Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-07-25
A WORD TO The OPERATORS

Of the owners theory He forgot the virtual
dry hole and drilled second and a third
well. The showing of oil was sufficient to
prove that there was more oil and he dem
onstrated the fact by bringing in one well
that with acidixatiOn showed an initial Of
IS barrels and another that had an initial
Of 27O barrels. Thus came a SECOND high
gravity pool
Big West moved into triangle formed
by the Cassidy Phoenix well In Sec 1885,
4W, and the old Madeline Swanson well In
Sec 33-35-4W, and well Big West drilled
farther west. Each Of these wells had sub
stantial showings Of oil In the lime. Big
West had showing measurable in gallons,
In a very hard lime. After acidixation it
went up to barrels That Is enough oil
to tell the story.
We were reminded this week of a remark
Of Gordon Campbell, discOverer Of oil In
Montana. He was induced to go to Kelvin
in the first place by the fact that a well
drilled In 1912, known as the Miller wen,
had a showing of oil. He went up to see
the well and the geology Of the country.
He found on every farm ia the region
eight years after the Miller well was aban-
doned-barreIs, bottles and buckets Of oil
from the Miller well He obtained a sample
Of It for the writer. At that time there was
a gallon jug of it IN the Great Northern
''beanery" at Shelby. It was used by farm
ers for Intoxicating farm machinery for
many years. Certainly considerable amount
Of oil came from that well. Gordon Camp
bell discussed the Miller well with the writer.
He made this significant remark:
where there is SOME oil, there Is more
WHERE THAT CAME FROM"
Campbell went north of Kelvin to drill
his first well and he found "some" oil. His
discovery well was not commercial However,
that good showing led to the development
of a hundred million barrels of oil, although
1t took the optimism of some Smiling idiots"
to carry ON the development In the face
of every possible encouragement.
CampbeII's Rocky Ridge pool" was quickly
disproven. The wells drilled had only show
ings Of oil but when acidizati0n came, those
showings Of oil were the guide-pOsts which
led to a highly profitable oil pool, stin called
the Rocky Ridge pool.
No well has been drilled close to the IA
NOUS old Miller well Southwest Of the old
Miller well is the Madeline SchueIer well,
drilled in 1926 That wen had a showing
Of oil after having had flow of gas In
the second Smburst"- now recognized rs
the Cut Bank sand. The oil rose up 70 the
level of the gas and it was blown over the
top of the derrick, giving rise to wild rumOrs
that 1t was a great gusher. The owners
thought they had gusher and when they
found that it was only small well, they
drilled deeper and into water and ruined
what they had. The well was half aban-
dOned, with the pipe in the hole and was
taken over some time ago by Glacier Pro-
ductiOn Co, TO conserve the gas.
We have frequently wondered whether
someone viii capitalize the significant show
ings of oil in these two wells.
We are sufficiently convinced that this
is oil land that we have bought a 16O-acre
farm in fee simple In the district.
Anyone who is interested to join with us
in the purchase of properties IN this pOten-
tiaI new pool is invited TO write to us.