The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-04-07
ON NEWS

New Mexico has been under invcsti-
Rntion curing the last four years by
y. ~. barton, "a rcoloeist Of the
Cnited States geological survey. de-
partmcnt % the interior. who has dis
covered In The beds % rock many
comes and arches that niny De roHcr-
voirs o. Oh or gas II these substances
arc present tn the regions examined.
These nSed beds are parts Of geologic
formations Chat produce oil In Wyom-
inr Oklahoma. Kansas u Texas.
but IN New Mexico little evidence %
the presence OF OH anG gas in them
has yet been found a small amount
70 Oh at Dayton and " few aeeps and
some traces OF Oh reported in water
wells at several places are the only
favorable indications 70 far reported.
only "a few deep wells have been
bored Ia New Mexico. however, p
these are Isl places where the struc-
ture Is not favorable Tor the occur
renee 81 oil or gas. or the wells were
not drilled deep enough 10 make them
satisfactory tests. Much OF the Eco-
logic guidance used In locating the
wells drilled has come from incom-
pcfaut tsexperts. the presence Of one
, duced from haphazard readings 81 ,
dip taken on LAYERS % cross heddcd
sanfstonc. One probably hopeless
project Is q deep hole In the middle
% tho Tulnrusa desert. where there
are no rock outorops 20 indicate the
structure. In some Of the hectic lit
eruturc written 20 promote the sale
Of OIL stock the chef geoioglst OF The
United States geological survey is
falsely quoted as authority for the
statement that New McXico would de-
! yeiop one. pl fhe biggest Oh fields on
this continent.
Ioasallties of Donles aud Arches.
The general structure % east cen
trial New Mexico b. that ~ nn east
ward dipping mOnucline. hut there
arc local revcrsals OF dip due 20 domcE
md arches, OF untclines some Of
which are rather prominent. Only q
few Of the areas Wkrre these stvuc-
turul features appear Co merit the at-
trntian Of the reuloeisi % driller
can boz mentioned here. On GuHdalu-
ue county. far example. the apex 90
one OF she most clearly marked douIeF
30 100 the west central part Of T. ~ y.
lR. % r. The uplifted beds, which
are $500 feet mick. are. of Permian
and PENNSYLVANIA age. and the Penn
sylvunln beds DE on granite at f. yer
teal depth Of D. GOu feet or more. on
PlntaCu creek. in the center uf T. y
Isl. ". 10 T.. there is a smaller dome
involving the same strata aud "a slight
IS less pronounced domo is Indicated
IN the same cEnyo "a few mites ahnN"
. pintdda post offIre. There are Sow
arui broad. low arches in the strata
in tho northeast corner o. this couutN
and Boz the adjoining parts Of san
Miguel tine next county 20 the north.
la quay county "a broad, low anticlihe
j in the red beds passes 10 short dis
tanre north and south OF the Rock
! Island railroad. iu DE Huca county
the strata dip asarly duo east tu gen
eral but "a few local rovcrauls Of dip
suggest that minor domts or arches
may be- fOund when "a detailed survey
iF made. Lincoln county D. travcrscd
hy u broad anticline shat lies east Of
the Sierra Hlgu0a structural basin
and passes near Lincoln. In tho west
cfn part of Lincoln couuty there are
several domes hat appear Co DE fa-
Yoraulc Tor tho storage ot OIL. Hi-
though there b. mo- visible evidence
that thri contain OIL They are tn
r. . s. ~. % y. ln the northeastern
part OF r. o g.. A.. > r.. and tn tho
eeutcr of r. 70 \. r.. D. b.. In the
eastern purt of Socurro county. three
miles northeast oi the Carthage coHl
mines. there is a notable elongated
coat measures, go lrutfie springs
there o. u dome 90 tho llmcstoues Of
Iptrmiun aFci aud Boo the center Of y.
g.. y. 9 b., there iH H dome iu The
Aho trd hodr. The pluneiur uutlcliue
ut the north end OF the pscura noun
tain uphft b. also in The eastern part
uf this county.
wits slrpuid Sc sunk Deep.
All test wells sunk iu this region
should Doc carried entirely through
tnt sadimFutarN ssrivf, which lu tho
Itnits md unticlinos mentioned Is
from 1000 Co 5000 feet thick and ~
intervals from Top Co bottom contains
COARSE rtnds. some of whicn may he
The drilling vito for tho spsldug
Dome on company viii %, located ON
the Henry a. randolph land, 20
miles due north of Foot sumner The
, machinery ls on th" ground. camp
HtrutWrss arc being erected and
! work un the derrick was commenced
1 this week. The well viii hc started
4 with 81 2g-luch hulr and The driliug
! equipment Boz ample The pr0Ere-s of
; thiH we'll viii boz watched with Inter-
4 csf.
/ Tho National Exploration company
. is busy haullur 2n-incu casing fU the
, Orchard rafk well H0uth ut Roswell
I An the big casting has NOW arrived
. Tor thIf wei and DE- o. expected that
! drilling WAl commonrr within "a short
, time
! ~. a. Miller manager OF the Oloau-
4 Sew MsXico oi company, l- rNpert.
! inp IL string OF tools boz rom tailfnr-
, uiu auy daR uud when Do arrives VIII
Z no once start to drilliuE go thr drlIl
4 site aud a. hali milcs from Escon-
j didn
quietly and without au, fuss what
4 eostrr the Mrscnlcro on company has
4 erected "a derrick ia mils east ut
! q tEo Arthur in Lea county This is
J i standard Ttg nud drilling viii begin
) immediately There wa a doJ when