Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-02-18

The Testimony OF the Rocks Contrss'lir's the
Predictions of tho "Ou .smciiors."

the Testimony OF the Rocks Con,rs"m'' '"e
rr""'''o"s q, W." o"o'
cW some nhno tnore n"s H'o'"i'" 'o''
siderable deRrco of excitement III the Vicfhlty
of Parkosburg over tho story that surface IN
,llcatjons of oil bnyo been found in the ridgo
north of t,,, t,w, Arrnp,mcnts have been
,nado a., In,o o.. ,,o,rn,nn,,, and ,bcro hos
, w 80 49,, "' III -, A., -
wv" 'o'o ,''''o n"',s u, '." '''u , y" No',o
quencc Tho coolcr-headod ihhaoitants akc
little stock In tho sensation and Tuesdays Rec
ord has the following on the subject from j.
r. Jesley tho ucolopist:
Tho oxci,cn,cnt which pr,,.,ils 4, Cbos,or
,,unty Jo..r,,,od Il, ,.our iss,o or ,a,,, ,,a,
oo",'' "'' '''''' :" s"u' ''S"o W io'" ihs.'
caiis Tor some pam snort explanation OF the
reason why no experienced gcologist can bo-
,ieve for moment in the possibility of get
ting oil from tho rocks of tho North Valley
b,,l. irs, boc,uso thoso ,,.,,, .r, a,oo.,,,,
i, 40 .L.r,a,o. ,,' ",.,1,,,s., -, -
" "s'' ',''"'' "h" '"'"''i''' i"',' "'o'"
oi our OIL regions; ana secondly, because
oven IL their age and character had been
originally the same, thoir present condition
would make IL Impossib,o for them IN hold
petrolenm w,y most o,siIy m,to ,,,,.
@ f'' ~ n.S ",o' ''sny man 'n,'
hPpe" ny snort statement Oh where the out
crops OF inc on sand-rocks run through the
state. Tho Nenango oil sands belong To the
the top of tho Chomung formations the
Warren sands several hundred fee, Iowor
and tbo pr,d,ord .anl. -, ,Lo ,,ia,,o -,
AZ. ,a.,.,..t = Z, 90, -. ,.,- a., ~,
'"o 'oii"uoh' OF i'V' 'oct p"ioM 'ne 70
mango sands There il gentlo rise of the
formation northward, which carries into tho
air the Bradford sands along a line stretch
ing from Lake Erie 10 the Hudson river at
Catskill. Southward they lilo deeply buried
beneath the whole hitumnous area or West
ern Pennsylvania, that como against the sur
taco along the foot hills Of tho Allegheny
mountains, from Cumberland, in Maryland,
10 Altoona. and from Altoona To Lock
Haven, Williamspor and Muncy, and then
east nearly to tho North Branch Susque-
hanna, in Iuzerne county. From here to
the Hudson river they stay underground,
nut they outcrop in many OF tho valleys of
Middle Pennsylvania- The Junata river
cuts across their upturued edges many times
III huntingdon, Miiilin, Juniata ana Perry
counties 50 docs the SusIuohnnna river in
Northumberland and Dauphin counties.
Ihey NIL tho Wapwallopcn valley, oncircle
Montour's ridge to beautifully pointed
llipse, make two outcrols at Halifax, and
hnaily run the whole length Of the Orw igs-
burg valley, from above Harrisburg. east
ward, past Pinegrove, orwigsburg, Weiss
port StrondsburH and Milford, To tho Dele
ware river, above Port Jcrvis, and 80 on
along the foot OF the Catskill mountains, to
Rondont on the Hudson river
Now, there is no mistaking this Chemung
formation (with the oil sands In it) anywhere
where II comes To the surface Tho reports
OF the geological survey are full OF desrriI-
tons OF its shales, sandstones and gravel (OT
conglomoratc) layers, with every particular
OF color, grain and fossil shells at hundreds
OF places where ii has been examined Tho
important,point however, is that after rising
southward for the last time into the air along
The orwigsburg and Stroudsburg Valley, be-