davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
La gaceta., 1942-11-06
NJ AL SERVICIO MI
LITAR Ell LIDER CABRERA

I'm lider de los obreros pana-
deros, Tomas Cabrera, ha side
llamado al servicio militar, aun-
que pasa de los 40 amos.
Hace 81 preparativo para sa-
.lir el dia II.
En- Ell campamento Blanding
Sc lie hara un reconocimtento
complete ydespues el mando de-
cidira.
TOdOs en- esta casa lie desea-
mos buena Suerte.
La gaceta., 1942-11-06
LA RADIO ALEMANA HA-
BLA DE NUEVO DE UNA
CONCENTRATION EN-
GIBRALTAR
Hundidos seis barcoS del Eje

LondreS, Nov. 6.-La radio
alemana dice hoy de nuevo
que una fuerza aliada Sc con-
centra en- Gibraltar, probable
mente con la intenci6n de alta
car a Espana.
Las noticias de Gibraltar
revelan considerable actividad
militar en- ell Pen6n, dice la a
gencia nazi Transocean.
"CreeSe que en- la fortaleza
eStan siendo almacenados tan
ques, aviones de caza, bonn
barderos y armamentos.
Gibraltar Sc ha transfer
mado en- una base para ell
transporte de armamentoS y
este hace que la tension au-
mente."
Entire los buques menciona-
dos por los alemanes como
que Sc encuentran en- Gibral-
tar tiguran ed acorazado Rod
ney" Y los portaviones Flu
rious" y argus"
BESIDE La Linea, Espana, sc
cOmunic6 en- esta semana e
arribo a Gibraltar de varios
transportes, procedentes de-
Atlantico, con tropaS america.
mas.
Annci6 hoy ell almirantazgc
que otros seis barcos mas de
Eje han sido hundidos Y otroS
dos, de gran tamano, averia-
dos por los submarines ingle-
ses que operan en- ell Medite-
franco.
Dos vapores del Eje fueron
abordados por la tripulaci6n
de un submarine ingles y hun
didos. siendo recogidos los o.
ficiales Y marineros. Otro sub
marino torpede6 y hundi6 un
barco de mediano tamanO, con
prOviosiones, aunque lie escol-
taban dos destructOres.
La gaceta., 1942-11-06

tres baterlaS v deshechas va
ria9 t|rIa.hcras pm. iurdas y pun
tos de apoyo para ell fuego.
Los detensorcs de Stalingra
do, en- una carta lelda por la
RADIO de Mo5tu, eNpre,an la
determlnaclon de combatlr
"hasta la ultima palpitacion
de nueStros corazoznes. "Es-
tamoS seguros que 10 esta le-
Jano Ell dIa cudndo olremos
haOIar de Ia aperture dc un
Segundo Ffcnte. La carta apa
rece drlgIda al primer minis
lro olaIIH y par" ser ehtteGa-
ia en- el %. "HlNerS"rlo uei
e'taoIecIln'eI''o ue IA Union
oe hepuoI'c"9 0ocl"'lSI"S Do
NIetlc"S'
le"eI'oS coHlIallA" Ell que
~NueSlr"S trop"S ue eargarah
III" lo''l'u"o'e HoIPe a ehe"l-
80 ue"oe 0laI'ilsr"uo' louo e'
n'unuo oO'erNa hoeSd" una
Las woes oe iueSlroS Ailauos
L'eH"h Ho'o''oS oeSoe toooS
'oS I'NVo'o9 ueI giuoo' eApre-
Sahuo auhllia>loh por hueStra
reSI'tehcla'
A~cep'""uo e''a "yuua mo-
RAJ estaIios SeguioS que no eS-
|" leJaho q o'a cuahdo ore
mos h"DIar ue Ia aperture ue
un Segundo ffehte' Esto no so
10 Sera uh apoyo moral Slho uh
apoyo real para los deiehsoreS
de ota'lhgfado y apfesurara y
ayudara a log'af Ia victoria 50
La gaceta., 1942-11-06

Washington, Nov. 6.-Las
tropas americans atacan a los
japoneses en- Guadalcanal cen ell
fin de ensanchar el frente y pc
netrar uno de los flancos del
enemigo, dejando amenazado
ell otro.
AL oeste de la isla soldados y
marines atacaron las posicio-
mes niponas, sufriendo los ja-
poneses la perdida de $50
hOmbres, artilleria ligera, pie
zas de campana y 80 ametra-
lladoras.
La ofensiva iniciada ell 3 de
nOviembre di6 al mando anne
ricano ell dominic de otras dos
millas de 'jungla." Los nipo-
mes desembarcados en- la costa
La gaceta., 1942-11-06

can en- ell Caucaso. Hace un a
no un tanque italiano intent6
pasar los Dardanelos, pero la
escuadra turca 10 impidi6 ale
gando que de hecho era un
barco de guerra.
Las tropas del Octave Ejer
cito ingles, moviendose con
gran rapidez, persiguen a las
tropas en- retirada del Eje. A
yer Sc lie hicieron al enemigo
mas de 1000 prisioneros y
perdi6 otros 70 tanques.
BESIDE la derrota del enemi-
90 ha avanzado so millas ell
ej6rcito de Montgomery. Las
fuerzas de Rommel tratan de
impedir, corriendo, su compile
ia destruction.
En- una orden dada aver, ell
teniente general Montgomery
anuncia que la victoria es com
pleta y que sus tropas barre
ran todas las columnas del
Eje que aun quedan en- ell Nor
te de Africa.
Los prisioneros nechos al e.
nemigo pasan va de 10000 y
ell nGmero seguira creciendo.
Entire los prisioneros hechos
aver figura ell jefe de la divi-
sion italiana Trento y su Esta-
do Mayor. Sc llama Francisco
Scott ell general a%presado.
Esta siendo rodeada una CO.
lumna italiana cuya parte mo-
torizada, alemana, hugo a We
locidad.
Hasta Ia feeha el enemig0
La gaceta., 1942-11-06

Acaban de ser condenados a
pagan multas, ''por distribuir IL
teratura sin licencia," seis miem
bros de la secta religiCsa Testi-
Cos de Jehovah.
La ordenanza que cOndenara
q esos ciudadanoS eS antidemo-
cratica, por cuanto expresamen
te sc aprob6' para ssamordazar
los Testigos, va perseguidos, ba
10 preston de Otras Sectas, en- dl-
ferentes estados de la nacion.
RepetimoS de nuevo que no es
tamos de acuerdo con los Testi-
Cos en- cuanto a no saludar Ia
bandera y no cdaborar con ell go
bierno; pero es injusto perse-
guirlos en- este pals dOnde tanto
Sc cirtica a Hitter por ensanarse
con las iglesiaS cat6lica y protes
tante.
La gaceta., 1942-11-06

Muchos ciudadanos america
nos de ideas totalitarias ayuda'
ron a los republicanos en- las elet
clones del martes; pero ell gobiei
no seguira cumpliendo con sus
deberes e impopularizandose.
No Sc puede gobernar en- item
pc de guerra, bajO leyes demo.
craticas, sin perder p%opularidac
con los que Sc consideran perju'
dicados, mortificados y hasts
perseguidos.
Les republicanos no tienen las
riendas en- las manos; van sen.
tados dentro del coche Y hablan'
do con los "pasajerOs."
Libres de responsabilidad en-
escala mayor, lie hicieron Greer
a los "viaieros'' que ellos no CO.
meterian tales equivocaciones y
los "cortos de vista les creye.
ron.
La gaceta., 1942-11-06
Termino la hueIga de la fabnca Hav-a-T ampa
La Federation Americana del Trabajo
trata de organizar ell taller
Un organizador del CLIO

Como 10 habia prometido, la
firma de Hav-a-Tampa, actuan-
10 p0r ella a estimad0 cabal.e-
70 Hoyt WcOdbery, solucion6 a
yer la huclRa que en- esta sema-
ma Sc declarara concediando a
sJ5 trabajadores III lumento.
I'll Sr. Barco, conciliau,r de
Ia s~ecretaria de trabajo, que in
terviniera en- la huelga de una
fabrica de Jacksonville, hace
algGn tiempo, eonveDciD a los
1850 trabajadores dc que da5ian
volyer a sus labJres en- espera
&c que 81 gcbierno, por medic de
Ia Oficina de rehabilitation, a
ccpte el aumento.
A las operadoras de las ma
quinas Sc les ha hechO an aumen
10, 81 no hemos sido NAL infor-
madOs, de 10 centavos por mi
Tar.
BESIDE el primer momento Ia
firma ofreoi6 otorgar un aumen
to, pero siompre que q gobier-
no Re autorizase para hacerlo.
I'm organizador del CIO ha
vcnido laborando cerca de las
obreras y obrercs y va cuenta
con SO de ellos
Virginia Sierra, IA activa pre-
.Sidenta de las AniHadoras, neva
La gaceta., 1942-11-06
CHUNGAS Y NO CHUNGAS
La derrota de Norris. = Condenados los Testi-
gos. Ell gobierno y la popularidad. = Desmo-
"Slim"

La derrota del senador Norris,
de Nebraska, ilustre anciano, es
una derrota de la democacia au-
tentica frente a las "maquina-
ris politicas."
Candidate independents, Nor
ris pidi6 al pueblo que lie reeli-
,giese, pero no hizo campaha ac-
tiva.
Los republicanos presentaron
un candidate Y los dem6cratas
ell suyo.
Movieron sus recursos las ma
quinarias" de los dos ~partidos y
ell resultado fue ell "aplatamien-
to" electoral de un hombre anna
do por ell pueblo.
Recomend6 ell presidente Roo
sevelt su candidatura; pero los
democratas, en- una considerable
proportion, votaron por el can,
didato Gle su partido.
Pierde ell Senado a uno de sus
mas habiles legislatures y Ell es-
tado de Nebraska a un senador
que lie honraba grandemente.
iY Sc quitan a la Rep1blica
los servicios de un ciudadano mo
deSto, cutie y just.ciero!
La gaceta., 1942-11-06
La Replblica Soviet conmemora el yig6simo
quinto aniversano de SUI fundacion
Los aeroplanos Rojos destruyeron batcrias y
nidos de -Combatiran hasta la
Ultima palpitacion de sus corazones

Moscu, Nov. 6.-La Uniou,
de R~epublieas Soviv6ticas con
memorara manana sa5ado, Ell
vigesimo quinto aniyerSar.o
de la triunfal revoluci6n boise
vique. Las GALES de es.a CAPT
tai han sido engalanaaas.
Los trabaiadores tendran IL
1re cl dia de manana. rero la
Goraran al dia sigiuenta
Han mGndado telegramaS
de congraulaci6n la Sra. ttau
kiln ID. Roosevelt, espo a del
presidente &c los Estados I'M
dos; ell famoso caricaturista
Walt Disney y ell ST.. Donald
Nelson, jefe de la production
de Guerra.
Por la radio Sc transmitje-
ron las palabras del despachc
i de Mrs. Roosevelt: TODD 81
mundo observa la heroica de.
fensa rusa con profunda adm.
raci6n y espera que los yalien.
tes eiercitOS obtendran eXitO \
/ que finalmente las fuerzas dc
| las Naciones Unidas aplaster
al enemigo comdn.
Programs eseGiales sc es-
tan ofreciendo en- teatros y CT
nemas.
Con nuevos contraataqueS
las tropas rojas mejOraron suS
posiciones EN- ell distrito de la
fabrica. Las operaciones EN- la
costa del Mar Negro, sector
Central del Caucaso, lie costa
ron a los nazis mas de 1000
muertos.
Dos companies de tanques
que acomEanaban a la infan-
terra alemana fueron derrota-
das en- las estepas ell norte de
Stalingrado. Todos los asaltos
anteriores del enemigo habian
sido repelidos.
Los artilleros rusos, dispa-
rando desde corta distancia,
demolian ocho tanques; los ri
fleros atacaron las posiciones
alemanas y ocasionaron mu-
chas bajas.
La aviaci6n rusa lanz6 nu-
merosas bombas, destruyendo,
en- "a horas, - baterias y %
nidos de ametralladoras. Mas
tarde fueron silenciadas otras
La gaceta., 1942-11-06

Ell senador Lee, partidario
del Nuevo Trato, sac6 a des-
tiampo su enmienda "prohibi-
.cionista".
Eligi6 Oklahoma al candida
to de los dem6cratas para gcber
nador; pero derrot6 a Mr.. Lee,
que abogaba, como dijera eli Sc
nador Tydings, por la "enmien-
.da CapOne'.
Los generates Sc bastan para
dominar a sus soldados, ahOra,
mahana y siempre.
Ellos, 10 mismo que el secreta
rio de la guerra y 81 s%ecretario
lie marina, rechazan la vuelta de
la prohibici6n y su cortejo de
horrendos delitos.
Solt6 los "estribos" Mr.. Lee,
aconsejado por los "intoferan-
tes", y perdi6 Ell gobierno un
enthusiastic defensor de su pro-
grama y fines altruistas.
La gaceta., 1942-11-06
CONDENADO Ell CRIMINAL
SCARBOROUGH

FL criminal reincidente Slim
Scarborough, de 43 amos, autor
de un asesinato y otros crimenes
sc defendi6 aver a 81 mismo en-
Ia Corte de 10 Criminal y cuando
de hablar el Juez Hines
&c conden6 a prisi6n por toda la
vida.
Neg6 "Slim" que hubiera CO.
mettdo un asalto y robo en- la DO
dega Walker Bros, pero 81 Jura
do no le concedi6 cr6dito a sus
palabras.
Ulav6 la acusaci6n q teniente
fiscal Joe Spicola.
La gaceta., 1942-11-06

En- ell Ncrte de Africa comba'
ten dos divisiones painters dc
los nazis y en- Russia mas de 20.
Grande es la diferencia entire
unas batallas y otras; pero DE-
todos mOdos debe halagarnos
que Ell Octave Ej@rcito haya
puesto en- fuga a los "~genizaros'
de Rommel.
Toda derrota del Eje contri'
buira a engendrar la desmorali'
zaci6n en- las filas de los "ejerci-
tos esclavizados."
No debe dlvidarse, sin embar'
20. que el mando sovietico insis-
tie en- un Segundo Frente en- Eu-
ropa. no en- Africa.
La gaceta., 1942-11-06

Pide Ell EjercitO, por conduc-
to del secretario de la Guerra,
Mr.. Stimson, que sc apruebe el
reclutamiento de los jovenes de
18 a 10 amos.
La ley "duerme' toiavia, aun
que ell jefe de estado la recomen-
dara.
va dijimos, citando la fuente
de information, que en- la que
IRA civil ell promedio de edad de
los soldados de la Union era de
10 amos y medic y Ell promedic
de los Confederados de Is y me.
dio
En- la prmnera guerra mum
dial tambien Sc aprob6 ell recul-
tamientO de los j6venes de Is a.
nos.
Debemos concederle al Ejer-
otto 10 que pide, sin nuevas de-
moras, por cuanto va dijo clara
mente el general Marshall que
ningun soldado sera mandate a
ia guerra sin antes tener la ade-
cuada preparation.
Ahora bien, TN soldadO puede
ser entrenado en- tres o seis me-
SEES; pero una division, segi1n ell
.prqpio general Marshall, necesi-
ia un entrenamiento de II me-
ses.
I'm Soldadod entrenado en-
tres o seis meSes puede ser man
aado a los frentes, sin embargo,
para cubrir bajas en- una divi-
sion va entrenada.
La gaceta., 1942-11-06

Ell criminal "Slim' Scarbo-
rough fud senteneiado aver a
priSion por toda la vida.
En- Georgia lie condenaron tam
bien a prisi6n perpetual; pero
logro evadirse.
"Al House no ha logrado es-
caparse de Raiford. ST pOnen a
"Slim" en- las ''habitaciOnes'' de
"Al" no repetira las "bromas''
que 2&stara a las autoriiades
del vecino estado.
La gaceta., 1942-11-06

Rommel le habia prometido 9
Hitler. en- la vista q. reciente'
mente lie hiciera, mantener sus
posiciones en- Africa durante e
invierno.
Las tropas aliadas deshicieror
sus planes y Ell 'matarife' segu
ramente perdera la confianza
del "Fuehrer," a jefe de los veI
dugos-
La gaceta., 1942-11-06

Els oportuno recordar que ell
ojercito vencedor utiliza centena
res de aviones, tanques y arma-
mentos manejados por oficiales
y soldados del querido TIC Sa-
muel.
Ahora bien, la parte mayor
del triunfo corresponds a los sol
dadoS ingleses mandados pOr los
generates Alexander y MOntgo-
merry.
La gaceta., 1942-11-06

ha perdido 339 tanques, inclu
yendo, aver, 20 alemanes y SO
itAliGnoG
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-02-21
SOUTH LANCE
CREEK TEST HAS
FLOW OF WATER

CASPER-An attempt to get a
4 southwest extension to Lance Creek
field failed when Cow Gulch OIL Co.'S
Nelson No. l, c SCI SW4 19-35N-65W.
encountered water at a total depth Of
$3.50. A drill stem test with packer set
at $50 showed water. It is plugging
back to gun perforate and re-test
Sundance sand at 5080-5i1O and 5145-
5l85 where there were showings.
No competitions were reported during
the week in Wyoming. Greatest inter-
est centers in the black oil fields Of
the northern part Of the state.
Byron Field
Ohio Oil-Hoskins No. LIB. GEL SW4
SCI 15-56N-97W, drilling, 3423.
East Ferris
Sinclair Wyoming No. CSC. Sc SEA
NW4 25-26N-s7W, drilling. 1881.
Frannie Field
Continental-N. p. No. 3. Sc NE4 NW3
23-5sN-98W, shut down, 3435, with T.
inch cemented at 34O3. Kirk-Govt. NO
4. NV SWi SW3 24-58N- 98W, made
300 barrels initial on the pump. Hole
bottoms at 2944 in the Madison lime.
Husky -Refining-Stump NO /, SWa
SW3 2l-53N-l0lW. Is drilling in the
Tensleep and near completion.
Garland Field
Ohio Oil-UtahW Wyoming Consolidat-
ed No. 3. Lot 81, Sec. 33-56N- 97W.
drilling, 1906.
Horn Valley
Glen Swartout-Horn No. /, NE NW4
SW4 22-22N-78W moving cable tools
to complete and test showings OF gas
in Cretaceous sands. Wen IS now at
100 feet with 3-16 inch casing ce-
mented at 73O.
O'Brien Springs
Continental Hutchinson Govt. No. 1,
Sc SCI SW3 1-24N-88W, was aban-
doned in quartzite at $3.50 feet. Top
Of Tensleep, 1914.
Pilot Butte
Superior oil Co. British American
Oh joint deep test, Kinney Coastal
Tribal No. /, Sc SW3 SW3 15-3N-lW,
drilling in Embar at 6O65. Top Of EN-
bar, 1923.
Sherard Dome
Sinclair Wyoming Garter No. 1. NE
SEA SEA 31-25N-88W, rigging up after
rebuilding burned rig. Total depth.
1878 feet.
Wertz Field
Sinclair Wyoming-Wertz No. "a. NV
NW4 SWa 7-26N- s9W. drilling. 22s0.
Sinclair Wyoming Wertz No. Is. NV
SEA SW3 6-26N-89W, topped Tensleep-
at 6O34 and drilled to 6374 and Is
swabbing at the rate Of $50 barrels
per day after treatment with 5000
gallons Of acid.
Sinclair Wyoming Wertz No. n, CSI,
NWa SWa 6-26N-89W, drilling, $500.
Lance Greek
Continental-Buck Greek Apex No. 6.
NV SW3 NE4 34-36N-65W, Is swab-
bing and testing in Leo series, 1891
Ieet. No. 8, NE SEA NE4 35-36N-65W.
testing Sundance production at 4420.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-02-21
SpindIetop Gusher Gave Birth
70 Big Industry az Years Ago

| the restaurants. Investors stopped
her one day and offered her $35, 600
for her one acre, or a part Of it.
She took 1t. The next day she was
back IN her cart, collecting slop again
The Haywood Dramatic Troupe was
doing Hamlet In the middle Of the
play the cry rang out:
oil OIL at Spindletopl It's running
all over the ground"
The Haywood brothers quit the play
and became rich at Spindletop.
The story goes that a printer sold
lease for $50 900 profit. He gathered
up all the printers he could find for
mammoth champagne party that
lasted two weeks.
The paper couldn't go to press and
frantically imported printers from
New orleans and other cities. But the
newly rich printer met every train
and took them to his party.
He spent his money in a fortnight;
the printers went back to work, and
the paper resumed publication.
Some Of Beaumonts ministers pre-
dicted dire events for the town, as
serting man has no right to disturb
the great force that lies under the
earths surface"
But Beaumont survived and pros
pered and the oil industry with it.
thanks to Patillo Higgins and Capt.
Anthony F. Lucas.
Higgins was the dreamer who be-
heved that oil lay beneath the soil
he trod and who was laughed at by
many as an irresponsible visionary.
For 10 years he met bitter dtsap-
pointments because he lacked money
In 1893 he drilled a 300-foot hole but
was forced to give up when his money
ran out.
Finally fate smiled on him.
Captain Lucas, a geologist-engineer
Of Washington, ID. c., learned that
Higgins contemplated developing
a sulphur mine and wrote 10 ask
II he could Join the venture.
Higgins urged him to raise some
capital and come to Texas. Lucas did.
He drilled one well SIS feet and
his money was exhausted. He obtained
more backing but was forced to sur
render much OF his interest in the
project.
Again the funds grew low as the
second well was being drilled. Finally
Captain Lucas went broke. He and
his wife chopped up their furniture
for. fuel-the winter was cold-and ate
off chintz-covered dry goods boxes.
Just as his spirits were at their
lowest and he was about TO give
up, old SpindIetOp blew in, ripping
out it's I,I65-fOot drill stem and
sending oil cascading over the top
OF the derrick.
The boom was on. Soon derricks I
Continued on Page Four
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-02-21

BEAUMONT, Tex. - Three miles
from Beaumont, on a knoll rising
slightly on the prairie like an over
turned saucer stands a newly erected
60-foot monument surrounded by oil
derricks.
AT its base, an inscription begins:
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-02-21
If AUOWed, Oil
Industry Will Do
It's Part In War

WASHINGTON-Stating that the
entire oil industry is modified to CO.
operate with the government, Pc
troleum Industry War councils Chair
man Boyd said:
ut is our responsibility to guarantee
that no plane, no tank and no ship
shall remain out of action for lack
Of oil. We Fundamentally accept this
responsibility. We will do the job"
Boyd said that the oil industrys in
creased activity to produce more 100
octane gasoline was not its only field
Of increased endeayor pointing out
that lit has been necessary for the
industry to produce huge amounts Of
other qualities Of gasoline for aircraf.
and motorized land equipment; special
lubricants for military use; diesel and
bunker oil for ships, and industrial oils
for war industries"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-02-21

Present aIl0Wables, as Established on
the adjusted January production, are
for February as follows:
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-02-21
FLOW OF GAS
INCREASING IN
HILLS WILDCAT

Tow OF gas variously estimated
from 100000 TO 5000 900 cubic feet
per day has developed in the wildcat
well drilled by L. c. Stevenson and
associates north OF West Butte in the
Sweetgrass Hills. near the Canadian
boundary, in the sandy Shale above
the Bow Island horizon, in the Colo
RADIO shales.
This is the largest flow OF gas ever
found in this horizon In Montana ale
though the Bow Island sand IS a pro-
life producer In southern Alberta Ia
the field Of that name Checking high
er than any other well IN the region.
the Arch-ApeX we'll is regarded as
likely the most important gas discoy-
cry Of recent years and even greater
production Is expected in the lower
sands.
The AA Corporation-Fe well is To-
Gated in Sc SWi SW4 32-37-2E. and
is being drilled by some OF the same
group that financed the first two oil
wells In the Kelvin field. the Campbell
discovery well and the Sunburst dis
covery well. The corporation has n
l0O00-acre lease block In an area
which has been little prospected but
where tests lower on structure have
shown oil in horizons yet to be tested
by the AA corporation.
Hole bottoms at 1905 with most Of
the gas coming from l5OO-15O5. Eight
inch casing has been reamed down to
1900 and below that point the hole "a
up well enough so that it
is believed drilling can safely continue.
are being made to run
7-inch pipe on the Baskoo sand, the
basal Kootenai member corresponding
to the Cut Bank sand, unless a big
gas flow is encountered in the basal
Colorado.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-02-21

StammonS, a soldier who had filed on
homestead before going to war, APP
plying his service time to prove up
on his homestead. Upon his return
from the World war, he found the
Frantz well about ready to drill in
but he refused to sign a lease to the
Frantz corporation. The Frantz well
in NEa SW4 Sec. was an offset to
the Stammons land and Frantz could
not deliver title under terms Of his
sale.
Dickerson reasons that a producing
well might have meant a lawsuit for
Frank Frantz The bit cut the Muddy
sand at about 4 or o'clock in the
afternoon and the camp boss, named
Onley, discharged the entire crew eX-
cepting a bookkeeper named Skier.
and there was other evidence of an
effort to keep the oil showing a secret.
Chance Burnside Of Belle Fourche
and John Esma of Spearflsh hauled
the cement and logs that we're used
in plugging the well and they esti-
mated that there was 1000 feet of oil
in the hole at the time they plugged
it. Lupton meantime had examined
Cat Greek and at his recommendation,
Frantz moved the machine to Cat
Greek and managed to get the well
completed as heretofore related. After
he sold out to Mutual continental
later, he went back to Seven Mile and
took a lease on the Stammons land.
He did nothing with 1t, as he passed
away shortly thereafter.
Recently Dickerson, knowing Of the
Mile structure and bought the STAN
mons land in fee simple. An abstract
of the land reveals the names Of some
widely known biologists among those
who filed on the early day placer
claims, including Max w. Ball, E. w.
Krampert, T. K. Harnesberger, H. r.
Albion and Cola W. Sheppard.
Dickerson is now financing a test
at Seven Mile. He has a complete
standard rig on the property on an
offset to the old Frantz location and
the well is spudded, with shallow
showings Of gas and oil After he took
Seven Mile, Dickerson found himself
by geological and geo.
physical crews of major companies
Who we're leasing up hundreds Of thou
sands Of acres in the Dakotas and |
eastern Montana. His structure is far
shallower than others in the region, |
since 1t is well up on the Black Hills /
lplift. Drilling started IN Colorado |
;hale, he states, with the Muddy sand
his first important objective. He hopes |
% resume work as soon as weather /
permits. He now has the advantage OF 4
graveled highway running within /
I've miles Of his camp, removing a
,ormer handicap OF lack Of roads.