| Show MONTANA NEWEST OIL STATE when the first well of commercial size was brought in last november north of roundup montana by the van duzen oil company a new era was commenced in what had already been proved to be one of the greatest states in the union celebrated for its tremendous natural resources prior to that time montana had been declared by experts as possessing but little possibilities tor for the accumulation of oil except along the southern boundary adjoining the elk basin field of wyoming with one successful well however capital immediately became interested and it was not long before other outfits spurred on by the success of the pioneer company hauled their machinery to the devils basin field and started development work the roundup oil gas company organized more than three years ago and experiencing perien cing all of the vicissitudes that a pioneer company does in a new field while not the first to strike the pay sands succeeding on february 17 1920 in reaching the oil sands encountered by the van duzen company at slightly shallower depth on a location about one and one half miles from the discovery well not satisfied with the success of their neighboring county the people of fergus county a week later experienced the same sensations that had greeted their southern neighbors a few months before when on the of february the frantz oil corporation with head offices in denver added another producer to the states list bringing in a flowing well at a depth of less than 1100 feet of high grade base oil very rich in gasoline content the well has been capped but the pressure of the oil and gas is so great that the oil is forced out from around the threads of the capping the frantz well is located on what is known as the great mosby structure between mosby and winnett about fifty miles ea east si of lewistown Lewis town and some sixty miles north of roundup at the present time there are eight operating com companies banies at w work ork in the devils basin field more will get to work as fast as rigs can be hauled in and operations have been started in numerous other places including Harlow town the railroad center on the milwaukee road |
