Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-06-18

~ ~ A"H@1ts " me the iNYmnn
thinks there must be and - q great
mystery IN the development OF oil
fields. yet 20 those understanding go-
oiogy and have had experience IN oil
q n almost an open book. Mistakes
are made. of course. but usually the
old timer IN the business comes pref
" close.
This IL an oil field. .Of that there
Il no question.
but you must nof confuse NY
meaning. for this particular place Is
but spot VA tremendous area
where oil fields viii be Developed
an area extending from Electra on
the east to about 90 miles west 81
ArtcHia; from Roswell on the NORTH
70 the Toyah country on the south.
where you find the GRANTEES. there
you lose the oil field and oil possi-
bilitles So while Aftesia is the cen
ter OF a great oil-bearing area, Il Is
but one OF many fields that will FIN
ally be dsVeloped.
This country Is Identical with the
Pennsylvania fields, from "a basin
standpoint. being the site OF an an
cient sea. The formations are OF
the same age and even OF the same
name as Ia the Pennsylvania series.
The Pennsylvania llmestonas are
found here IN place. This Is the TOP
81 that country here u lies deeper.
u Is a hundred miles square. from
SEQ 10 1880 feet thick. and break
ing Il open. u invariably emlts tho
odor OF oil, and II In fact oily. one
must conclude favorably on This field
You must understand that oil
finds a higher level than water TIE
oil flows downward until Il comes In
contact with saline water. which
chemically changes the fluid to what
We know as petroleum Thus. the
carboniferous rock we usually find
over the oil sands were once In a pre-
historic sea. and these. drying sud
denly from unknown causes. left their
vegetable and fish contents 10 grad
ualiy dr. ana deconpose. the oils be-
snS extracted and gradually flowing
downward. and then. reaching the
salt waters OF the depths. the change
was made to the petroleum Of the
present day Az the waters Increased
~ depths the oil. Of course. came
nearer to surface. but usually Ia GER
tain formations. This. then, Is the
reason oil men search for formations
OF certain kinds and then. for domes
la the surface folds These domes
are classified as AN anIicline---and
here drilling very often results In
bringing In the wells. This Is the
case In your Artesia field--the fOrma-
ton III as right as any I ever saw. the
contour OF the country In excellent
tbs whole conditions are such as to
be depended upon. There are many
fields In this great basin--and Ger.
tainly Artesla In In the center OF one
of the most promising OF the fields OF
the basin.
These top strata from which you
are getting oil at the present time
could not possibly produce large
! quantities OF oil. The large volume
OF oil lies below the Pennsylvania
! lime al great depths. with stratas OF
oil producing formation between. In
this Artesia Dayton district the Penn.
sylvania limestone lines at approx
mately alec feet, and IL from 500 to
1 500 feet thick. II II be 500 feet
thick the oil should be found here at
@tN"N ANfAt hNA u " Nt LOW AfNA NNhi
OIL In great quantities will he at $500
feet. The exposures In the mountains
were not sufficient to determine the
exact thickness OF the Pennsylvania
limestone. This statement as to
depth OF oil-producing formations
does not mean that there h no oil
between the surface and those depths,
hat that ihe great volume of oil will
be at these depths II will be in many
pools scattered over the basin In var
iOus places.
II shall return to this field for fur
Their Investigations Ia a short time.
The Artesia field II 100 miles square.
believe Il VIII make a large pro-
Queer"
Mr.. Yancey Is one Of the best
known Of the western oil men. lie
described tile sands under the Midway
field of California and went on rec-
ord in the California Olr World
of 1909 six months before the sand
vas drilled into. lie and Jim O'Don-
81 drilled the Nacircmn we'll. and dis
covered the McKutrick front In Kern
county, carr. lie also secured the
first lands IN the Belle Ridge see
tion. now the big light oil district of
California. two years before oil WAS
discovered there. That he endorses
the ArtcsiH- Dayton field IN cause FOR
rejoicing by those now validating
here