Deming graphic., 1919-12-30
FLORIDA CO. GETS
GOOD OIL REPORTS
Geologist Caulfield Has Made Exien-
siye Investigations Here and Says
Necessary Indications Here.
DRILL DOWN OVER 100 FEET
Expect TO Encounter Oil Showing
Around 1900 Feet and Tap big
Oil Pool Around $500 Feet.

The well ON the Florida Oil Compa-
ny's tract west of the city is going
down steadily, the 10O-foot mark being
passed today and 1t IL expected that
from now on the drill will drop fifty
feet lower each day. A showing OF
oil should he encountered around 1900
feet and the big pool tapped ut about
300 feet.
The company has just received II
very favorable report on their holding
from Geologist Caulfield. Following
is the report:
Geological Report
Geological summary of tentative sur
yey of the territory included between
Townships u and ~ South, Range I
To II West, New Mexico Principal
Meridian, In Luna county, New M,x-
leo, In which are situated the proper
ties OF the FLORIDA OIL COMrA-
NY.
The conclusions reported herein are
drawn from data derived by the ap-
plication OF establishing geological
principles, but the object Of this re-
port is briefly 10 make clear to he
lay reader In plain terms. the condi-
tions supporting such conclusions, with
the smallest use of technical language
possible.
The investigator entering the area
mnde the subject OF this report, which
is u part Of the "Deming Quadrangle"
is enlightened by the highly accurate
and scientific data reported by Fed
eral Geological Survey lately made in
this region. In that report complete
identification, by an obviously efficient
paleontologist, of the several structures
occurring in the Quadrangle, make
comparatively simple study of this
field and materially reduce the time
10 be devoted thereto.
The factor Of first importance in "A
survey for petroleum is TO find and
identify sedimentary rocks known IN
proven fields to be the sources of oil
and favorable to its condensation and
retention in forming commercial de-
posits.
For the information of the lay
reader, II is well to state that petro-
leum In its proper place occurs in the
sedimentary rocks laid down only In
certain periods Of geological history.
When structure belonging to such
periods is found in any given field, it
Is, of course n favorable indication.
Lines shales and sands of the Gre
taceous. Lower er-Carhonfferous and De-
vonian periods of geological history
are the prolific sources of oil and gas
I'm Texas and the mid-continental
fields. This field embodies all three.
Cretaceous, Carboniferous and Devo-
nian se,limentary beds are exposed at
points Of faulting and along the slopes
of er1Iptive elevations TO the north,
west. and southeast, and are 80 plain
ly correlated that the conclusion Is
sound that they lie at no great depth
benenath the surface of the COmpanys
properties and at the drill-site on the
southwest quarter OF Section Fourteen,
. Township 23 South, Range 10 East
Given, then. the pesence of the sedi~
mentary beds of the oil-making series,
our next inquiry inevitably relates to
the extent and condition of these
measures II Is true that the area ex-
amineG Is complicated by faulting and
cr1iptlve activities. hut there appear
! 10 remain such eXpanses of uninier-
? rupted selimentary structure as 10 es-
, tablish the very reasonable conclusion
) that oil in commercial quantities may
, he tapped at the axes Of the earthfolds
| (anticlines) in parts of the field and
? at the drillsite selected
: Fossils of the Benton fauna found
"in place" identify .he Cretaceous
! lines and sands at zones OF outcrop,
and testify to the presence of that oil
" forming series which, In many rich
: fields, h the horizon OF greatest pro-
! ducticn.
a On the evidences herein recited. the
. prospects for oil in commercial quanti.
ties are gratifying. Drilling at the
site selected should he carried to 5000
feet.
! Respectfully submitted,
: L. II. CAULFIELD.
Geologist.