on acreage
owned by individual Indians, lands al
lottel TO them years ago by the gov
eminent.
OF the 1873 producers, 80 are on tribal
land and At on that of allotees. These
wells are located on 81 leases. Figures
of the department Of interior, which
maintains regulatory control over pro-
ducerS on Indian lands, reveal there
were IS producing leases on the Black
feet reservation Sept. /. Leases cover
q ,226 acres of which 17,401 acres are
tribal land and 3,e25 are allotted land.
Indian royalties amount to 125 per-
cent Of the total production and the
price per barrel. as far as the red men
are concerned, is based on the major
ity price paid IN the Cut Bank field.
At present, 1t is about $12O a barrel.
Royalties return tidy sums, too. A
monthly production report for one well
showed $500 as the Indians share,
while another wen brought 81 800. It
Is estimated over 100000 in royalties
was returned TO more than 1000 reSer-
vation. Indians last year.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-04
CRUDE PRICE Up 10 CENTS
TEXACO POSTS
HIGHER PRICES
in TWO FIELDS

An increase Of 10 cents per bar
rel in the posted price of Grade in
Cut Bank and Kelvin fields was
announced on Wednesday OF this
week by The Texas company aa
Sunburst. bringing the price of
Cut Bank crude to S1.30 per barrel
and Texas company crude 10 sl.1O
per barrel.
This announcement was made by
Ed Shibe, assistant manager Of
the TexacO refinery at Sunburst.
The increase in the price Of crude
was made retroactive to 7 a. m,
Sept. /, meaning that ali SepGem-
Der settlements viii be made on
the increased price.
The price raise followed the leaC
Of Producers Refining company las
week, that company advancing GU
Bank to $50 and Kelvin to s1.1O
Producers Refining Co, organized
three years ago by James w. johnson
OF Shelby, bases its posted price on
refinery netback under a contract with
Vacuum oil company which
the producers group furnishes with
full crude requirements.
The increases in crude price brought
welcome surprise to producers since
Increasing cost of equipment and labor.
not to mention taxes, made such an
increase imperative, If operators who
are now operating on scant margin.
are TO continue in business, according
10 various operators interviewed.
There Is the possibility, others sug-
gested, that the Canadian market win
shortly open up and the increased
price viii serve to absorb differences
IN exchange rates.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-04

Rr 81 hi human. MfnInr EngIneer
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-04
HGrLenaites Warm
Toes With Gas

HARLEM first blast Of win
ter, win find people Of Harlem ready
TO warm their toes before the quick
heat Of gas burners, thanks to Mon
tana-Dakota Utilities company which
has completed its 13-mile line to
Harlem from the Bowes gas field. In
staIlation Of the distribution system
has been completed here, likewise a
new system is being completed at the
Fort Belknap Indian agency a short
distance southeast
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-04
Journals Belief in
M0ntana'S ChrOmite
Is Nearing FuIfiIIment

many caponed
with prophetic
Stainless Steel that
ent the federal government through Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
Mntanas vast chromie deposits Saltwater and Carbon
Livingston mining engineer who
yeopment history background the
A BRIEF history OF MONTANA CHRoNnTE DEPOSITS
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-04
BUGS BAER COMMENTS ON
ICKES AND MORGENTHAU

Speaking Of Secretary RGOrgen-
thau's proposed percent corpo-
ration earning limit, Bugs" Baer
comments in his syndicated columns
we have Just recovered from
MIR. Tckes' famous shortage Of sur
plus and now it looks like we are
in for a dearth Of reserve.
Il think Secretary Morgenthau
win have TO do the same thing Mr..
Ickes did. And MIR. Ickes did the
same thing the monkey did when
he jumped on the pOrcupine's back.
He reconsidered his position"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-10-04
PROVIDERS SET FIRE

BASTN.-Explosion Of q gasoline
burner. probably by providers, partly
destroyed the surface equipment Of
the Crystal mine near here. The home
OF Chester Bullock, caretaker, was de-
stroyed together with his winter sup
ply Of provisions. The mine has been
idle for some time.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-24

You hep yourself Shsn you buy
I. s Defense Bonds
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-24
Vienna Cabaret
To Open Thursday

With innovations including a
specially designed orchestra pit
and brand new orchestra to fill
1t. a modern air-conditioning sys-
tenn and many other improvements
the Vienna Cabaret at 1889 Com
merce ST. will reopen Thursday
night.
The Vienna has been closed for
remodeling and redecoratng for
several weeks and the manage
ment announces that patrons re-
turning to this popular night spot
will find a cabaret second to none
in this vicinity.
Special attraction will be a new
singing trio of musicians. Jack
James, Price Hartman and Herb
Erickson. These boys. besides be-
ing pleasing vocalists are excep-
tionally versatile in the variety OF
instruments they play They will
bring into the new orchestra pit an
accordion. xylophone. bass fiddle
clarinet. trumpet, ssxophone and
trap drums to provide a variety
of music for dancing patrons.
The Vienna cabaret will feature
dancing every night except Sun
day. and a special Saturday after
noon matinee each week from
TO 6 p. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-24

Alon 6oxter comes 10 the
Riviera theoter on Thursday in
the dramatic film, Under
Age" with Nan Grey. Story
OF the ruthless roadside resort
rocket Under Age" includes
Moy Anderson. Tom Neol ond
leono Moriele in IT'S stelIor
cost.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-24
Texas Happens 10 Be
A Province Of Canada

OTTAWA. Ont - Those who
have seen the rushes were chuckl-
ing today over the lines spoken
by Air Marshal William A (Billy)
Bishop. Canadas number one
World war ace. who appears in the
Warner Brothers film. Captains
Of the Clouds" in production here.
Bishop in the picture il inspec-
ing a column Of graduating stu
dent filters and a. he passes. he
inquiries from what provinces they
have come.
Ontario" one says. Manitoba"
and Quebec" others respond
He paused before one husky lad.
who replies TO the question:
Texas. SIR"
"one Of our best provinces,
Bishop replies.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-24
No "Ersaiz" for
Motorists in AZ

Regardless Of changes in speci-
fications made necessary by re-
strictions on certain metals es-
sential TO the u. ;. defense pro-
gram. there will be no reduction
in the quality of cars built by the
Ford Motor company. local Ford
dealers said yesterday in quoting
r. II. McCarroll. Ford metallurgist
Probabilities are that the weight
Of the 1912 cars will be increased
slightly hut II win not be suf-
ficient TO even slightly affect
gasoline economy. The increase
In weight will be less than five
pounds in Ford and Mercury cars
and approximately 20 pounds in
the Lincoln car.
The only other effect of the
changed design is that production
costs may be slightly higher. An
example is the carburetor bowl,
which now is a zinc die casting.
This will be changed TO cast iron.
While zinc is a great deal more
expensive than iron. the new unit
will cost more because its produc-
ton will involve considerably more
labor. The additional machining
costs. in other words, more than
offsets the lower material cost
Another example of a different
kind il the change from the zinc
die cast instrument panel to q
plastic panel.
Materials can be changed easily
If we make compromising changes
in design" said McCarroll. we
definitely will not build an ersatz
car made up of inferior materials
The cars will cost US slightly more
10 build and will be slight,
heavier, but the owner woulC
never know the difference as far
as the performance and operation
of his car are concerned" ne con
! cluded.