Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1919-05-27
STARTING DOWN FOR OIL
IN NEW DAYTON FIELD
Eastern Men Interested in New Mex
ico's Oil Field and Are
Deeply Impressed

N. G. Christensen of Covington,
Okla, is at the Del Norte hotel, hav-
ing come here from the Carlsbad oil
field in the Pecos valley Of New Mex
leo, where he has been several weeks
inspecting the field. Mr.. Christensen
is a prs stical oil operator and driller
and p...ctical oil geologist, and his OBJ
servations are Of great Importance.
He states that number Of oil men
from the east have engaged per-
manent quarters at the Crawford
hotel in Carlsbad with the idea of
operating in the field south of Carls-
bad, where most attention of oil men
is now directed. This is in a region
that has had very little development,
and should not be confused with the
Dayton and Lakewood fields, which
have heretofore been the scenes of
considerable development. The Day
ton field is 20 miles north Of Carls-
bad and Lakewood lies between Day.
ton and Carlsbad.
What is known as the Illinois well
hase been drilling for a long time at
Lakewood. Mr.. Christensen is greatly
interested and has very favorable
opinion Of the field south Of Carlsbad.
This section has not had any deep
wells drilled. In a well drilled on the
Eflie Hart tract to a depth Of 372 feet
no water was found, but good show
ing Of oil and gas was made. II is on
the crest. Of the structure called "The
Border Range Anticline," so named by
Prof. +. NJ. Skeats, one of the fore
most geologists in the country, who
has made the most exhaustive exam
ination Of that region ever made so
far as | know. The Efiie Hart we'll
passed through fifty feet of conglom-
crate and then through shales. The
oil was found in the blue bituminous
shale.
The Border Range anticline has
course of axis running northwest to
southeast. Rock outcrops at the
northern and also the southern ends
of the limestone are reliable indi-
Gator and show gentle anticline is
along the west side Of the ancient
shore line Of a salt sea which after
ward dried up and left large deposits
Of salt in the Carlsbad basin. In this
basin the Andrews well, sunk 28i0
feet, penetrated a total thickness of
salt from 500 10 600 feet through. 1t
was struck at a depth of 4S5 feet.
The Border Range antcline fold is
several miles west of the Andrews
well. This well, by the way, was
drilled by the late Senator Andrews
of Pennsylvania. II is in the Red Bed
and gypsum formations.
"The chief talk in Carlsbad Just MS
| left was that the contract to drill
has been let on the Farmers pool in
the Loving district on the Loving an
ticline. This anticline crosses the
Border Range anticlne southeast of
the Hart (Efie Hart) we'll"
Mr.. Christensen intends to bring
his rigs TO the Carlsbad field from
Oklahoma. This field he considers
most favorable for striking compara-
lively shallow oil sand. Like other
fields in the east il is Permian which
overlies the Pennsylvania. In this
Carlsbad field is the widest part Of
the Pecos valley in New Mexico.
Mr.. Christensen, while in the Gar
Der field, Oklahoma, drilled numbers
of wells for the Cosden and Magnolia
Oil companies, and recently brought
in important gas wells near Enid,
Okla. He expects to return to Carls-
bad i'm n few davs