The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1911-08-25
PROF. LOWE INTERESTED
State GeoIoslst Writes To Judge
Chldsey Relative To OIL Pos
sIblIIties On The Coast.

One OF the most consistent boosters
OF Pascagonla and jackson county II
Judge Charles Il Chidsey. IIc has
pcfsistently and consistently kept the
progress Of the oil development at
Lainc before the geUlogsts Of the
state and nation, supplying both with
logs OF the well and with samples Of
the several stratas through which the
drills pass, aud several letters have
passed TO him relative TO the promises
Indicated by these.
Last Monday morning Judge Child
sey received a letter from State Geolo-
gist Lowe relative to the oil develop.
ment work. This letter indicates
that Professor Lowe proposes to visit
Laine and the entire gulf coast 10 a
serious study Of the oil Indications
and land formations. The letter Is
as follows:
My Dear Sir-Your very interesting
letter has just been received. am, /
assure you, very much interested in
the boring going on In your county,
and have been since It's beginning.
OH Is very elusive thing, aud may
be sought many times without being
found, but the only way by which IL
ever may be found is by going down
after 1t, as you have been doing at
Laine. | assure you, your boring
there ia OF very great Importance to
the whole state. While have not
been able as yet, owing 10 pressure OF
duties already assumed and not yet
finished, had an opportunity Of visit
Ing your locality and investigating
your conditions there, 1t has not been
for lack Of interest, or, l might say,
from a lack of faith.
l have kept constantly before me as
duty that would take up as soon
as free from present duties, the
Fserious taking up OF the study OF oil
signs on the gulf coast, believing that
this region offered the brightest pros.
poets Of oil finds, such as occur at the
Beaumont and jennings fields. !
think the log OF your well as sent me
parallels pretty well those Of the Jen-
nings Geld, and In that field, as we'll
as In the Texas field, the fossil Rangia
found 10 your well were encountered,
and at Jennings the oil occurred in
the Rangia horizon 10 part Of the
field.
The escape OF gas and salt water,
together with some undoubted oil, is
most encouraging, and think surely
justifes going down deeper. While
no one can predict the quantity that
may be struck, and while you have
exceeded in depth the usual borlngs
10 the gulf coast fields, the evidence
points to the fact that you are still In
the formation that furnished the
Texas and Louisiana oil, and, in my
opinion, are justified In going deeper.
This formation is known to be very
irregular In thickness In different
localities, and 1t IL my opinion that
your we'll happens to be located 10 q
part Of more than usual thickness.
Judging from your account Of the
latest developments / certainly see no
reason for dlscouragemen yet, and
hope you will continue 10 keep an
accurate log or the we'll. From everj
point OF view I regard this well Ol
unusual interest and Importance, aht
II Il my sincere hope that IL maj
prove the existence Of oil Ia our statt
In paying quantities.
/ 1 shall watch with interest thl
progress OF the work, and hope yot
will keep me Ia touch with you
developments.
Yours very truly,
fSiuucdI T., N. LOWE.