Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1921-04-01
OIL ~ FOUND IN COPPER MINE
~ OTERO COUNTY, y. ".

"hitbAAh ~ AhN NtNNNffA IL ~ FNRNfT1
cum IN the drlll hole No. ?, which wap
bored 10 tho depth Of 5l2 feet hy u. O..
sutton. manager OF the Sacramento
Copper company, on the cohpany'a
property In the 0dtlsme foothills on
tha western base of the Sacramento
mountains. SIX miles east from the
town Of -Fularosa, Otero county, New
Mexieo ,s.4
samplp ot oil'hes Just been re-
ceIycd AZ iherTimcs' Office which Is
ofsaood stedeg IL had just been bail.
I'd froin tho ~clfiy Mr. sutton The
log 5r this wslis says Mr. sutton
: eRiiows the presence OF % We cut
the oil bearinE shaic or sand at 12O
feet and had q good deal Of Oil ON the
sumpiihs Tanks, hut we DID not pay
ANY particular Rttentlon to It at the
time, We have hot.done any WORT "a
the proporty forlihfce years aud II
recently occurred 20 me there might
be some oil In the hole which would
r accumulate during this time, 40 J
went to the mine the other day and
let down tin can, iEto tho hole and
got lot OF oil, .. sample Of which is
In this bottle do not know how
much oil there ls In tao hole. The
oil is within so feet of the surface and
can be plainly seen.
Our property being In the. foothills
Is IN most favorable shallow oil
belt Two miles south OF the drill
hole is Tularosa creek and mil,
west at Cottonwood spring, lva miles
east OF Tu'arosn oil runs ont from the
side OF the banks .or several hun
dred yards. This oil seepago is nlwayt
present along these banks and 1t II
probable that the hole has cut tn,
same oil-bearing strata"
In the opinion OF Mr.. Sutton, the
Sacramento Copper company, by drill
ling deeper, at 1900 to 500 feet, IN
the same hole will cut fine oll-bear.
Ing sand and the same onethat The
Southwestern Tularosa Basin OIL com.
pauy expects 10 cut al. ! 800 10 1000
feet on It's location northwest OF tht
town Of TuiafoBa. About a year agt
the writer In company with Or. i. n
Brown. Sr.. aud Frank =. Snyder, III,
manager OF tho Southwestern Tularo.
sa Basin on company, visited tn,
places where MIR, sutton mentions the
oil seepageq II was the day after
heavy rain aud In several placeg W.
noted strong oil Aims aud rainbow
floating on the waters Just below som'
anti-clinal hills. A few miles further
up the creek we found still stronger
oil seepages
The copper deposits and the oil8oc
cur In sedlmentary deposits. sand
stones and black lime shales, In th,
Pennsylyanian formation or age
rocks. and their occurance is uniQu
In every respect Viewed from tn
standpoint OF the oil geologist, th,
finding OF oil IN the drili hole at sucf
shallow depth and the occurancc o
strong oil seepage at the surface II
the slopes OF domes aud anticlna
structure, would seem to give almos
positive assurance that good OF
field exists In the Tularosa quodrangl'
and that Ia rularosa basin a few
miles west, where the deep test /
being drilled, a commercial pool Of ol
will be struck ~ the noar future. 4.
Ed Dohony pften remarks, the bees
place to get oil IN In q field whore OF
bubbles and soeps from the surface
for Il proves that the source IS some
where thereabouts"
Viewed from the copper prospec
Sacramento Copper company Is no
only unique In the mode OF the occur
ance OF this metal hul it Is one OF th
most promising prospects IA the souu
wosi The company did % considers
bic amount OF development hut wa
forced TO close down operations o
account ot the war The management
cxpccts 10 resume operations agaiu .
soon as the copper market Is in bette
condition This property Vos oue q
,he mo.a popular copper proposito
put un Tine msfky. aud all the stoe
eps sold around u paso Tho officer
are Allorues ia Meehrn, distrir
Judge OF that district president. !
n Rawlings OF El Puso. secretary an
treasurer, aud tho directors are a
prominent men ct the county
The property consists OF 81 miuin
claims n q solid body, total OF los
acres. covering minerali1ed ground