The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-29
ALABAMA AS AN OIL FIELD
IT'S POSITION IN THE
APPALACHIAN GROUP
BY l.. RAY NELSON

true oil-bearing stratum is covered with
deep drift, yet there are abundant out
crops in the uplifts showing the rocks
and shales, and sands, and clays. In
Madison county drilling has been done to
show that there is oil In paying quanti-
ties when the drill penetrates the lower
stratum, every rock, shale and clay is in
true position Draw line from little
west of Golightly. in Madison county,
across the northwestern corner of the
state to a point east of Fayette, where
the recently discovered gas wells are Sit
uated. passing through the northwest cor
ner of Madison county into Limestone.
through Limestone little east of Athens,
passing under the river near Decatur
through Morgan county into Lawrence
and southeast of Moulton, through the
northwest corner of Winston, into Fay
cite, and we get the central line Of the
true oil-bearing formation of western
Alabama. East of this line is the upiift
of the anti-clinal where we may expect
to find the best flow of natural gas, and
west of this line is the syncine, where
we may expect to find the oil. Again
draw a line from the Alabama state line
In Jackson county, on the western slope
of the Cumberlands, and directly in the
curve from Chattanooga, where 1t is re-
ported oil has been found, we find every
sign of oil. Oozng between the crevices
of the rocks is thick, red, crude petroleum
and tar springs, all the shales and clays
are found and all conditions favorable
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an ,,u haira d,-i,laa ;v,to tha Love, strata
to test for oil.
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anu lne se,..,a - Ia s oioas
OF the mus are ,ouhu srea' DEUS VI o 's,sn
peooies, anu al minus " -
many inoica'lohs u so.u. A,o'e e
Washou's tneio "ie o"ep ~ 80.
snare. nee ".s -, ~. $3.50
Vi cray, ,ioii -. ..s p -
whi'e sa1,ii' 80 -, ~, e is go
'ers VI Dis De -, 80.
oozins oe'wesn ny ioe 49,. sM' .",
substance "n.en 40 49,, eas.,n ~
troieuh escaping .niousn ny hssues VI
the rock by pressure oi the gas oe-
low.
RAISING Marion county in.o raSse.e'
| Where haturai gas iaS leeehis Dee
| louno' we hho az 'ne ~ ~alu .,
| ions OF OH ana .he UNI Is NJ" .es.,ns
Passing INTO Lamar county on .he Yves.
| PlcKens on the SCUM anu @ ",
the southeast, we 90 not ilnu .he sali,e
outward conu..lon' - o. ue .,tst ~ a, one
bearing FORMATION l, tney exis' .ney are
covered by drlrt ana eniy the urn car
discover the nature OIL 'ne unuer,yi ing