The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-09-22

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RIG.
Mr.. Campbell bases his belief on
stirling an OIL sand before this depth
on a report 81 William VI. Alherti. a
geolog N OF Sew York who went over
New Mexico before the company ac-
quired leases In land near 1sicta and
along the RIO Grande valley 10 the
than 400. coo acres OF land
lease and Is pinning It's faith on the
lsista location a. being the most ia
v0fabie for oil.
The well II located ABOUT half n
mile due west OF the station at isleta
at an elevation overlooking the val
ley. a small house has been built
there for the crew and there ia plenty
OF material on the ground 10 proceed
with the drilling Of the well without
interruption.
IIcpoit Of Gcorux-a a.
Mr.. Campbell. has mRde public the
report Of the geoiugist WHO went over
New Mexico and u Is Of much inter
est TO all who are watching the oil
development In this section Of the
state. The report follows;
The area under consideration has
been covered by leases by q. {. Camp
bell OF Albuquerque, 81 al, along he
Rio Grande. Grpnis. known as lsleta.
Gutierres and Sedlllo. etc, south OF
NacimientO range, north OF the La
drOnnes range and east OF Rio PuercO
and west Of a mountainous boundary
fifteen or more miles east Of tne Rio
Grande.
During tertiary time. the great up
lift to the westward OF hts area
formed the great monOclinc Of which
this Is part. The movement caused
weakness to De developed In various
places, anticl.nes arose like Islands,
and some long fBult lines were Dc
velopcd as crest after crest broke, as.
along the whole line OF Rio Puerc9.
Later. lines north and south, or nearly
VI. poured forth their ~superheated
waters. and various points along one
VI these lines now mArRs the land
scapes with q series OF volcanic cones.
one Of them being known a. isleia
peak and 90 The south Of q n la Joya
peat. To the north Of Isleta peak
there are three large cones and some
smaller ones In the immediate neigh
h0rhond Of Albuquerque. Long
enough before these volcanoes were
doing tneir part with explosions and
then settling down 10 a more or lcs1
steady flow OF lava. which has covered
the territory neiEhboring TO each OF
them. particularly TO the north and
towards the northeast. with hasnlt
there WINS already In the underlying
formations OF s~edimentary origin,
great storage Of petroleum. So the
volcanism was post-tertlary, and the
lesser Disturbances and the undula-
lions Of the crust due to various
causes were also after peiroiiferous
material was distributed throughout
what 4 previous period had laid down
level under water.
IN river ehannrls and where win I
and water have erodcd the surface or
-ut escarpmcnfs. we hnd on. tho top
-sroriareous, massive or amykdalold1l
nnsait. henenth his are often found
he first effects of voicnnism. the nue
material caused by bursting forth
Below this We Anc ltcustrinc material
sometimes thick beds Of mari, soft,
~ entirely different from the broken
rock, dint. ebert angular pieces ana
pebbles Of sndesite and obsidian VI
the layer above. Then below We hul
more active water effects. sand IN
gravel and again d'ep-uuiet water Of.
feCts IN deposits of clay or industrial
clay. which heat ana pressure might
make into shale. Ant then limestone.
Hd down IN "tlll deeper water, wh'rN
was salt seq water. In the river Itself
Ne md the loess composed NJ vtri ugs
materials washed or blown into d.
some OF II showing the floods Of the
glacial ora, some ~ % ncocenc or last
% tho tertiary pctior, material %
both earlier and later periods some
times indicated by tho red pr yellow
color nEs often showing hat ust be.
low It's bed there cIist formations iull
of petroleum.
'S'rumplins and changes u the
crust have made openings AMI nat
ural reservoirs. Near the ~utft fr In
irusive sheets n porphry nave Lllei
these spaces. hrt deep down IN IN,
enrth-crust such spaces ARE nl'rd with
OH and gas and IN the lower svuictI
folds they are nl'ed with water. IA.
higher specific gravity allowing ia.
gas 20 be at the crest OF the under
grnund untic'in". OIL e. nelow and
water dtcptut down
Iiig AMI IBriinr.
Prof Albert selected the locator
now being drilled al lsleta ana N 40
iiiion 60 tle above states the ullow.
ING
The world over Tho iertlarr ~ tn.
greatest formation and period Tor th'
commercial production of pe'ro''im
1T is a sedimcnthry and thN rogiu.
IN Ncw Mexico vas u great ;sr'.Lr,
plain before the cXirusiNe hasaiti,
lavls and volcanic hrecia compare
lively recent covered H. The Goa
there lH found in the cretaccous, below
the t%crt'arlcs. which IL true Of III.
entire region from Montana south
ward, because hat era was c4lovc tn.
water. which subsequently sumberEo
the section. The AXIS from the noun
tains north 10 the range south, make
a present location west Of isleta. jus
to one side OF the axis. to which
called our attention. winch I wa
there. The douGdalion OF the struc
ture after the strata were put q
WaVc-iike condition by the crushin
forces, and their adjustment thereto
has brought the producing areas ~
near the surface that appliances W
USE can easily reach them. The mon
nciinul condition IN as favorable some
times as We could wish. This ma
been proved In the heids Of Russis
Rcumanin. california and Peru. a
prolific fields. and no doubt. Nc'
Mexico H. 10 be added. However, "
have an anticlne % enormous pro
portions, considering mat the forms
tons slope or dip 20 the west ~ IN
RIO Puerco and 20 the east ana north
east east Of that river. Concentrate
has occurred duc tn this dip, tn
vertical range Of our area In Ne.
Mexico b. wonderful"
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