The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-11-25
SCIENTIFIC INVENTION
PRIESTS REMARKABLE iNvEN-
TON LocATEssolL AND
MINERAL.
Canon Estines Talks About Discovery
Which Has Excited France.


). News Service.)
A remarkable discovery which, 1T Is
said, will make it possible to locate de-
posits of Oil and minerals, has just
been made by priest, Canon Estinesi
of Toulouse $50
The method, which has now been
perfected after long and patient re-
search, will make it possible to deter
mine with a precision hitherto impos-;
sible, the existence and Importance of
deposits of petroleum and minerals.
The method is based on an application
of the principles OF rallio-activity and
the utilization of this phenomenon by
| means OF an electrical apparatus espe-
ciafly adapted for this kind Of re-
search
A vague allusion to the discovery
was made in a Review of Toulouse
and in a small newspaper published
in Tarbes.. Immediately reporter
was sent from one of the big Paris
| dailies, one which is legitimately
classed as anti-clerical, by the way, to
obtain more detailed information, and
it is. through the publication Of his
| articles that the name of Canon
Estines has now become famous in
France
Canon Estines Confirms Invention.
Canon Estines is ~ years of age
Licentiate in physical sciences and
mathematics, he was for some time
| professor of science in the college of
RPolignan Department of Haute-
Garonne). He is a pupil OF M. Saba
tier, winner Of the Nobel prize in
Physics, and Dean Of the Faculty Of
Sciences OF Toulouse.
/ In his interview with the represen.
tatfve of the Paris newspaper he said:
/ Il am embarrassed that so much
attention should be paid me before
have won definite success But hope
that in 1928 the value of my discovery
| will be confirmed by the drilling of oil
wells in France
How did you come to study and
i experiment with the search for oil?''
i After the discovery of radium by
NJ. and Nine. Curie, I was struck. in
1905, by the statement by a British
physicist that all metals radiate.' |
began to study radio-activity and it's
effects, and in 1909 began my expert.
| ments by campaign of 40 days in the
| Cevennes mountains. At the end OF
; twelve years of study and cropping
having twice been stopped by dis
couragement, | finally succeeded in
perfecting my apparatus toward the
end of 1921"
What kind Of information can you
give to a prospector today?"
Il can indicate, to within one meter
the depth of deposit of mineral oil
oil. Do not be surprised. This is a
new science the processes of which
have no equivalent in electricity, and
permit us to ascertain the depth of a
deposit
: "Will You have your apparatus pat
! ented? Can you tell us anything
: about them?"
u Anyone who has studied radio
: activity can use my apparatus, others
cannot. However, / am guarding
my secret. 1t is not my intention to
obtain a patent or to negotiate with
. any firm or company. l can satisfy
, your curiosity by saying that my ap
paratus weighs not less than $50 kilo
grammes and that it functions best
between two and seven o'clock in the
morning"
:. Oil in Pyrenees.
Canon Estines then mentioned
several points in the Pyrenees where
, he claims oil will be found. He af
! firms that thesoil in the Limagne prov
: ince and in Auvergne is only a small
, deposit, Of little value. He also re
ports the presence of oil in Guipuzcoa
Spain, where no Spanish geologis
!, ever suspected it's presence
II The priest inventor is certain thai
France will one day have enough OF
.. to supply her own needs and more.
Canon Estines conducted his re
. search work entirely alone, devotins
), all his personal resources to the task
: He wishes to present his invention Il
!. his country as soon as the first OF
tweil has been sunk successfully in tn,
Pyrenees.
l. ~ 80 q