The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-12-27

In Indiana crude petroleum occurs IN
commercial quantities In two distinct geo.
Logical formafiors-ln the lower rocks OF
the silurian system. known a. the 'Tren-
ton limestone and In the lower forma-
fion Of the d~evonian system. known as
the 'corniferous formation.
The principal oli-bearing formation IL
the Trenton limestone. This formation
underlies the whole state. but on account
Of its dip IL has not yet been penetrated
Iy the drill in the western part Of In
diana. while in the northeastern part II
Is only reached at great depth on account
Of the thick mantle Of glacial drift mate
rial OVERLAPPING the country rock The
Trenton rock does not ouscroD in any
part Of the state. but near T<swrenceburg.
Dearborn county. IL T. found within 20
feet Of the surface. West ~ this. rear
Salem. il IL found az a depth * LEO feet,
and farther vest. at Ioogootee. In Martin
county. a well drilled 1.s~ feet did not
reach Trenton rock In the main produce
ing field the Trenton - reached at an
average depth OF l.c' feet.
The principal producing oil field In In
llama extends from the chio-Indfana
state line westward to Marion. Grant
county. and from Warren Huntington
county. south 20 Hartford city. Black
ford county The greatest length Is nifty
miles and extreme width thirty miles
This Geld embraces the townships In the
extreme southern tier ~ Adans- W."
and Huntington counties. and the norsn-
ern tier ~ townships ~ Jay and Black
ford counties. and the four n~o-theastern
townships Of Grant county with Isolated
pools In the adjoining townships Outside
az the main oil field isolated T,c0ie In the
Trenton formation have been developed
and exploited at Peru. Minri county.
Keilar. Wabash county. NJ BROAD Ripple.
north 81 Indianapolis. al Fisher Station.
Hamilton county. at Parker. Randolph
county. and In the main gas teit At Al
exandria. Madison county Development
in the latter field has been checked by the
enforcement 81 legislation rroh citfng the
| opening ~ oil wells In protncfng gas re-
zion. While II r. true tia, Trenton
! rock underlies the whole state a. various
dep,hs IL H. oniy where so-vrs strata
ex,ss that the rock Is petroleum. bearing
corniferous Oil Field.
This formation occurs only ~ the west
ern half ~ Indiana where II IL repre-
sensed either by sand stone ter 10 twenty
feet in thickness or by Nmest ne i've 70
seventy feet thick. n In Some places by
both sandstone and limestcne- n sand
| and limestone formations are crcrlaid By
black or brown New Albany shale. -
named on account OF their c~ltcropping
on the Ohio river near New Ale@ny- Ind.
This shaIe ~ from loo 20 30 ct thick
II is very rich IN bitumen az attempts
have been made az New A~ibanS,to utilize
,h,s shale as fuel Experiments by the
New Albany gas works showed ina
xh.reas Il required Ave pounds 81 Pitts
n,-v coal 10 produce l5 gAllors OF gas
4, required five pounds Of New Ashany
.ha,e 20 produce the ~ame quantity Bus
,he New Albany shaie gas fac twenty
two candle power to eightee- Tor the
pstshurg coal gas. Experiments ny chs.
,,iiation 81 the shaies IN othsr parts q
,bs state have produced from per cent
10 T. per cent. crude oil Tn ais,iisai'o'
~ shaies In Scotland and Germany - ~
,-rcrtaut industry. The Scrrch ortpu'
nr.r.t "a, amounted 70 na.o o.c o0 gal
,o,s last wear which was refined INT
rarh.ha. burning oil. gas oil. medium Oh
intoxicating oil. and rarafhne- - = vain,
.h,a hv-nreduct .s.fa tons s1lphafe q
ammonia was also produced which y
,srd ,r making commercial sfrfihxer.
I, n from the oil and gas vhicn mature
M. separated from these luminous
shale- that the corniferous .~ea"'
charged wherever porous Some OF these
,nr.,,s placs@ or reservoirs have been
s,r,ck Nv Oh driliers nearly al along the
corptferous belt frc-a the Onto river 10
Lake Michigan. But 70 far. ms forma-
zion has produced oil Ia payfns QUANTITIES
oniy M Terre Haute. near Lroxootec and
IN Jasper county. near Medaryville- The
corniferous field. however. Las not re-
ceived much attention from ~ operators
for the reason that the Trerton ne1d az
fords rurer and more remunrrative In
duccments. At Terrc Haute ne Phoenix
we,l Was struck IN 100 and Yer since "
has averaged f.wo barrels f'cr month.
The OIL n found In the ccrriferous losne-
stone there at q depth cf Loo oset- This
70 the best oil well In indiana N0n In