Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-03-21
OIL ON 0RAY's HARBOR, SURE
Malcolm Scott. one Of the most exper.
fenced OIL men in tho world. finds
"unmistakable evidences Of
oil" at C0pa1ls.

Heretofore the immense forests o
timber have been regarded as the sol
resource Of the Grays Harbor Country
and many have been the conjecture
hazzarded upon the probable future o
this region when the timber should al
be removed. From the present aspec
Of things, it is likely to be found tina
greater wealth lies under the earth thar
is contained upon the surface. So far a.
human sight and experience can pene
trate the bowels of the earth, the pres
ence OF vast deposits of petroleum il
assured in this favored region, as will bt
seen by the following extract from the
Seattle Observation-Disclosures OF Monday:
"MalcOlm Scott has examined the
| Copalis oil lands and his testimony is
worthy OF consider alton. He ranks high
as an oil expert and has been intimately
connected with the oil industry for some
thirty-six years. Mr.. Scott first went to
Pit Hole, Pa, in 1865, and from there he
was sent to the oil fields of Boutwell, and
Petrolia, in Canada, ninety miles east OF
Detroit. In 1873 he went to Yara for
the Dutch government, where the oil
industry was then in its inception. For
while competition was to strong for it,
but now Yara is doing large oil bust
ness. After four years in Yara, MIR. scott
returned to Canada, afterwards going to
South Australia. From the Antipodes
he went to London, being dispatched
thence to Peru. From Peru he went to
Assam, British India, and since then has
spent thirteen years in the oil fields OF
Galicia, Austria, where his son is now in
charge.
Mr.. Scott was interviewed yesterday
with regard to the recent oil discoveries
in this slate, and his opinion, while con-
sentative, was most encouraging. He
said:
II do not presume to Judge of all the
reported discoveries of oil in this state,
as have had no opportunity of invest
igating them. There is one place, how
ever, which have been over carefully
and in which / found the most unmis-
tai able indications of oil. l refer to
Copalis Point. found there large GUAM
titles Of oleaginous mud strongly impreg-
mated with petroleum gas, and found
this deposited for considerable. distance
along the coast.
"No boring has yet been done, but
while was there hole some six feet
deep was dug at the foot of high bluff,
and the mud taken from the bottom of
the hole was very strongly impregnated
with the gas. There is no doubt that
that section, thus accounting tor these
The formation at Copa!is
point is characteristic of nearly all the
oil Or oducing districts l have seen. 1t is
a s 40 dstone formation, and both the red,
gray and dark colored sandstones are
found, which is highly characteristic, l
,,,o,,+ IN Tho Coast nearly twelve miles
and found the formation apparently
uniform. The rock plane is nearly hor-
izontal, with slight dip to the north
west. l have been informed that deposits
OF Ignite coal occur in the neighborho.od
but during my visit had no opportunity
Of personally verifying the statement,
"As no we'll has yet been sunk in the
district it is impossible to speak certainly
as to the depth which will be required;
From the surface indications, however,
should Judge that oil will be met with
at depth Of from 500 to 1000 feet, and
possibly before