The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-28
GEOLOGY OF OIL FIELD.

GEOLOGY OF OIL FIELD.
The special work done in connection with the Beaumont
fsee I oe ToS between Sabine Pass and Roand
nation OF the sediments from various wells IN ne M
tanabe Very few fossils secured and most OF these
we're badly broken 1t is not certain that any OIL "e '
DC '''''''"'1 THE GENERAL SECTION.
Besnnng az the Soa W. n he ee saum Of this
The bed of que clay which forms the floor Of the gut ot
Bn oa5 Sayo and bepond IN places i
sand either in sheets as mounds or mu fpr
times especially in the little mounds, they are somewhat
account Of the INC o 81 GTs s 6ep are for the
most part heavy silly lime cays of various eoors yepw
red blue places in others olive and brown
contain nodues and concreton of lime and are neroeaaeu
with sand These sands which for the most part Hn
able size The beds contain clam and oyser shells at PLACES
crossing the Texas and New Orleans railroad Further IN
land their continuation successor is somewhat more sau
The depostsndeying the coast cays are known by tn
Of orange sands from thfr bright right 'Go veSity Of
Kountze and they form the surface or immeaae SUP d
Vile Beyond this point the country Is more rolling ana me
ralroaG Give excellent sections OF the sands the
best being Comesneil They are predomnatnRy sands
but are niHed with some gravel and G lay - :; .his
caled the Lagarto beds) yellow eays win
cacareos concreon grading upward at one locality INTO
81 and thence northwad to Carols where the rapid
rise of the country brings us again into the ueoded
.,
again find the cays exposed From here they continue 70
within and onehalf miles OF Rockand where we ma
clays which we may call the Rockland sandstones.
In descending order then the surface from Sabine Pass
to Rockland shows the following series OF beds
| Salt marsh.
Coast cays
| Orange sands.
Lagarto clays.
Rockland sandstone,
| THICKNESS AND CHARACTER OF BEDS.
o ft d de r ssrt tSe orange sand and as nearly
as we can gdge from the log Just reaches the
@ aKs M 9i Of b nper surface Of
ms %oua ge az me aesrtee P o. nr u 6ccordine
Eec ti aus[ 80 70 q" 't 5i IS the same dp that
% Us i Ive on " t M o. ne @ f tbe strIctrre he
in ysy regular would throw these beds below even
pe o me series of beds from the well sections
and We would expect 70 find the deposit he
o ef o ped be w4S Se dsG f 6 non OF 1000 ee "
sccdn srd oo Sb the o a6m Us o3po9n much de-
aieI eMmina''on ~ nowever we i9 e t we WStmaq
TO Mon'souCry OF NrineS cqeS We ma lnaI leiI Upper
portion consists OF blue yellow and occasionally red my
csiSareous ssndso2c The special carae Of the de-
Is ,e %oVE 90 nT "i'" the 'G@' f bi e b oF OF
me basal part OF inc beds are cay OF darker coors shay
Sapsa ana MASSIVE WIN q''n"eS Oh 'a'afeouS con
and 6es S beds we're derived from the erosion on Of st hes
fossil S OF those be s' a e now ond ana be some n, OF e
posts
. he orange sand is series OF sa9d graye and eayy
the geological ep9eh known as the tertiary was deposited
bib # y Ip waeS' and ; uE 'ne hnePgai IN
wn1 b was au surface ana Pro 70 IT'S IesomeTgenGe
anu me aep9silon OF inc coast Gays on H. number OF nils
49, ie sun .; " w"f 5 are sun lccgs'izsoe. among
eg may ' 4 men'onga banon mound the red or sun
We do not ye know S@ i ,s Un ,me So' b hin b
vas Que 10 erosion nor wha part earth movements and
nau IN IT, But IA ADDITION 70 inc mus we md in the
region eaS OF e hrazos river number OF folds with their
f E H. x 10 % e D 90 70 As w" ana two strong
That S,indje IA r, . , a. 80 ,t In, : .. ,,
t 49, ,!I1,N was, sucil mn IS pretty well shown
; og "e%y mace since me 5hiekness Of the over
Tbs T.; H. - lTses EGIS 1aPidy toward the river
m III inc EoaS W !ne nase OF the coast cIayS was
al 20 'geE Wnle VI tne 9trining one and one-halt
he method OF boring used in this region is distinctly I'M
10 correct record OF inc beds passed through
having our general section as we have,
E @ tareuy kept .ogs at least approximate the
All OF me wo r9r our purpose the section OF the Lucas