The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-01-25

well showed five barrels of oil per day.
AT the depth Of 1893 feet it
yielded II barrels per day.
AT the depth Of 1870 feet there
was an increase to 81 barrels per day.
Sat the depth of 2414 feet the vol
ume had grown to so barrels per day.
6.-At the depth of 1867 feet this
we'll turned out to be 200 barrel well
per day.
Conditions are practically the same
on the Blum farm as they are up in
Canada, where the above we'll was
drilled. Nearly all mineral trends run
northwest and southeast, so therefore
in this instance this rule seems to be
right as between the Blum farm and
the Alberta well, for the latter we'll
is on line northwest from Des Laos
1t may be little higher altitude in AL
berta, which may account for finding
the oil at greater depth than at Des
Laos. There are also other geological
conditions that might account for this
difference. If anything, the Blum we'll
shows up better at the start than the
200 barrel we'll further north. So our
argument is assuming different pro-
portions and seems more conclusive,
does it not?
There is another matter that seems
hard for the man to believe who has
seen crude oil come from the wells of
Indiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Kansas, Tex
as, and other southern and eastern
states. Down there when the crude
oil comes from the we'll it is black,
greasy and nasty, and naturally the
unthinking will at glance condemn
the oil that comes from the Blum we'll,
because it is nearly colorless, having
only a slight tinge of yellow color, but
still quite transparent. This is easy
of explanation it would seem, and the
writer is borne out by the opinion of
a geologist who has given the matter
a great deal of quiet investigation. It
is this way:
The Ignite coal is made from forests
of redwood trees, great giants. There
is almost an entire absence Of signs of
any other kind Of vegetation to be
found in the coal mines of North Da-
kota. The coal is clean itself, and
when the hands become soiled in hand
ling the coal it is easily rubbed or
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or eastern coal. This coal is made
from rank tropical foliage, and speci-
mems of large ferns, strange banks of
trees, reptiles, ETC., are to be found
imprinted upon the slate above and
below the body of the coal in the
mines. This kind Of material was soft
and quick-growing, and when carbon
lied, naturally was dirty and soft, and
the oil from such a product would also
naturally be dirty, greasy and nasty
AS stated, therefore, the unexperienc-
ed jumps to the conclusion that it can
not be true that so pure an article
can come from the coal Of North Da.
kota if the oil that comes from the
coal Of the south and east is so messy
But enough Of this more or less
rambling discussion Of a science that
very few Of us know about. The fact
remains that all signs point to large
body Of oil somewhere below the sur
face of the earth, and we are given to
understand that the company that has
been formed to investigate further
this we'll on the Blum farm near Des
Laos, is going to keep on drilling until
a depth Of 1900 feet is reached, and
| thus settle for all time whether or no
there is oil in paying quantities in this
part Of the state Of North Dakota,
Theirs is not a stock-selling PROPOSE
ton as such propositions are usually