The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-10-03
GEOLOGITT TELLS
WHERE TO EXPECT
DEPOSITS OF OIL
mANcE F0R 700 10 GET RICH
n Your Land Contains AIIneral DE-
posts ~ Herein DcscrIhcd iou
should Consult a ccolouisa Quick,

Should Consult a Ccoioaim Quick.
oil i found In commercial guam
titles only In ~sedimentary rocks,
such as shales. sandstones and
iimestones. according 10 r. O.
George formerly state geologist Of
Colorado. These rocks r formed
from uhec lay. sand and lime that
were ages ago carried by rivers
from land areas 10 the sea and
spread over the sea floor by waves
end other agencies. The seas are
and were full Of plant and animal
life. aud as the sands and clays are
being spread owe the sea floor, the
dead plants aud animals are buried
with them. Under certain condi-
lions, as these deposits OF sand.
clay and limestone grow. minute
RlObulcs Of oil are distilled from
the plant aud animal matter and
are caught held and buried In the
mass ~ sand. clay and water
which makes up the unsolidined
rock.
Folding Of Rocks Makes on Collect
A. The oil Is lighter than the
water. u tends 10 rise and collect In.
the more porous layers Of the
rocks chiefly in the sa~ndstones.
81 long ~ The rock remains in the.
horizontal position there will not.
be- a complete separation Of the oil
from the water. But II the layers
Of the rock arr folded into a dome
or anticline the oil o a large
area naturally migraies 10 the Top
or crest u the anticllne.
n gas h present u will rise
through the oil and sand 10 the top.
The three substans - m the anti
cline In the order and Of their
weight-gas at the top. oil next
and water below.
Conditions Necessary for Forma-
tion Of OH Fields.
From the facts Just stated Il Is
clear that certain definite condi-
tons were necessary for the forma-
ton Of oil fields.
First-There must have been
e a In which plants and animals
lived In abundance.
Second-Rivers from adjacent
lands must have carried In clay.
sand and other sediments which
buried the plant and animal re-
mains and brought about conditions
for oil distillation from them.
Third-In the rock 20 formed
must be porous layers such as the
sandstones 10 form reservoirs. into
which the oil may collect.
fourih-0ver the reservoir there
must be an impcrious cap rock
through which oil will not escape
when Il is forced upward by water
pressure and the difference between
it, own weight and that Of water
Hfth-These rock -ayers must b.
folded into anticlines or dOmes un-
der which the gas. oil and water
Will arrange themselves in the or
der of their weight.
sixth-These dome an d~anticline,
must remain unbroken in order u
prevent the escape Of the gas anS
oil.
These ideal conditions are f0unS
In the proven oil fields Of nortl
central Texas. in the Burkbunnet
and Ranger fields. the former II
the perfnian series and the latter
IN the pennsylvania series. Boil
Of the were formed In age
In which vegetables or plant ans
animal life were extremely pro.
life. The same structural condition.
r found In the great Wyomin.
oil fields. however. in the Creta.
eou system, including the Lar.
annie Fox Hills. Pierre. Niobrara
Beut0n aud Dakota formations, ans
also In the Iurassic system. includ.
ing the Mirrison and SundancI
formations which were also pro.
life IN plant and animal life 10 tn
days Of long ago.
In the pecos valley OF West Tex.
as the same ideal conditions ar,
found In the Permian and the IN
derlying Pennsylvania. The LAT.
ter series Is o exposed In the
country west OF the Delaware anc
Guadalupe ranges and In the re.
gions east and north Of II Paso. IN
the Cretaceous, Jurassic and Penn
sylvanian rocks exposed In the
Pass and foothills north OF n paso,
the fosils found in sreat abundance
tell the history Of teeming plant
) life that existed here necns and
aso. when the oceans ex-
tended from the Mexican gulf 10
Behring'S Sra, on the Alaskan coast.
IN the limesiones, sandstones and
black shalcs found Ia the low hills