El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-11

IS NEAR CITY
W. H. Glenn Cites Some of
His Reasons for Having
Such Faith.

W. H. Glenn safd today that he is
not only trusting to the opinion OF
biologists, geological formation, out
croppings-but to the Glenn luck' in
striking oil, artesian water, or both in
the territory north and west of FL
Paso.
When c. E. Kelly was mayor Of FL
Faso. Mr.. Glenn made an effort to in
terest the city in prospecting for ar
tesian water on his land. ten miles
north of the city, just west of the
Franklin mountains, offering to give
the city, free of cost, ground enough
for all the wells that the city would
ever need and for a city pumping
plant in case that the wells were not
artesian The offer was turned down.
Recently. about the time the con-
tract was given the Layne and Boiler
city council and made another effort
to get the city TO drill this same
Mr. Glenn said today: 81 have been
trying for five or six years to get
PEOPLE interested in this particular
section for artesian water 1 feel GER
tain that we have it; everything
proves that we have. In a little well
that I have Just finished, for the pur-
pose of getting water for a new
orchard that I am putting out, we
found water at $50 feet. It immediate
" rose 70 feet in dug wen and
stands there today, only 90 feet from
the surface. 1 believe we have oil, too:
and that we can prove It II we Will
only 20 down deep enough, and in the
right way. Some three years ago there
was a man here by the name OF Den
man. who has had experience in diff
ferent oil fields. He was so impressed
with the possibilities Of oil that he
offered $4,000 of his own money TO
put into a drilling proposition. pro-
viding we would raise the balance
needed We were unable to make a
20 of il at that time, but I am Of
the opinion that people are waking up
to the possibility Of oil right at the
door of FL PasO.
"Au government report. maps, etc,
encourage US to believe that If we go
for oil we will get it A report on
coal lands Just over the river in
Mexico, made by Charles D. WILDER IN
1891 is wonderfully encouraging to the
oil prospector. In an appendix to this
report Mr.. WILDER quotes Dr. owen, a
United States geologist Of note. Dr..
Owen, among other things, says: 1t
does not appear to be generally
known that along the valley OF the
Rio Grande there exists in the Gre
taceous rocks extensive coal bods. They
extend from FL Pas0 TO Laredo and up
mo New MEA4EO- 4AAE CQaA IROsAN
covers 12O sections. and will supply
zoo carloads a day for 200 years Some
coal. eh2
I'VE have real oil outcroppings, too.
one in particular that my attention
has been called to numbers of times
It is on the old road from Juarez to
Pelea, a station on the FL Paso 4
Southwestern, at the base OF a hill
called Black Mountain. 4 shaft was
sunk 40 feet deep through shales and
sandstone in prospecting for coal At
the bottom Of the shaft, water came
in in such quantities as TO prevent
further sinking Years ago ii is said
there were several living springs in
the basin around this hole. which
ceased to flow years ago It Is also
said the springs were called 'Ojos de
Perolio,' on account of the oily ma
terial floating on the surface Of the
water The water rose in this shaft
to within 20 feet OF the surface. an
altitude OF over 200 feet above the
level OF the Rio Grande-"