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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-25
9O-DGy Supply
Maintained by
Supply Houses

Revocation Of Preference Rating Or
der 80 by the War Production Board
means that, henceforth, oil industry
supply houses will maintain minimum
practical inventories through Prefer
ence Rating Order SO, the office of
Petroleum Co-ordinator Harold l.
IckeS announced.
Originally established to aid sup
pliers in bringing their inventories up
to a minimum operating level, P-83
permitted supply houses to obtain ma
terial on a quarterly basis. When
WPB issued Pea and Form PD-1-a,
there was no further need to continue
P-83. Hence, P183 has been revoked.
Under P-98, suppliers may maintain
a 90-day stock Of materials, or the
equivalent of a minimum practical in
ventory. Suppliers may apply ratings
to obtain materials scheduled to be
delivered to an operator or to replace
inventory material that already has
been delivered to an operator.
Under no circumstance, however,
can supplier apply for ratings under
Pes if he can make deliveries to the
operator and still maintain a mini
mum practical inventory. If, in making
deliveries, the Supplier reduces his
stock below the minimum inventory,
he can use the rating applied by an
only to the extent necessary
to build up the inventory again to
minimum level.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-25
Joint Statement
On Gas CurtGiLMlent

The one-third curtailment Of filling
station supplies of gasoline In Oregon
and Washington will effect all motor
lists in one degree or another !"
said Nelson Henderson-Tc Joint
statement. 1.-THE federal government
has been forced, by the circumstances
Of war, to take this step. The con-
tinued smooth flInctioning Of civilian
life In the affected areas win be de-
pendent upon the foresight, the CO.
operation and the willingness of the
American people to adapt themselves
to a situation which they never before
have had to face"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-25
kelvin COULD
PROVIDE EXTRA
$500 BARRELS

Kelvin field alone could produce ths
extra 500 barrels per day allowed BIZ
OIL Co-ordinator Ickes-if they had
/ a market
/ So say Kelvin operators, informed re-
/ garding the allowable Of rs, 200 barrels
for May. However, unless The Texas
Co. chooses May as the month to opeu
up its purchases to 80 or 100 percent
of potential
Reports that Imperial oil Of Canada
would take 1000 barrels Of Kelvin crude
per day are no longer heard and it
I is reported that the transfer Of a
coastwise tanker to supply British Co
lumbia refineries with California crude
has temporarily relieved the Canadian
situation.
Kelvin field had no competitions this
week.-Mrs. had only 10 competitions this
year with a very small total Of flush
production. Few wells are being acid
lied. Yet the field could produce from
1900 to $500 barrels per day more. If
the market were provided.
The Agen Oils GOeddertz No. 20, Sc
NWA SWl 23-35-3W, called the pat
tern WELL" because it was the first
one started this year, is being plugged.
1t had a showing of oil but failed to
respond to acid.
Imperial Craig Martin No. 2, G sWs
SWa 17-35-1W, is drilling at 1925 after
running 7-inch pipe at 1409. It had
Sunburst sand from 14O4 to 1443, dry.
PARENT annister No. /, sw SEA
SWh S5-37-3W, drilled to 100 feet and
is repairing rig.
Parrent-Davis No. 1, c SEh SEA s.
36-3W, succeeded in recovering a lost
string Of tools and damaged pipe and
Is now ready to drill into the formation
at the lime contact Parent ran 5-16
inch casing to 2O6O. Hole bottoms at
2O63. 1t had oil before the casing col /
apsed.
PrevOl & Shay Govt. No. 8, Sc SCI
SEA 10-35-3W, ran 7-inch pipe to 1921
and is drilling at 1870.
Yealey-Shaw No. IL, NE NE4 SW4
'5-36-2W, which had a dry Sunburst
sand, found the contact at 1923 dry
and is drilling at 1925 to test the first
break" in the lime.
Coolidge g. Coolidge Wait No. T. G
VIVA SEA 13-35-2W, spudded April IS,
drilling at $40 feet.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-25
Plenty of Steel
Is Provided for
Nine Machinery

The War Production Board has
granted an Ala rating to manufac-
turers Of mining machinery operating
under Order P-56-a. This rating is to
be assigned to specified percentages of
the manufacturers requirements as
listed by them and submitted on Form
PD-25-A in connection with the order,
and will be in effect during the second
calendar quarter ending June 30, 1912.
Effect Of the action will be to in
sure deliveries of specified quantities
OF materials to the hundred-odd max
ers Of mining and smelling machinery
operating under the order, and win
provide a steady flow Of equipment
and repairs to the essential mine and
smelling operations providing minerals
vital to the war effort.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-25
ICLACK SUGGESTS
LOWER RATES ON
WESTWARD HAULS

II. Earl Clack of Havre, District 4
marketing committee chairman for the
OPC, took hand in the Pacific north
west oil shortage situation by recon-
mending to the Association Of Ameri-
can Railroads that the Union Pacific,
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
railroads examine their petroleum
rates from Montana, Wyoming and
Utah to see If a downward revision is
desirable, to the end Of helping win
the war.
Clack described the transportation
situation, explaining that Idaho's pc
troleum supply can no longer come
from Portland, Ore, as in the past and
that Montana, Wyoming and Utah
would have to supply the state. He
said rail rates are prohibitive.
The A. A. r. is said to have conveyed
the information to the three railroads
but did not make any recommendation
No action is expected except under
some definite plan or proposal from
the oil industry in one or another Of
the states.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-25
E ::'i.'|I 4 l!z Vi. {zlsl
A. C. M. Goes "AII Out" in
Production Of Metals for War

Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Mon
tanas greatest industrial institution
is working "all out" in the war effort
as reflected In the annual report Il
stockholders. The entrance of thi!
company into chromite mining, under
orders Of the government, Is related
IN the report, excerpts Of which fol-
low:
"Zinc: The demand for increased
production Of zinc has been likewise
accelerated. Anacondas production, In
Guiding that derived from custom and
concentrates treated on toll in 1941
was 37l ,l83, 459 pounds compared with
303, 952, 1853 pounds in 1910, an increase
Of 221 percent. Capacity at the Mon
tana plants has been increased by adj
ditional tanks and work is now under
way to add the equivalent Of one new
unit at Anaconda and two units at
Great Falls which will increase annual
capacity Of these plants to 465 10000
pounds before the end Of this year.
zinc contained in lead ores reduced
In lead plants has been a waste prod
uct. Your company developed a proc
ess for the recovery Of such zinc from
Stag and has had plant IN successful
operation at East Helena, Mont, to
recover such zinc in the form Of a
high grade fume. A similar plant was
constructed at Tooele, Utah, by Inter
national Smelling & Refining Co. "a
100 percent owned subsidiary and be-
gan operations in September, 1871.
This plant should add approximately
100000 pounds per year to the ma
tons available supply of zinc.
Manganese: The manganese plant
at Anaconda, Mont, began operations
in June, l941 producing nodules which
for the year averaged 59.3 percent
manganese. The plant has operated
successfully and is the largest producer /
of manganese in the United States.
Chromium: At the request of the
and with government
funds, the Anaconda company devel-
oped mine and designed and built a
mill in Saltwater county, Montana, in /
a remote mountain area and completed .
the construction within nine months
from the commencement date. This
plant began operations this year and
have been made with
the government to increase the ca
pacity of this mine and plant.
Negotiations have also been con-
Guided for the development and equip
nent of two additional mines and mills,
which will be constructed and oper-
ated by Anaconda with government
FUNDS.
"Vanadium: In 1s41 Anaconda in
stalled a vanadium plant which pro-
duced PAS, 442 pounds of red cake
containing 213,521 pounds
If vanadium oxide.
Miscellaneous Products: Anaconda
produces arsenic, bismuth, cadmium,
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-25

lead molybdenite, phosphate and
phosphoric acid, white lead, zinc oxide
and other metals and products essen
tial to the war effort, the production
Of which has been maintained OF in
creased. Output Of lumber was IN
creased from 98,074,679 board feet in
1910 to 124,112,794 feet in 1871.
Expenditures TO Increase PrOduc-
ton: In order to increase or to main
tain production and fabrication Of
critical and strategic metals, your
company and its consolidated subsid-
iaries made capital expenditures of So
31O,811.11 with unexpended appropria-
tons Of $4,530,651. or total Of $13,-
BAL ,462.11. The expenditures and ap-
preparations of affiliated companies
not consolidated amounted to $2,501,-
427 making total Of S16,342, BOIL"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-25
Higher Rating On
Mine EXPLOSIVES

Use of a higher preference rating
to obtain explosives and explosive
equipment is granted to mining en-
terprises operating under Preference
Rating order P-56 by amendment No.
5, issued by the directory OF industry
operations.
Under the order as originally issued,
a preference rating Of A-8 was assigned
to deliveries of operating supplies, in
Guiding explosives. The new amend
ment which adds explosives and ex-
plosive equipment to the types of ma
chinery and supplies listed in schedule
A of the order, will allow mining en-
terprises to use a rating of A-1-c to
obtain them, subject to quota restric-
tons
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-25
Lead Mine for
Sale Near Cooke

Anyone seeking a lead mine pros
pect in Cooke City district may get
In touch with j. H. Hazard, 327 Sta
pleton, Bldg, Billings
II have a lead-zinc mine one mile
from Cooke City (southern Montana)
that has not been mined since 1917, "
he writes. 1.-THE last carload was
shipped then and the mine closed
down. That car, I believe, was a fair
sample of the other shipments. There
were so In all. want to sell this
property and viii make reasonable
terms"
A photostat copy Of the smelter re-
turns on this one car showed 81 per-
cent lead and rs percent zinc with
ounces Of silver and 90 ounces Of gold
In a 50,200-pound shipment.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-25
SAYS
Increased HOrSenOner

Little did Montana's hardy pioneer
prospectOrS think, during their search
for yellow riches, that some day their
efforts would contribute to the elm
nation Of the yellow" menace In the
Pacific. In those days when men were
men and the plumbing wasn't, it re-
quired ingenuity to keep from dying
young with your boots on. During the
past so years in Montana, electricity
has made life easier for us by pumping
and heating our water, running our
heating plants automatically, lighting
our homes, bringing us the worlds
news, and hundreds of other convent
ences which we have almost forgotten
to appreciate. Do you believe that long
whiskers would have been the fashion
during the Alder Gulch gold rush If
the electric shaver of today had been
available? Some of you men are not
sold on electric shavers yet, but don't
forget that most of you have hot water
and warm bathroom instead of the
old tin wash pan on the bench out
side the log cabin door.
Well, maybe we have softened I'D a
bit since those early days, but the fol-
lowing example of old-time ingenuity
is going to add up to victory for us
in our struggle to keep this a free
country.
A Montana coal mine has to increase
production for our war requirements.
UP one Of the smaller hoists
would help to break a bottleneck In !
operation. The present drive of this
hoist is slow speed wound rotor
motor. By recommending the coils in /
this motor, its speed can be doubled
and using an available gear reduction
10 drive the hoist within safe limits.
It is possible to increase the horse
power output of the motor very ma
,erially to handle the increased hoist
ng speed. This increased coal produc-
ion to help win the war will be ac-
by this change without US
ng a single pound Of strategic metal
70 vitality needed today in our arma-
nent program.
Furthermore, this same operator has
ound that he can rearrange certain
lectric feeder circuits on their prop
rty to release excess copper for neces-
airy immediate expansion. Again. this .
ayes a strategic metal for war use. !
his change would not be economical
4 normal times because the labor cost
o make the change is greater than
he value of the copper saved. This J
ind of patriotism is typical of the !
rivately operated enterprises in Mon j.;
ana the kind that will win the
'ar.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-25

. Federal agencies, which have a place
at every conference table, were not
without representation. E. L. DeGolyer
director Of the Conservation division OF
the Office of Petroleum Coordination
discussed Notes On Present Status of
the Problem Of Exploration" w. T.
Nightingale Of Mountain Fuel Supply
Co., discussed Petroleum and Natural
Gas IN the Non-Marine Wasatch For
nations of Northern Colorado and
Southwest wyoming" Albert F.. Bar
rett, General Petroleum Corp, Casper,
discussed Developments in the Rocky
Mountain Region In 1941."
In the symposium Edwin H. Hunt Of
McCou-Frontenac Oil Co., Ltd, of Call
gary, and L. I. Freeman of Holland
Exploration Co., discussed Canada
Carl A. Holland of Colorado School Of
Mines discussed Applications of Geo.
physics in War" Herbert Hoover, Jr.,
talked on Contribution of Geophysics
to the National Effort"
K. G. Heald of Gulf OIL Corp, Pitts
burgh, discussed Origin of Oil" OF
general interest was the topic of F. H.
Lance, Sun Oil Co., on Discovery
and Relation Of Validating to the
Discovery of New Reserves" r. E. Bax-
ter, Colorado School of Mines, and
Harry A. Aurand, consulting geologist
of Denver, gave a paper on "Oil Shales
of the Rocky Mountain Area" v. F..
Parry, .. S. B. NJ, discussed Goals
Of the Rocky Mountain and Great
Plains Region With Special Reference
to Their Value for INCORPORATION.
Laurence L. Sloss and Eugene s.
Perry Of the Montana School Of Mines
presented paper on THE Big Snowy
Group: Subsurface Extent and Char
acter IN the Northwest Great Plains"
W. Norval Ballard, consulting geologist
Of Oklahoma City, gave Notes On the
Structural History and OIL Possibilities
Of the Dakota Basin"
"Oil Field Waters Of the Rocky
Mountain Area" was the topic Of j.
=. Crawford, US.G.S., Casper, the dis
;uSsion covering the relation Of water
% the accumulation of oil and gas In
he Rocky mountain region. Donald j.
dacNeil, McColl- Frontenac Oil Co. Of
Calgary, recorded the history Of his
well on Moose dome, Al
'erta, In paper titled "Stratigraphy
md Structure Of the Moose Mountain
area, Alberta"
AS the paleontologists went into
.ction the titles became less intelligi-
lie to the layman: New Species Of
(Akenoncyclina);" 'Eo-
enc Foraminifera from Cowlitz River"
The Genus Hantkenina and It's Sub
and "Cadden Eocene Oper-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-25
JONAH WELL"
IS COMPLETED
AS A PRODUCER

Persistence and hard work combined
with considerable skill met with re.
ward IN Cut Bank field this week q.
the "unlucldeSt hole" Of the year wa,
completed as a good average producer
The well Is the Par OiI-Tribal 204 No
2, in NV corner Lot 3. Sec. 13-32-6w
on the west end Of the new Tribal
| pool. 1t had fishing job at $500 feet
I for many weeks and many operators
4 thought 1t was a lost hole. Last week
/ the tools we're successfully side
/ tracked into the wall, cemented off
and drilling continued into the Cut
Bank sand.
Completion data follows: 7-inch cas-
ing cemented, 1854; Sunburst sand,
2928-2938, show Of oil; upper Cut Bank,
2951-2978; lower Cut Bank, 2937-29S7.
Ellis, 1887; total depth, 1890 Fluid
level 700 feet. It was shot with 100
quarts Of nitro glycerin and thereafter
swabbed 43 barrels In the first eight
hours.
This was the only completion Of the
week and there was but one new To-
cation, with only u active wells In
the field.
CObb-Tribal $3.50 No. 1, Sc NEs SWa
19-32-5W, drilling, 500.
Glacier Produetion-G. Corrigeau No.
s. G NW3 SEA 28-33-5W, Is drilling
at 1895, near completion.
Glacier Production Mueller No. 3. c.
SWa SEA T-33-5W, drilling, 480.
Glacier Production Bonnet No. IL.
C NE1 SEA 3S-33-5w, cemented casing
at 2e51.
Levi Bird-TrIbal 214 No. 1, C sWa
NW3 18-32-5W, is drilling at 1900 feet.
Colorado shale was at 457 and S-inch
was cemented at All.
Mckenzie Tribal No. /, NV SW3
NW3 29-S2-5W, which was held up,
after having run surface pipe, because
it was not on a pattern location, re-
ceived approval from the WPB and
drilling 1t is now fishing at
1450.
The OPC has now approved the
southeast corner as the pattern corner /
for this field, with 330-foot spacing. /
Operators who drilled wells on other
locations before the spacing rule was
have been called upon to
complete the record by securing ex-
,eptions.
Santa Rita-KIein No. 2, G NE3 NW4
21-32-5W, is pumping 80 barrels per
lay.
Santa Rita Miller No. 2, C Nws SEA
,O-S3-5W, drilling, 1880.
Santa Rita Jordan No. 5, G NE3 NE4
.8-32-5W, drilling, 100; Colorado shale,
,05; 10-inch cemented at $40.
Santa Rita Hendrickson No. /, c M
0-34-5W (gas) drilling, 410; Colorado
hale, 290; 10-inch cemented, 315.
TexacO-Lindquist No. 6, C SW4 NE1
0-2-5W, is being plugged to abandon. i,
t swabbed one barrel per day after
1OO-quart shot of nitro glycerin at
IT'S. The lower Cut Bank sand was |
bSent. ]
TexacO-N Miller No. 4, C SEA Sci 90 !
3-5W, drilling, 2635.
The one new location is Texaco- !
herborn Merchantile No. l, G NEa
IVA 10-34-6W, offsetting the new In
ian-Reichoff producer, has materials
4 the ground.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-25
OPA EXPLAINS
HOW TO FIGURE
GASOLINE MARGIN

Explanation of how retail gasoline
dealers of Oregon and Washington are
to compute the Scents gallon
margin permitted them under amend
ment No. 2 to Temporary Price Regu-
lation No. II has been given by the
OPA.
The OPA decision is that the cost
Of gasoline to the retailer, as. consid-
cred in Temporary Price Regulation
No. IL and its amendments, is the
actual cost Of these products paid to
his Supplier including taxes.
No other costs of the service station
may be added to this base. Charges
for rent, for payments on account and
other such charges are not permitted
In computing the cost to which the
Scent margin may be added.
The OPA also reiterated provisions
OF the temporary price regulation
relative to the posting Of maximum
prices at retail outlets. The regulation
requires that every service station OPP
orator post in a conspicuous place
somewhere on the station premises the
maximum prices for each grade of
gasoline
The prices may be on separate signs
or combined In one sign. The sign or
signs must contain the words Maxi
mum Prices" in letters at least 5 inch
es high. The prices, however, may be
smaller than inches but not smaller
than those in which the selling price
at the pumps is posted, and may be
larger, If necessary to conform with
state or local posting laws or regu-
lations.
The total maximum prices may be |
posted to include all taxes, except in
areas where local or state laws re-
quire separate hstings of prices and
taxes. In such cases state and local
laws must be respected.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-25
Production Is DOECn;
COnsLEnlptiOn Gains

The February production Of crude
oil in the United States showed q de-
cline, according to the q. s. Bureau
Of Mines report, this being the first
substantial decline since 1910. The ma
tional average daily output was 4.070,-
600 barrels compared with 4,1S7, 600
barrels in January and 100000 bar
rels In February, 1871. California
alone showed q gain. Demand for
motor fuel was 3 percent above a year
ago, said to be largely due to defense
purposes. Inventories of gasoline in
creased 12,500,000 barrels above last
year and the east coast had about q
half million barrels less.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-25
Mining Machinery
GiUen High PRIORITY

Manufacturers Of mining machinery
and there are many Of them in the
Rocky mountain west - have been
given a top priority rating to enable
them to get the many critical materials
they need in their production in order
to enable them to supply a steady
flow Of equipment and repairs to the
essential mine and smelling operations
providing minerals vital to war effort.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-25
Examines Ore Deposits

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS John
Conrow, geologist from the School Of
Mines in Butte, has been In White
Sulphur Springs and vicinity investi-
eating iron ore properties on Willow
creek and Butte creek. He was accom-
panied on his tour by Calvin E. Kepler,
president Of the local Rotary club,
George Bing, secretary, and Earl ".
Fretwell
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-25
1871 Metals Output
Was S6,6OO,OOO,OOO

The Bureau of Mines said the U. S.
produced an estimated $6,6OO,OO0,0OO of
mineral products in 1941. The bureau
also announced new method, known
as a roasting and teaching process,
designed to convert chromite concen-
trates into a higher grade of material
which may be used to produce either
high-purity chromium or standard
ferro-chromium for manufacture of
alloy steel
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-25
MURRAY BILL PASSES

WASHINGTON - Fortified by the
strengthening amendments adding
powers and responsibilities and fixing
penalties for Observation-Disclosures the
senate, after two days of stormy de-
bate, passed senate bill 2250 providing
for the mobilization and protection Of
small business enterprises during the
war effort by vote Of 80 TO 0.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-25
Topics of Great Interest to
Montanans at Biologists Meet

Many Montana other
of
of Psychologists
of
by
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-25
YALE DEALERS MEET

Yale Oil Corp. jobbers, dealers and
sales representatives met in Great
Falls Thursday to hear an outline of
the 1912 advertising plan and the new
merchandising plan of Sovereign Serv-
ice with which Yale is affiliated. F..
Van Iderstine, advertising manager.
Ralph Shipley, sales manager. and C.
L. Eckman, Great Falls representative.
took leading parts In the sessions
which were attended by 65 persons.
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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-04-25

Send in Contribution to the Badger
Evening star., 1942-03-08

THE Picture Of the Week"
OF the Notionol Gollery Of Art.
The painting is Piero di Cosmos
"AIleeory." which will be the
subject Of o TO- minute toIk at
the NotionoI GoIIery eoeh doy.
this week, beginning Tuesday,
at l2::40 pm. The toIk will be
repeated on eoch Of the some
Days, except Saturday. OF Lao
pm.
"Soree." sod-eyed boxer mos
cot Of the lnfontry Replacement
Troinin9 Center Of Comp Whee-
Ter, Co., is reoIIy in the Army
now. Insteod Of o dog toe he
wears his service identification
toq.