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Show MONTANA OIL INDUSTRY SHOWS BIG PRODUCTION GREAT FALLS. Mont. Dec. 26. ! j The Montana oil induf try is a year old j and ten producing wells, brought, in j during the last twelve months are ca-I ca-I pable ol producing 12.000 barrels of rude ol dally, according to estimates ot operators The actual production Is less than 12.000 barrels dally, how ' bee iiKxe all Ml. xes hki e been capped and the How is regulated The I field now dovcloped, in Fergus coun i t about 200 miles southeast of Great Falls, is tweuty-fivo mile from the railroad a&d has two pipe lines, both connecting with the Chicago. Mllwau-keo Mllwau-keo & St. Paul railway at Wlnnett, Monl T- n producing wells are In ih-PergUS ih-PergUS count field and nine of them r. on i north west-southeast line two ind ;i halt milep long, with the discov-erj discov-erj well three miles further eaat. It is said that 260 wella wore drilled ; In various parts of Montana prior to j tho first producer. In the Fergus County field, variously known as the J Winnelt, the Mosby and the Cat Creek i oil field, approximately 50 wells are being drilled at the present time and innumerable companies are betng pro moted to exploit land Last year approximately 80.0"0,00u xvorth of peanuts wore sold from the firms of this country. I |