Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-12
FOUR REPUTABLE
COMP N|ES DRILL
FOR OIL OR CAS-
Much Activity in Carlsbad
Field Rigs Well Equipped
and Manned, Backed by
Adequate Capital.
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Carlsbad. n. NJ. July Ill is re-
mafkable how much work w being
done to test the Peeos valley oil field
AT the present time. What N more.
all the companies now actually az
work. are well equipped for the work
OF making a thorough test, being al
we'll financed and managed by expefl-
enced oil men The Carlsbad oil 4
Gas co. Ii New Mexico company
drilling on leases In section 4. town
ship g2. south. range IS east. about
eight miles due east from Carlsbad
NJ. +. Stillwell, of BartlesvIle. Okla.
IL In direct charge OF the operations
The geological formation In this lu-
cation is crctaceous. one of the most
remarkable salt deposits ever found,
according TO geologists. was struck al
41O feet This deposit ~ nearly 700
feet thick and extends for many miles,
having been struck In a deep we'll
drilled on the Vineyard stock farm
ten miles west. At l.200 feet lime
stone was struck and the drill Is still
IN this rock al 2,ii0 feet. Al one time
a thin layer OF sand was found that
showed oil. The biologists claim that
this location was at one time an arm
OF the ocean and that the oil is deep
This company started out with the
idea Of drilling at least 5000 feet and
therefore Invested in large standard
California rig. Later 3,500-foot
steel cable was purchased. No water
has been struck In this hole after the
surface water was cascd off at about
200 feet.
The Southwestern Petroleum COM
pany. also a New Mexico company. Is
drilling few miles west Of carls-
bad Here limestone was struck near
the surface and no material change
In formation has occurred SO far the
drill heine now down to $50 feet THIS
district shows strong Indications OF oil
and the biologists think the oil will |
be struck comparatively shallow. This
location Is near the west antl=clinal
wall while the Carlsbad company Is
near the east anti-cline.
Pecos Valley oil Field.
At oil city, northwest from Carls- |
bad. the Seven Rivers oil Il Gas Co. |
Is drilling. being about 1900 feet At
about 500 feet this company found |
ol-bearing sand. but drilling contin-
ued Later shale was encountered
and has Just been pierced Water |
some trouble at this point. but |
the hole IL now cased and the water |
cut out At present the drill Is In \
Sand with good indications of oil. This |
is also in the shallow field At Day
ton the Brown well continues to pro
duce about fifty barrels Of oil a day
are under way for fur
ther testing around Dayton.
The Dayton district drains into the
Carlsbad field. 1t is supposed that
the oil flows from the northwest and
Is found at comparatively shallow
depth on the west side. The earis-
bad company is drilling at point
where the strata dips downward ana
where the oil Is collecting. salt wa
ter Is associated with oil and can be
found along the east anti-clinal wall
coming to the surface at salt Lake
some distance south of where the
company is at work.
About forty miles north of ROWAN
another company Is at work drilling.
There are strong indications Of oil in
this locality. II is thought that the
oil flows along the west anti-eline.
along the range Of hills that start be-
low Carlsbad and run to the Guada-
upe peak. about sixty-five miles from
Carlsbad.
There are in all four reputable
companies at work in the Pecos val
lev oil field at the present time. TheN I
are financed for business and are :
al managed by capable men. Expert ,
,need drillers are employed at every {
zig What il more. every one now III {
he field is ready 20 try again should
he first hole prove 'duster'
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