El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-12

CT THINK there will be several sec
! tions in New Mexico and west
Texas opened and between now and
late fan tests for oil viii be under
way in a number Of them. Among
these viii be the Tularosa basin in
Otero county. y. IL. and what may
be considered its continuation down
through the Hueco basin country in
eastern FL Paso county and Huds-
peth county on southwark to and be-
yond Van Horn. Tex"
The foregoing was the statement Of
Prof Fayerte A. Jones. OF Albuquer-
que, n ~. who, up to two years ago
was president Of the school Of mines
n THAT state al SocorrO- PROF.. Jones
was head Of that school for eight
years at two different times OF four
years each He stopped off in FL Paso
a few hours Friday on his way TO san
Antonio. Tex. and 10 the lower Rio
Grande valley. where he viii be en-
saEed for the next two or three weeks
making geological examinations OF
sections in that part OF Texas 10 de-
termine oil possibilities.
Good oil Possibilities.
There are quite a number Of sec
tons Of New Mexico with good oil
possibilities and oil rights have been
acquired over about 3.O0O.0O acres Of
state and government lands" he said.
'iIn the territory entirely trfbu-
fary 70 Fl PasO consider the
TularOsa basin and rshat Is prac-
fically its extension through HUI
eco basin and the Van Horn coun-
try as especially inviting to oil
UrOspecto=S. 1 was in the gam
Horn country about three months
j rafn 70
study the entire section more or
less during the mnuy years have
been in New Mexico and connected
with the state school Of mines md
more or less with the mining In
terests.
In my opinion the northern and
southern part Of the Tularosa basin
r New Mexico are especially inviting,
but in the central part. I think quite
deer drilling viii be required. In a
canyon north Of Tularosa is a distinct
oil seep-
There is very plain faultinE show
ing that the Sacramento mountains on
the east and the san Andres noun
talns on the west OF the Tularosa
basin have been raised up or the plain
has been Jet down. or perhaps some
Of both, lifting and dropping. as much
as nearly 5000 feet The mountains
and the basin show the Pennsylvania
formation and in the latter are the
antlcIiues. was in the Huec0 basin
country about Is months ago
7 located the site where the DIE
artesian we'll was struck II miles
told them either oil OF artesian water
OF both would be struck
oil East Of Here.
About Sierra Blanca Tex. range
OF mountains seem to cut off or sep
parate what consider the Iularosa
basin extension on the west from the
Pecos valley on the east SOUTHWARK
on down TO Van Horn and beyond the 5
Pennsv1van formation. general
STRUCTURE and anticlines are to be
traced. At and around Van Horn OIL /
sometinps So strong stock Will hardly Z
drink the water. has been obtained IN :
many wells That is 2 very inviting 4
prospecting territory.
ct think quite favorablv OF the !
section Of country nul
am Of the opinion that TO get quanllly Z
Of oil VIII require rather deep drlllins T,
sav 500 feet OF more to get down F.
through the ermo-carhoniterous OF !
red beds 70 the formation tneI -
oil 7 think the shallow OIL ~ - ~ g
is from leaks so TO SPEAK. 1n4t zl' ~.
come from higher M. more eleNa-eu
OIL Above Fl Paso-
.sT have a rather good opinion Of the /
oil DorsfbfTitfes for oil I'm the Rio
cranie valley Just above FL Paso
cit is not AT all unlikely that
the feueouS rock which cuts
across me valley here has formed
y dam. so to speak. and backs mp /
oil coming from much farther ~
~. --I1rv where the formation Is
broken mp
volcanic action or rather igneous 4
,etfor IS not necessarily condemnaIorg ]
for finding oil It may have distilieu Z
me oil from the shales, at least tnat
ie nv oninfon. IN the great Iamplco /
region. with the biggest Wells y "
v~S-15 there. vol find marked evidence E
Of inEneous action.
IT hear the Carter Oil company IN 4
+arssf and that concern is a sub 4