Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-04-16
Prospects FOR OIL IN TENsAs PARISH.

discoveries have been made .of the
plentiful escapement OF gas in this
certain section of Tensas Parish and
the enthusiasm of the people in this
section. Senator joseph f. Rams
dell has decided - SEM a Govern
ment Gcologist To make report on
same. 1t has been learned the ia
NOUS sand boils which are SO fire.
queht in this locality, at certain
stages of the water, and which
have caused the Government much
trouble ever since levees were put
through this ection, are accompanied
or facilited by this enormous gas
pressure.
The escapement of this gas is
found through places in the Missis-
sippi river to the east and south OF
this place and In the edge of Lake
Palmyra to the north and in certain
spots through a small inland lake.
Through the latter in places it is a
constant bubble. The gas trapped
from these bubbles in an ordinary
can to which tube is attached will
when ignited burn in a flame to
about one foot. At some mile or
two distant from these surface es-
opponents iron pipes driven into the
ground from IS to 100 feet deep will
emit gas that when ignited will burn
to heigth of several feet.
This gas has been analysed re-
Gently Ivy one of our best Southern
Chemists. also by a noted Chicago
Chemist. Its similarity to the gas
of other oil producing fields, especi-
ally to Caddo. (the largest gas field
in the WORLDLY. is striking.
This new field is ON the opposite
side Of the State from Caddo and a
little south of a line drawn from
Caddo to the extreme Eastern bor-
Ter Of Louisiana. Much interest
ras been paid 10 the prospects OF
This section as evidSpced by the
Number Of oil men h,.ving visited
here in the past few months, some
Il them trying to get possession by
-ising same.
1t remained for some of our local
e''ple I, I've fortunate enough to get
secession. They have under lease
l,OOO acres and have organized a
.nany with local capital, having
'mnecllo,,s in New York and Cuba,
"''cvel"p this property.
The ian'! in this particular locali-
>, whic. covers narrow stretch nf
bout tel miles is different in for
alton from any of the nearby ter
tory, in that ii is rolling with brok-
n and unbroken ridges and such
NATION a. to attract the eye of all
| ID expert.
a. natny now proven oil-fiel,l
v,s only located 10y few gas es-
a.,emenls in p,ssihly bayou or
Se nearby. all parties interested in
* new field are very confident Of
c,.ess, az the gas eSca pements there
very plentiful and all other in
cati,ns are ~ glaring as they were
= the "ther fields before, develop
rent. Our Government latest re-
rrt is that Louisiana is wasting
lore gas than any State in the
Inion.
Az the Southern States have been
ecpgnized only recently IA oil pro-
'ucers, dating p.'ssibly from 1900
r. whereabouts, and as it is now the
Universal belief that the Southern
'tates will I've called upon to furnish
he greater part of the oil in use, and
J Is it is known that the great oil pmls
1.-THE north of us have found at least
ne outlet in the Gulf of Mexico,
rear Sabine Pass to the south of us,
an there be any wonder that pros-
,ectors are constantly on the alert
for indications which lead to the
finding of one Of these rivulets, pools
.r percolatihg streams as they grav-
ltate Southwark, winding their many
ways, ~ it we're, in the way Of least
resistance from the great oil p.,Ols
To the North and East of us? 1t is
not commonly known that prospect
ing, generally, is going ON in LDuis-
lana, and new fields are frequently
being brought in.
With the great oil pools of Okla
hOma to the Northwest Of US, with
one Of its radiating branches passing
through Caddo Parish, producing
one of the best oil and gas fields in
the world, and the known outlet to
the South of US, with the world-re-
nowned oil fields of Pennsylvania,
West Virginia, Ohio and Illinois to
the North, North-E East of us, send.
ing out their various branches in
their Southwark direction, passing
through rocks of greater or less
porosoty, checked only by obstacles
OF greater resistance while winding
their way slowly hut surely beneath
the surface of our great Southern
States, isn't it reasonable to suppose
that the experienced expert is on
the lookout for indications leading
to their discovery?
| Permit me to repeat the: indica.
tons found in the locality in ques.
ton, sand hnils. snrface esca nA.