Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-03-16
THE OIL BELT
Editors citizen

Gallup, n. NJ, March y. The Ber-
ualiiio Oil company have their men on
the grounds Of the company twelve
miles northeast OF Gallup erecting a
derrick aud putting machinery Ia
place for the purpose Of drilling Tor
oil ~ soon AS the machinery II ready Ia
operate. There Is an abundance Of
water in the valley whore they propose
to begin operations consisting of five
large irBXhaustible springs and good
sized reservoir now fun OF water, also a
lake. all Of which are under the control
oi the above named company and the
Mariana OIL company the companies
named control all The water Interests at
present developed. We understand
that the Mariana Oil company will
commence developments az once on
their lands consisting OF 10000 acres of
the choicest lands 10 the oil belt, show
inr continuous groupings Of oil aud for u
distance of over six miles. This COM
pauv has a small amount Of stock on the
market which they expect 10 sell Ia New
York city aud elsewhere A sale for
the whole block Of the stock placed on
the market Is pending and the deal
viii probably be closed in few days.
10 the arrhaeologlst and the geoio-
| gist this oh fields present one of the
most interesting fields for study known
ON the continent. In places the upper
strata has been cut 10y deep canyons,
/ the groupings In the sides OF which
| show immense beds OF oil producing
! shalc over twenty feet M thickness and
/ bed Of solid marine shells over four
! feet in thickness interspersed with crop.
pings uf oil sand making what Is called
] au open book la geology which h read
J with the most intense Interest by those
who are initiated. Large ruins are
m"t with la every direction, one OF
/ which Ia particular is yet standing four
stories high a commissioner from
] the Smithsonian Institute will visit
these fields the coming sumner for the
purpose Of examining these ruins In the
Interest Of archaeology and interesting
developments may hc expected. The
Oh fields may be reached from either
Guam, Wingatc or Gallup railroad
points. A new road has been built
north from Guam, a distance ~ about
eight miles "a GunbOat pass, passing
through which you are in the midst Of
the oil fields a stage line over this road
will bo in operation in the near future,
running from Guam 10 sulphur springs,
located ON the Bcrnalillo and Mariana
On companies lhlus, where suitable
accommodations will Doe had for both
man and beast As soon ~ possible
buildings will be erected There is
also wagon road from Wingate con.
Meeting with the above road and reach.
ing sulphur springs ia about the same
distance; the same point may be
reached from Gallup, distance OF
twelve miles. Fifteen miles from Gallup,
over nearly the same route, is what /.
known as the tunnel, owned by the
Gallup OH company, into which Their,
Is continuous How Of oil seepinp
through strata OF oil SAN. Thi,
cropping of oil sand has been traced Ia
q southeasterly direction distance OF
over nine miles, where the strata dis.
lappears under ground, the oil sand
having dip ~ ten degrees TO the
northwest aud dip OF nearly the same
toward the east. The oil strata az the
tunnel appears high up In the bluffs,
facing easterly, consequently going
north the strata Immediately disappears
beneath the surface. Traversing Ia an
easterly direction parallel along the
bluffs the surface OF the valley Is grad
uAlly rising,