, 1922-12-27

NATION ana IN many cases
70 enter h field 50 that with the
coming OF spring there IL no doubt
but what that held VIII be the scene
OF gr-at activity.
Among the recent arrivals Is
Christion wang. n consulting Eeoio-
: st who ia well known among the oil
men Of this state having represented
The Association OF California IN this
district for a considerable length Of
time n who Is thoroughly familiar
with the geological formations Of this
part OF the country.
In the opinion OF Nj vrang the
lower horizons may produce oil. but
ls thought thst the minor trans
verse foldlngs Ranking the main
structure may AFFORD better oppor-
tunities at depth for petroleum &C
cumulations. within the eight
Schultz contours an excess OF $50 900
lcres is represented.
II but twenty 20 twenty-five per
-ent Of this structure Is productive.
from 80. 200 20 10000 acres Will at
'ord production presenting a mini.
mum. immediate. potential value OF
$500 .OO0. 900. or more than one quar-
ter OF a billion dollars, using an est
mate OF $4,000 recoverable values
% an acre as a basis.
The finding OF oil in Baxter Basin
will definitely establish the produc'
tlvity OF favorable areas west Of the
continental divide TO rs far west az
the great d'splacements west OF
Evanston and Kemmerer. For n long
period many biologists have doubted
the possibilities of real oil production
west Of the arbitrarily drawn line
along the crest OF the continental
divide and his belief became so finn
IL entrencheds Us to AVE finally be-
come enc of the many forbiddlng ira
ditlons among ~geologosts. 4 tradation
which grew until It became a meek
woke. OF superstition" which has ham
pered progression in h geologists'
profession as Il has in the other
sciences. A few ave had tho courage
to brave traditional fogyism and the
critlcisms OF the more conservative
wing of their profession and have fear
lcssiy recommended certain Tertiary
covered regions in western Wyoming
wherein stuty has ~revea:s1 a Ions
column Of petroliferous horisons ez'
tending from the Park City forma.
ton up through the Green River
shales.
Recent recognition of the oil rossi'
bilities OF certain Terttary.covercd
areas to the went and at no great dis
lance from Rock Springs, by a local
oil mar and geologist. we'll Informed
IN petroleum conditions in Wyoming
Is at las. receiving favorable concur
renee OF opinion on the part OF the
more active and seasoned OF the pro
fession. This worthy pioneering work
may be the inception of future oil
exploitation which. with their attend
ant successes, will undoubtedly re-
dound to the benefit OF Rock Springs
in the very near future.
In addition 20 the merits OF certain
portions of tho surrounding Tertiary
covered regions exploratory work Will
be prosecuted in h pre-c~retaceous
series, favorable localities OF which
are known to border the western rim
Of the Green River Basin. principally
along certain portions OF crests OF
the wyoming and Meridian anti
clines.
Tho Ultimate product is black oil
which has grown 10 be more and
more valuable since tho development
of the light gravity product from the
c-rttsceous rocks. Companies arc al
ready seeking the black oil product
and the successful development OF the
pre-cretaceous rocks will be OF espe'
cal benefit to Evanston n KEN,
merer where the possibilities of this
fluid are known to exist.