Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-05-25
THE OIL FIELDS!
They Are Located in
Mckinley County.
Visit to Lands Where Drilling
Will Soon Commence,
The Mariana Oil Company Will Drill
Near the hot Holes
An INTERESTING TRIP.

tcnaugor respectively of the Mariana
OH COMPANY and j 10. Clcmouts who
/ Dr. tho authorized agent for the CuH.
l1Inia Consolidated oil company Ut
Bakersfield. Cal a. Is Smith was tho
driver. and the WAGON. besides the NHn.
ilnmcn mentioned. contained the nee.
caaary camping out supplies.
tuE ROUTE.
The route was along che Rio puorco.
and aa enc drive was Through CANYONS
and valleys. with high and PERCEPTIONS
mountains ON each side. DO gave the
party huo opportunity Co get good
glimpse ul the formation oft The coun.
try the on bearing sandstone aud
-htit That crop uui prominently along
The huge sidCs uf the mountains.
Camp f0r that night was mndo az
Navajo indian hogan 0r "tnpeu aud
after discussing plans Tor the next
day. President WOLF gave the nigh
sign meaning thnt 10 was time to re-
tire. and soon thereafter ail members
of the party were sound asleep with
nothing Co disturb them except the
cracking of pinon log fire ON the
inside ~ the hogan and the ocoa.
siuuai howl ~ coyotes ON the outside.
AZ $3.50 O'Clock the next morning
every body was up and az work propar.
ms Tor an early start Go the
FAMOUS hot HOLES"
on the lands 90 the Mariana OH com.
pauy near which according CD exam.
nations Recently made lY Prof q. T..
Hrrfick. The company cen Irill with
promising success uf striking ul nt "a
depth OF not over l5UG foot
breakfast was cooked and served
the horses led and hitrhcd up. and
with everything securely packed ON
the wagon The drive 90 the "hotholoa"
commenced promptly at $500 "a. on.
Atoms the entire route from the
hogan. which had served as 81 iudg-
iug place Ca and beyond a large body
OF water known as The Mariana lake.
through valleys and onto and over
mountaine locators had trampcd and
slaked on section after section Ut
ground in anticipation OF
STRIKING IT RICH
sooner or later. if not by drilling
themselves. hy holding the lands for
speculation purposes. 10 can bee said,
iH cunnoctiuI With this paragraph.
that many thousands OF acres have
been staked on and located for Ger.
tain parties In Albuquerque and ols,-
where by certain people who are not
familiar with that country who have
got their locations on lands Tar frum
the oil shale AMI Ina sections where cy.
cry gc0lurlst who has examined the
fields say positively that nu oh exists
and VIII not Dee encountered on drul-
ing inia iG pointer 90 thc cnthusi-
ast 60 hu careful. Tor b is a fact that
cannot be denied that
EVERY FOOT or LAND
showing any indication or uutrrupping
uf uil ahaie and aecpa.es have uprn
stakod on located and properly hi"d
several n-enths ago. when tho on ga.
c,temcnt out there was greater than
BE- js now
Tho Hot Holes so named from
the fact that out OF the crcyiccs or
seams of some huge rocks mot air car
ftlnE strongly the udor of burning nil
De- emitted, were reached ut . O'Clock
a. M, and at this point the OH shalc
is very pronounced aHd dips over the
divide to e valley a milo distant to a
point where the Mariana on company
viii soon establish camp and begin
ACTIVE DRILLING FOR on.
here. said President Woln. point
ing 90 the selected site where the com.
pauy. drills viii soon be- in operation.
I'VE intend 90 strike oil II tncre 81 ans
oh la this section Of the country The
Oh sand Indications are mere more
pronounced and the formation more
strongly fortified than az any other
point I'm what ls correctly known a.
the oil fields at Mckinley county"
Psof iirrrick who made a scientific
examination of the country for the
above company Ina his report nH 10
this particular spot. says.
Above the Puntu DO la Mcaa sand.
stone is thin band NJ shnlcs OF bitu-
mnous nature that have special inter
ost as being closely connected with
the oil sand and probably with oil
production. The shaics Bumctimoa re-
sruhio q highly hituminous coal and
at other places seem like almost pure
asphalt or Rilsonito Near BATTLE
mesa and at other places along the os.
cprpmont north OF the Rio pucrco
there are
sEEPAGEs or HEAVY OIL
along this zone aud the everything
coarse raudstonc So for large areas
thoroughly imprognatod with the OIL
which has heavy asphalt base aus
a specific gravity uf about eleven dc.
grecs D. u would technically hc called
q malthn bur Is ia certain that under
cover % would bee found OF a lighter
gravity
'Ihis lower OH sand la about afty
feet thick though b. varies consider.
ably, az do an OF these strata. Above
This Be- "a long s8ries OF very soft
PECULIAR YELLOW sHALES
ana lhoir sandy layers Tho Hhulcs
co." capped with sandstone. forming
the base uf upper or Ignite cretaceous
ihr entire thickness OF the yellow
hhalr ana sand is probably less than
POO feet.
In several places the sad immo.
dihinly above the Ignite showed IN.
dicatinus that ID had been al one limo
saturated with Oh and il b. probable
that this will bo found 10 form an
upper uil sand under favorable cuudi
lions The shaloa below in some cases
make coal beds. but il o. likely thar
they may elsewhere form OH.
"NDar the west boundary Of section
~, township ~ range 49, east OF the
navajo reservation ANA extending
upon the latter o. a fold and fault /
which De- Interesting from tho evidence |
II affords that active mctamOrphiam is |
nov going ON. From cracks ln the |
sandstone everything the llgnito thrro
hi issuing a constant
STREAM OF HEATED AIR.
carbon diOKide. HulphurOus oxide aud I
Napur This solfataric aCtiOG may boz I
attributed tn the r!e oxidation az the /
Hhales iu the presence of water. From
this point eastward ls sories OF /
CRACKS That have been filled with iron
ANA lime. serving etill further 20 show /
lhht along che Line ~ this fold aud \
hfCnkwalor so one time ascended
~ was the opinion of Prof Horrick
after un exhaustive uXnmiphtlon and
analysis at the Handr that drilling
should be- commenced near the "hot
holes, and h ls near them that the
Mariana OH company viii soon set its
DRILLS no WORK
IN tho hope of bringing the hidden de-