Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-20
dickinson Tells
Of OIL THEORIES
RECENT DISCOVERIES IN SOUTH
Explain GEOLOGY
PtIILE.
richer FIELDS TO come
Many More Large on Pools VIII Bo
Discovered In Oklahoma,
lie says,

rhc phenomena which has puzzled
biologists since the discovery Of oil
and gas IN what ls called the Mid
continent field, extending through
portions of Kansas across Oklahoma
and probably across Texas to the
Gulf Of Mexico has been explained
20 far AS scientists are concerned
The finding of fossils IA! the Scott eN-
plorors IN the Antartic continent
showing beyond doubt the record Of
the rocks for millions Of years Is
complete, and proves that land
bridges existed connecting Australia
with South America.
II has been found that the noun
tans on the east and west coast OF
North America. which are the Oldest
parts Of the continent were repeated
ly separated by the advancing ocean
which flooded the Mississippi valley
from the cuff to the Artic Sea, and
II soften connected again by the reces-
sion Of the sea under great earth
movements.
has carefully mapped the great oil
bearing Strata in Oklahoma, and who
first declared that Tulsa would be
come the Hub around which great
activity in this line would royolye,
the known field is only small frac-
ucn Of the belt which, many mil
lions of :. ears ago, was an arm Of tho
cuff Of Mexico, with islands ard
mountain ranges towering thousands
of feet above the present hillocks
which we now call The Usage range,
Turkey mountain ana the lie.
ON a recent visit to the United
states pcuitcntiary, the following in
teryioW was secured from Df. Dickin-
son concerning the geological iorma-
tions in "a radius Of one hundred miles
Of Tulsa:
Now chat | have ample time to
study my notes secured during tho
past fifteen years in the vicinity Of
Tulsa said the prisoner, Il find that
q much larger area of oil-bcarine
sands exist than formerly appeared.
Thc great anticlinc when divides the
present known strip of oil territory
from field probably Of gIt1ter eX-
tent and richness than any known
pools. passes through the CITY Of Tul-
sa, slightly to the westward and CON
tnues in almost a direct and unhrok-
an line TO a point just east oR Maadil.
This weli-defined antioline, at Its
most northerly defined poin. from
surface indications, are the flint Mills
in Kansas, The Red river, southeast
of Durant, and all that strip of level
country extending to Beaumont, Tex,
is underlaid with oil and gas, but its
probable depth would no doubt prove
prohibitive with the present mode of
drilling.
Along the anticline on either side
cf this vast field Of known extent will,
ere long, become prolific in produc-
ton of oil and gas. For instance, at
point some twenty miles west and
little southwest of CollinsVille, where
practically no development has been
done. is a field of wonderful richness.
Another field that has never been
prospected is IN a few miles south
east of Ardmore, between Madil and
Ardmore. These pools will be found
on the western slope of the great anti
cline before mentioned.
"A lesson Of great value to geol-
ogists is Glenn Pool. This spot was
merely a deep pool situated between
two high mountain ranges -- many
g
Gulf waters receeded this was prob
ably lake filled with animal life,
with depth of water several hun
dred feet. As the mountains on
either side eroded away great slides
took place and completely covered
this lake. Its present surface has
probably been more than 20,0OO,OOO
years I'm forming 1t must be under
stood that on either side of this range
Of mountains there was water and the
oil pools will be found wherever the
deep pools, with the vast deposit of
animal life could he protected, until
finally covered up by the work of ero-
sion and slides.
MY opinion is that still other pro-
ductive sands will be found at greater
deptha. The various dips of the
known producing sands are only
proofs that still deeper sands VIII be
found. and in many cases much rich
err than any heretofore discovered. An
evidence of this is found near Cleve-
land and along the western edge oil
the Cushing field. Even under what