The Little River news., 1921-07-27
REPORT ON OIL SITUA-
 TIOM IN COUNTY GOOD
Continued from page 1.)

to 23O0 feet.)
 { "The Nacotoch sands will probably not be encountered at any point in Little River county, they having been removed by erosion.
 ''The next sands of importance in the Caddo district sthe Anona Chalk at 1875 feet. To my mind this stratum has particular significance, provlng to a great extent that struc- tural uplift of the locations upon which your wells are being drilled. examined the out-cropping of Anona Chalk to the southwest of Foreman and noted that it covers a consider able area at this point Your log of we'll No. 1 shows that you pene- trated this chalk at 2S feet and in well No. 2 at 13 feet While in Tex arkana and Shreveport I made in- vestigations as to where this chalk was encountered and found it to De 600 feet deep at Texarkana and abou, { 1500 feet deep in the vicinity of Shreveport. Thus we have conclusive proof of the uplift that reaches from the vicinity of Shreveport northwest into Little River county and upon which are located the immensely pro- ductive fields of Caddo Lake, Moores Port, Homer and other Louisiana, Ok lahoma and Texas territories.
 We have no reason to doubt the presence of the Eagle Ford Clays in Little River county as you have al- ready penetrated those in your well No. 1.
 "The important oil producing hori-
 zon in the Caddo fields is in the Wood { bine sand, this being the basal mem Der of the upper Cretaceous forma- tion.
 ''Oil is found in the Caddo fields \ at 215O to 23OO feet. The Woodbine
 sands are we'll developed to the west
 of Little River county and they are bisected by the Red River Owing to
 the depth of the Woodbine sand in
 Little River county proper, no esti-
 mate can be made as to just what
 depth it will be reached in the various parts of the county. From my own knowledge of your we'll No. as evi- denced by your log l am confiden, that you have a producing sand al 21OO feet and trust that you may soon
 be able to make this final and con. elusive test.
 "The general dip of the formation appears to be toward the northwest also south. The trend of the forma. tion rises to the northwest then into Oklahoma. From a close examina tion of the area, find that metamor' phic action has not altered the struc ture to a degree that would destroy oil accumulatiOns. l believe that yOl
 have sufficient structural features tt entrap oil in it's upward migration: and that no break occurs which would furnish an avenue for the escape o oil or gas I am of the opinion thai you will find the Trinity sands the
 producing structure, and they will be encountered at from 2100 to 2300 fec in both of your wells; your well No 2 being higher on the structure, should
 show production at from 1900 to 21O( feet.
 ] q have carefully analized the cut | tings taken from your well No. ant find evidence of gas in your limestonC strata. The cuttings of limestone ant sea life are particularly interesting ] they proving without question th'
 existence of plant and animal life cen
 turies ago when the sea covered thl
 area. The various sands which MT ! Gilbert, your head driller has pre-
 pared as taken from your Mo- 7 wei ] conform closely to those noted in th' logs of the great fields at Caddo Lake
 Homer and Fl Dorado. Your forma tion in No. 2 we'll indicates through out a very promising chance for oi
 in producing quantities.
 q have compared these formation!
 with those in your we'll No.1 an(
 others in tn eproducing fields of north | ern Louisiana and Texas and am yer!
 optimistic over the possibilities tha ] are to be expected.
 Ut is possible also that you vii 1 have oil in a stratum of red shale an(
 sand at a greater depth-as these art producers in some wells in northern Louisiana.
 i "My conclusion briefly is that yOul | territory is in the uplift which ex ] tends from the oil fields in the vicinity
 of Shreveport and other points 1T
 northern Louisiana to point a little