The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1911-09-01

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the ield u proven. " curse shen
. field u proven. we csn tfnthfully
and knowingly say that ~ snch and
suci field aushefs are found, aud In
such and such q field npwing wells of
bumpers are brought N. iieyond that
10 IA imppss,blc ~ w with certainty.
There has been great development 10
oil fields tl,rouvhout The United states
10 recent years, and these develop
ments have been made possible
through the pcfsistency of hardy
pioneers In the business blazing the
way for the general rush that always
follows.
Even recognized experts do not
always agree as TO the conditions that
may Indicate the presence Of oil, and
experts differ. also, az 10 the why's and
wherefores OF oil. Years ago, when
the Pennsylvania fields were first dis.
covered, so sure were people that oil
was an adjunct OF coal that the pro-
duct was called coal OIL and the
romance OF the oil business has no
more picturesque figure than Coal
OH Johnny one Of the pioneers 10
Pennsylvania. For years 1t was believ.
ed and heralded that coal OIL was pure.
ly product peculiar to Pennsylvania.
Some years later, however, the pro.
duct was found 10 West Virginia,
Ohio, and other places, thus proving |
that oil is not necessarily only found
10 coal fields.
OIL THEORIES.
"Geologists began To advance theo.
ries on the subject, seldom any two
OF them c0nsenting 70 agre6, however,
and today various theories are still 10
existence. There are 70 many facts,
however, that cannot be disputed
that many things are looked upon and
accepted az true and ,certaInties 10
with the business. For
every oil feld 10 the eastern
part OF the country, has the same
general trend-from northeast to
tile southwest Again, the great
eastern fields are along what is known
As the Appalachian trough. Still again,
and this Ia remarkable fact, too,
there has been no oil found east OF
that range OF mountains, or, In what J
may sptly be termed the oldest land
Of North America. That there are
reason for these facts no one for a
considers to doubt, and their
existence Is not denied BY any one 10
the least familiar with the oil busi-
ness.
'The accepted theory today appears
to be that the great southern country
was recently, that Is some centuries
ago, part of the bed Of the gulf, and
that during the following ages the
deposits OF animal matter underwent
various chemical changes until oil
was formed. The formation OF oil
generated gas, and as this gas In.
creased 10 quantity the pressure be-
came so immense that II became nec-
essary for II TO fnd an outlet. These
outlets have been termed blow outs
and these blow outs have led to the
discovery OF great gas fields. In my
experience l have fouEd that every |
gas field, where gas Is or has been
found 10 abundance, eventuates into
an oil 1eld. Gas has been found 10
various parts OF the South, and there
are numerous places recently visited
by me that show escap ping gas through
the lines OF least resistance where no
prospecting for gas or oil has ever
been undertaken.
For the past twenty-five years l
have been conpected actively with oil
Geld development. Naturally within
that length Of time / believe that am
qualified ~ m oil man. NY associates
bsve the sa@e Opiaioa- The presence
OF 90 much gas 10 the South, together
with the fact thst the old oil fields VI
the middle West and North are play
Ing out, has attracted our attention
to ibis section. We believe that the
accumulated gss pressure and the
prevalence Of salt water along the
coast section has tended to bank the
oil 10 immense pools or lakes, and
that - soon q II u possible 10 reduce
this Tremendous double pressure the
Houth's great oil neld will be devel.
oped. There Il 90 theory concerning
oil that IL jnfalIible, as 10 have found,
but We are determIned 70 test out this
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