The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-20

lNst tllN, while lUtprVHituE, did not
compare with the three months
which he spent the first part ot this
year iu the lslhmus ot Tchuautcp"U
region. returning via rampico. Mon
tcrcy and brownsville. MIR Rustirks
description OF the Gight of the par.
rots every morning at dawn. the
cries " the birds " paradise all
night. the growth ~ vegetation
which makes Midnight ur dawn aud
the heavy ovcrpNv crNs scent ~ the
tropical flowers gets tho listener OH
agog ana eager 90 trud ont % car
Tor o. tall ship and q star TO steer
hcr by''-stccr hCr 10 Mexico and the
lsthmus of Tchuantep,c.
MIR. Bostlck informs as that the
man who is really responsible Tor
the most detailed scientific flold
work which has over been done On
Mexico and Texas. aud who is nls1
rCapuuS.blC Tor the FIRST praCtivH.
petroleum work iu ToNas. is u. r
bumhlo. now consulting gcoluEist
and vice president 90 an the grcu,
southern Pacific subsidiary OH com.
pdnlcs.
Mr. Dumhlo in 1855 organized tht
geological survey uf Texas and gath.
ercd about him a corps ut men who
together with their chlct, accom-
plishod and published the best Ecu
logical work which has over bee.
done In alt the guif coastal couutrioa
Tho first annual report of tn
Texas survey was published iu 1885,
the second annual In 1890, the thir
ln 1891 and the fourth In lS9. Pro-
W. Il. Cummins, William kcnuo,
dN n, F Drake, Il. r. uiu. J. a
Iaff. II :. TOrr, II. a. T.. Fenrosc and
T. -. Comstock were assistants u
Doctor Dumble. and thci runtiriur
efforts ana perfect. work stand out
as shining examples for the younger
goologists TO follow,
shortly after tho last annual was
published Mr. Dumblc was secured
by tho southern pacirc's interests
as their consulting Eeulogist and ho
brought with him aA his assistants
Professor Cummins and Mcssrs
Kennedy and raft lie Immediately
started systematlcal geologic work In
California, Texas and Mexico, and
II was not long until no had foresccn
.ho great oil possibilities Of Califor-
nin and had advised the Southern
Pacific TO retain those portions ~
the land grant acreage which he
thought to be vast petroleum re-
serves. Following close upon this the
Kern Trading & on Co. was formed
and Mr.. Dumblc was made It's vice
president and general manager, "A
well as consulting geologist. lie en-
gincered It's operations and before n
great while Il had become one Of the
greatest oil producing companies In
California.
In later years the Southern Pacif-
ic fuel oil department. Amalgamatcd
oil company. Associated Oh com
pnny etc, grew out OF this old COM
pany, and just recently all OF tho
above mentioned companies. togcth-
er with several other smaller ones
have formed the basis for tho forma-
ton Of the Great Pacific on com
pRny. which. perhaps. has tho larg
est known petroleum reserves In the
United states.
In the meantime Professors Cum
minis and Kennedy were making
fame for themselves as authorities
on the salt domes Of the gult coastal
region as well as contributing much
towards the geology and paiaeontol
ogy OF Mexico. Mr.. Dumble then
formed for tho Southern Pacific in.
terests the Rio Bravo on company
their Texas subsidiary and the Eas
Coast on company. their Mexican
subsidiary which two Compantc
have supplied tho Southern Pacifi'
] with millions Of barrels of fuel oi
| for their locomotives From the da,
Spindle Top was brought In Messrs
| Dumble, Kennedy and Cufnmin
have always been II step ahead witt
| Information on new salt domes. an,
they now stand as the worlds bes
known authorities OF these peculiai
structures found in the gulf ooas
region.
MIR. Dumble and Professor Cum.
| Minis spent years In studying geo
logical conditions IN the Tampicc
embaymcnt and have completed and
published the most detailed and ac-
curate palaentoloEiCal and strait
work eNtant OF that region.
In later years after the first big
work was accomplished by MIR. DUN
bic and his main assistants Cum
Minis. Kennedy and Taft, their work
became OF such n vast scope that
younger men were taken on by MIR.
Dumble as his assistants and under
his tutelage and guidance there hae