The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-10-06
Land Northwest Of Sank
Centre Shows Strong
Indications Of oil and Gas

For the past two weeks Bob j.
Malloy, petroleum geologist from
Montana has been examining lands
in the northern part of Stearns and
the southern part of Todd counties
for the purpose of determining the
possibilities of finding oil, gas, coal
and other minerals.
Mr.. Malloy is examiner of lands for
the Mosby Consolidated Oil Corpora
ton, the largest independent oil COM
pany in Montana and came here at
the request of prominent business
men of Sank Centre. "We are not
getting any too much off the surface
of the land in these parts, said one
of these men. off there is anything
underneath the surface, let's have it
and let's have it now" This is the
spirit of Sank Centres live wire
business men. This is the same
spirit that has uncovered the miner
ais Of the world. A few years ago
in Montana men talked oil and gas
and were laughed at. But this was
only by the thoughtless ones. Today
there is opened up in Montana the
greatest oil field in Che world. To-Day
the entire state is being studded by
oil derricks and the highest grade oil
in the world is poured forth in a
stream OF liquid gold.
Even though oil should not be
found here, still, were natural gas
or coal of commercial quantity found
here, and according to Mr.. Malloy,
the possibility of finding these is very
great, we will have opened up a sup
ply that is becoming very necessary
in the state of Minnesota and especl-
ally in our own territory.
A company composed of Sank Cen
tire, Little Sank and St. Paul men is
being organized for the purpose OF
developing the territory approved by
Mr.. Malloy. His report has not been
made public but is in the hands of
these interested parties who defray
ed the expense of the geological ex-
animation. They are very enthusiast
tic over the prospects here. In a
future issue of the Herald the per-
sonnet of the company and their
plans will be announced.
Mr.. Mallov in an interview with a
representative Of the Herald last eve
mig made the following statement
aft IS not for me to make known
the report of INV findings except to
those who EMPLOYED me to come here.
Yet, when their Organization is per-
|fected and their plans definitely are
made they will doubtless make known
to the public the report l submitted
to them.
$50 far as I am able to find out l
am the first to have ATTEMPTED any
thing like a detailed examination OF
this district with a view to the onl
gas and coal prospects. The various
reports of the United states Geolog-
zeal Surveys cover TINS neid oniy ~
a general way, confinlng IN them
selves merely to the classlncatlon OF
the surface formations. Ihls IN II
self if of little value In determining
the character and nature OF the SUB
strata. Moreover, great dl1flcuity
is encountered in detail work Tor the
reason that heavy overlay OF glac-
ial drift covers this area to a depth
of from 40 feet to ESQ feet deep and
in few places has there been erosion
to sufficient depth to lay open the un-
foreground formations.
at was forced therefore to spend
much time gathering data from the
logs of the deeper water wells drilled
in central Minnesota and especially
in the district in question. By COM
parison and coordination of data of
this kind together with the surface
indications, I was able to arrive at
conclusions which I am satisfied are
reliable.
aThe nos;tion of the geologist
should he clearly understood. He
has no powers of diyination whereby