The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-17
Several Places Loom Lorge as Oil Fields
 In State of Alabama

HartseIle, June 16.-(SpeciaL)-A well drilled in Lawrence county sew eral years ago produced 25 barrels of oil per day, and one at Hartselle, in Morgan county, produced oil. but in what quantity was never made known to the pubic.
 A log of the Lawrence county we'll tthe Guyer welD, is given in the Ala bama state geological report This report shows these two counties as the most favorable area in the state as prospective oil fields. They have the geological formations, true anti climes, folds and domes that consti- ute an oil field. Every geologist who has ever been in these counties is of the opinion that this is a large oil field. Maj R. H. Elliott. geolo- gist, in a recent report made for/the Decatur oil and Gas company, makes the following statement: The well near Hartsellle. showing oil at 1.50o feet, and gas at several points, was driven on the southwest dip of an anticlime that extends northwest and southeast
 The chances for oil and gas on these various anticlimes, or waves. are very good. as gas and oil was once developed in Lawrence county at Guyer well, near Moulton, and on the government works near the tan nery at Decatur; also gas and oil near Hartselle, and on the govern ment works near Florence; then again on Shoal creek, nine miles northeast of Florence, at Iron City, 2l miles north of Florence
 "All these finds of oil and gas on have been credited by competent geologists as being found in what is known as the Trenton limestone, which underlays this whole region. The Tennesse valley region in north Alabama, in geological formation agrees generally with the Kentucky oil fields, containing, as it does, the same strata under similar conditions of pressure. The Kentucky field in the past has been developed very slowly, but Is now being pushed, and originally the few wells put down showed only small amounts of gas and oil
 The Alabama-Tennessee < valley region has produced gas and oil at various points, and it is very gener- ally believed by geologists and oil men that 1t will be found in paying quantities if proper drilling is done.'.
 deep well is now being drilled in Morgan county, near Decatur, and will be put down $500 feet, unless oil in paying quantities is found at less depth. The promoters of this we'll are R. A. Barry. P. G. Myers and B. J. Johnson, all successful opera tors from Texas. MT Johnson was the promoter of Hog Creek oil com pany, which brought in the first well in Desdemonia field of Texas.
 The Lawrence County Oil Devel- opment company, composed of local parties, are putting down well in Lawrence county north of Mt Hope. N. M. Sauls, very competent man recently from the Humble Oil com pany of Texas. has charge of the operations at this well, and says that he is confident that he will get oil in paying quantities in a short time, and at shallow depth. These two wells have showings of oil now. The Southern Oil and Gas company are ready to begin drilling their we'll in Lawrence county, near Kicthins Mill
 The people of these two counties are very much interested in the de- vefopment of their lands. Several blocks of well-selected acreage have been secured or leased, and can be < had by reliable and competent oper- ators al practically no cost. if they will put down test wells