The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-09-15

The well was spudded In last Thurs.
day evening with a Standard riR ana
two experienced drilling contractor
A representative crowd from Luz.
book and Hale counties witnessed
the commencement Of the drilling. /,
An necessary tools, casing, etc, are
on the ground and while drilling VIII
be rapid, all necessary precauti0ns
will be taken TO secure good well
and an formations entered will be
carefully watched and checked care
fully. Sixteen inch castings VIII De
used 10 start the well and pass thru
the first water line. Casing is on
the ground for n depth Of two thous-
and feet. Eight and one-fourth inch
casing will be used at the two thous.
and feet depth so that in case oil
or gas in paying quantities are not
found at that depth, thirty-five hun
dred feet can be drilled II necessary.
Good Geological Report
This well is being watched with
considerable interest by oil men and
IL is said to be located on a very
favorable structure. Most oil men
who have investigated the possibi-
lities for oil and gas in this section
agree that a good probability is that
oil and gas will be reached at
depth Of from one thousand TO two
thousand feet.
A very careful survey of the
ground and the structure was made
some time ago, we are reliably IN
formed, by a reputable geologist,
whose report is about as follows:
Geological report OF acreage along
what is known as the BraZos Draw.
and extension and old bedding of
Double Mountain Fork: In taking
up the proposition IN order that
clear idea OF conditions may be OBJ
tanned, IL is well TO know something
of the causes, past and present, ana
the general structure of the Plains
country as whole.
"As general proposition in its
first creation, II was great anti
cline. subsequently, lifted into one
great anticline or several anticlines,
which lifting took place after the
Eocene Tertiary material was iain
down. In following the Brazos draw
through Lubbock and Hale counties,
we discover that the thanking mater
ial on the ridges shows on the west
flank. a tendency 70 rise to the west
and originally making this draw the
AVIS of it's meeting M its highest
noint In this lifting, the hard cover
ing material was probably opened up
and the first drainage channel created
and the constant flow Of water out
Of Il. down it, present shape OF
much deeper The recent filling m
up to it's present level was from and
by nearby material.
The Lagunas or dry lakes border
ing on this draw and 20 the remote
points to the East and West, were
caused hy the changing beach line.
As waters Of the Plains-sea receded.
numerous Lagoons formed just az
they are forming today along the
Atlantic and Gulf coasts. The draw
seems to occupy what was the SHAT
Low mart Of the sea The salt lakes
in Lamb. Bailey and Dawson counties
show the deep sea The general d.
rectiop OF all these movements were
from the northwest TO the Southeast
and occasionally diverted from that
direction by compact materials, or
following the meanderings Of the orr
ginal lift
I'VE have then the following con
ditions. First, original bedding was
in trough or arm Of the sea. Sec
ond. filling Of this sea and subse-
ment life Third, the Draw Of the
lrazos probably marking its shallow
DEPTHS and the salt lakes on the west
rs deeper bottom The formation
was doubtless Esturian and strue-
lures under such conditions are Us
uallv productive Of oil and gas The
water zones and the naturalization
seem 10 confirm the view Of the
Focene lifting. The log Of the well
~ the Yellowhouse Ranch shows that