Updates
July 17, 2014: A reader who works in the Minot area wrote to say that workers for an oil services company (as in seismic), two years ago, working out of Minot, said they were working in the Towner County area, suggesting someone thinks the Spearfish may extend that far east.
Original Post
This may become a top story or at least a time-date stamp. If you look at the state mineral leases someone is bidding on some North east North Dakota land in the county of Towner. I have not made the time to research it further yet but it is interesting because of the area.The link is here: http://www.land.nd.gov/minerals/oilandgasleasing.aspx. At the link, click on the "PDF."
The screenshot of the PDF regarding Towner County:
