The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-10
GEOLOGIST FINDS
OIL INDICATIONS
Preliminary Survey Reveals
Favorable Formations.
COMPANY INCORPORATED
Glasgow Oil and Gas Co. Filled Papers
Today-Geologist Will Make
Report Thursday Night.

Clc COuIlI1y ouAAOuiuA6 NA"o6o"s ~
Rickert, the geologist of the Glasgow
Oil and Gas company, reported that he
found the formations and indications
here very favorable for oil and gas
drilling.
Every day this week the geologist
and party of local men have made
trips over the country surrounding
the city and careful study of the for
nations and strata has been made
by Mr.. Rickert. He is geologist of
many years. experience, being con-
sulting mining engineer and geologist,
a graduate of the Polytechnic school
of Paris, France, has had thirty-five
years. experience around the world,
and is the discoverer Of many oil
fields and mines. He has also done
some exploration work in South
America and his work in the great
oil fields has particularly fitted him
for his locating oil and gas deposits.
One particular spot which inter-
ested Mr.. Rickert was Tiger Butte.
Here many fossils were found which,
the geologist said, dated back to the
glacial wash period. Petrified parts
of large snails, snakes and the bones
of large prehistoric animals were
found here. In his report on the geo.
logical conditions governing the oc-
currence of petroleum and natural
gas, Mr.. Rickert says:
"In applying the principles govern
ing the accumulation of oil deposits
in the principal oil fields in the Uni
, ted States, it will be evident that in
developing any new field thorough
knowledge of the geological structures
is necessary for any decision as to
whether oil is likely to be found, and
if so, to locate the most profitable
sites for drilling.
"The examinations made until
Thursday resulted in discovering an
anticline alternating with synclines
and the outcrops being the "Pierre
Foxhill," an argillaceous formation,
consisting Of shales, neutral grey or
browning to nearly black in color,
with light grey or yellow, soft beds
of sandstone. There are also layers
and nodules. Of ironstone and sele-
mite crystals are common.
"This formation is underlaid by the
Niobrara and has a wide distribution
in the southern part of the great plair
in Montana. "A sandstone series so to
150 feet thick overlies the Bentor
formation. 1t consists of three sand
stone bands, separated by and some.
what intermixed with dark shales
and carries enough bitumen that wher
the hydrocarbon is volatilized in {
camp fire they burn with a blush
flame and give off strong odor OF
petroleum. Gas will be found in this
formation, as it has been found il
Bow, Island.
"The Benton formation is probabl,
of very general distribution through
out the southern part of the Canadian
plain; as it outcrops in Montana
Manitoba and Dakota.
"In Bow Island, 200 feet consist o1
soft brown shale, caving easily, with
a sandstone layer every few inche!
to three feet everything the Dakots
sandstones. The Benton formation
occurs as a band of dark grey, al
most black shale, holding a consider
able quantity of carbonaeous mater
ial. This formation is overlying tn
Dakota formation, which is probabl!
the most important formation in thi
vicinity so far as the oil and gas in
dustry is concerned. 1t is the btu
men bearing formation and probabl!
the. chief reservoir of gas and oil il
Southern Alberta, Canada, where I
flow of gas has been struck in Bow
Island Of 100000 feet, with rocl
pressure of 800 pounds at depth o
1915 feet.
'>"After finding the formation t.
strike the oil and gas in this vicinit,
there are some things to avoid. l
has been observed in other oil terri
tory that drilling for oil has rarel,
been successful if the bottom of
syncline is selected. This needs t.
be, avoided in this field as well as il
= others. The apex or sides Of an anti
clinal fold are the favorable location
; to drill, and this have to select il
my further exploration in thi
vicinity.