The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1906-11-30
COLORADO OIL Land
and CATTLE CO.
The Following Report Was Made By
o CrIltenden County Boy Who Is
Interested
IN OIL LANDS IN COLORADO

Report a. made TO the Colorado Oh.
land and Cattle Co.. Sept. 18th. 1906
ari published IN the Daily Mining
Record of Denver, Colorado, for the
int time.
10 the northeast corner Of Chaifec
county. the southwest corner Of Park
county and the northwest corner Of
rcemont county there Is basin
which is completely surrounded by
mountains. and inside this basin Is
where the Colorado Oh. Land and Cat
Ne ga. secured the land mentioned in
thu report. covering the entire basin
1hu basin is supplied with numerous
springs of water. which show on the
surface u the water As fine quality
Of raraffnc oil a. Is found anywhere
m the United States The surface
formation on this land. consisting Of
Cr'accous shalcs. sand and limestone.
ut.ch with other s.rface indications.
b. good evidence Of oil below. On the
vc,t side of this basin. on the noun
lainside. is large field Of yulcanized
eua shich dips toward and underneath
the basin The oil secpagc from the
spring. the hogs and gullsys Is plain To
b. seen As the grass that grows on the
many beautiful meadows scattered oy-
ef the land In the basin IL Is posi-
be-. and more than probable that the
aas ~ gas that will be encountered In
ia putting down an oil well In this bas-
ih will be- immense.
Take map Of Colorado, lay a
straight edge or rule with one end at
the Florence oil held 10 the southeast
and the other end AZ De Bcquc, and the
other oIl fields 10 thenorthwest Then
draw line across the map Nov
change your straight edge or rule with
one end at the Boulder oil fields 10 the
northeast. letting your rule drop down
acr1ss the oil fields IN the north part Of
South Park. extending 10 all the oll
heAs In the southwestern part Of the
state. draw another line across The
map and where these two lines crus'
zach other Ia where this basin is locai'
ci To be more explicit, the crossing
u these two lines will be- on the souih'
scsi quartar of section u. township u
rprih. range y east. New Mexico, 7. w.
oght and half miles north Of Salda'
Colo and on the Calumet branch OF
thr Denver a Rio Grandc railroad, and
SIN and one half miles east Of Hcel'
Junction. which s on the main line OF
thr Denver a Rio Grande nilruad, and
virtually Is an exten,ion Of the famous
South Park oil fields. where early IN The
summer Canadian capitalists bought "
li.oo acres of land for oil, paying s.
uo. 40 for Il. this being on a dircc'
hnc with the Boulder oil field.
Colorado Ia noted for IL high-grad'
oi and the wells at Florence tthe old
cst fields In the statcl for their stay'nI
Qualities. There are numerous up
hcayals over this basin. which show
plainly that they have been thrown ~
by the over accumulations Of gas he
5,s;h TIC surface. ~hich found ven
through the creyiccs In the rccks, an'
this being the case Il Is hardly to b
doubted but what each oil well pm
down will be a gushcr. Every suriac'
Indication bears this out
while the above description ma!
seem little optimistic. there i' moth
ing said only what ! saw in looking IN
land over on different occasions IN IN
past few months. There is ano'he
story to tell about this land. Ever
since this part of the state has bee
settled this basin has been known a
the finest grazing land in Colorado an
on my last visit about three weeks ag
saw thousands Of head Of eatt'
roaming at will over this basln' an
nnchmen tell me that hundreds Q
head winter there and come out IN IN
spring Of the year in fairly good cond
ton. There are about 5000 acres @
this basin suitable for agricultural pun
poses, such as the raising OF hay an
potatoes. and there are also about ~"
acres Of A No. white and yellow pm
timber on the land. which, when save
into lumber. will bring fancy price