Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

men I'm their observations In various
parts of the world. The first oil found
In the United States by boring was IN
1919, In Wayne county Ky. A hole was
bored for salt water, but II yielded so
much oil that II was abandoned for
brine and has continued to produce
oil in small quantities until the present
time.
in 1920 another well was drilled in
Cumberland county, Ky. This well was
a large producer OF oil, but most u It
was allowed 10 run to waste, small
amount, however, was bottled up and
sold In various parts Of the world as
llnlment under the name Of American
OIL"
At an early date petroleum was also
collected by the Indians In New York
state on the shores Of Seneca lake, and
sold as medicine by the name OF Genes
see oil. The refining OF petroleum for
Illuminating purposes commenced In
1851. simultaneously IN the United
States and England. The limited sup
ply Of the crude oil In the British isles
prevented the manufacture OF illumn-
ating oil In commercial quantities. The
supply OF the crude oil In the United
States kept pace with the demand untn
the refining Of petroleum Is one of the
great industries Of the nation.
GEOLOGY OF PETROLEUM.
II has been generally supposed that
petroleum occurs in AN of the geologi-
cal formations, from the Silurlan no
to the Tertiary, While this Is true i'm
q way, yet 1t Is misleading, for petrol
cum Is not found uniformly distributed
through all OF these Intermediate FOR
nations, but occurs principally In two
ages OF geological history. These are
the Siluran and Cretaclous The vast
acoumulations OF petroleum in the
western hemisphere are found In the
Sllurian ana Deyonlan rocks, while in
the easteen hemisphere II is found In
the Eocene and the Miocene formations.
Yel there are some producing wells
along the Rhone valley. IN the Jurasslo
lmestonei In Pennsylvania ana New
York the oil sands are found beneath
lhe coal measures In the Upper Devon
IAN while In Canada they again de-
soend to the Lower Devonlan. Along
the eastern foothills Of the Rocky
mountains the oil measures occur In
The CrctaclOus, while i'm California II
occurs IN both the Cralacious and JjC.
Gene periods. From these obsprva ions
Il Is apparent that petroleum is not
confined 10 any particular formation.
but II found must necessarily be i'm
some OF the sedimentary forma.lone
which have not been mctqmorphpted
OPP u so, hut slightly The oil IN thc
Bradford fields Of Pennsylyanla is
found In a coarse-grained sandstone
called the third oil sand. This Is more
IMAM 100 square miles I'm OK
Tent and from 20 20 1876 feet
thick, The southwestern edge
OF this oil zone is submerged In salt
water; It's northern edge is higher ana
hlled with gas under a high pressure
This extreme gas pressure on the oil /
accounts In q measure for a eushor |
when a hore-hole taps the lower mart
OF the OF basin. In Colorado. Cana. /
ia, Tennessee and some other smaller /
fields the oil Is found I'm asguros |
goodies and cavities IN the oil-bearlne 1
formation In California In the sands |
and the oil shales.
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
Niuue pclIoteuIhh are usually d. I
Vlded into two classes, The first has a /
heayy parailine base the compounds
OF which are exceedingly stable chang |
ing but little on exposure 10 the MI |
mosphere This first class forms the
greater part Of the oils Of commerce. /
the second contains little or no uaraHine
ana has an asphaltum base. changin. I
rapidly on exposure 10 the aid 10 me
compounds known as gilsonlte. asphalt
&C. '''''
me pennsylvania and Wyoming Pc
troleum belongs 10 the first closs From,
which the illuminating and lubrlcating
OILS are extracted The second class
are found IN Colorado California and
Texas and furnish fuel oils
The asphalt beds os South America
are compounds OF The second class Tho
most remarkable deposit in tho world
exists at Trinidad, where It forms q