The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-02
Prophets Q oil

"We are now assured that the sup
ply OF crude oil IN these United
states will last 20 years The geo
logical survey says 40. Fifteen emit
nent goologists say 10. There can bo
no doubt OF it. There are 5000 600, o.
900 barrels OF crude oil left In tho
ground, according TO these Ruthori-
tics.
1T Ia interesting TO note In this
connection few OF tho previous pre-
dictiona relating to tho supply OF oil
still In tho ground. In order that we
may better understand the vnlue of
these prophets OF the bus!asss.
Referring to the governments
official bulletin entitled, Mineral
Resources of the United States by
DR.. David II. Day, the then official
statistician tprophet) OF the survey,
and for the years of 1889 and 1890.
on page 2S7 In an article, Petro-
leum,' by John II. Weeks, and again
in tho same publication aud by the
same authorities In 1891. pages 4O4
and Oh. We find the principal oil
producing regions given as Western
Pennsyivanla, New York, the Turkey
Foot and other districts offWest Vir-
ginia, the Macksburg and Lima
fields of Ohio, tho Florence district
OF Colorado and the oil fields OF
nouthcrn California This same ar.
ttcie says: Not only are the locali.
ties above, the chief petroleum pro-
ducfng districts In tho United states
but the Indications are that, with
the possible exception OF wyoming,
they VIII continue 80 to bo,' and
reading further. Tho Illinois field IL
an exceedingly small one. but with
little promise for tho future, while
tho Kansas and Texas fields will at
the best probably produce only few
thousand barrels each year. etc No
mention IL made OF Oklahoma
Kansas has since produced i09,-
100000 barrels; Oklahoma over L.
12b,000,000 barrels. Texas Gas. .0O0,-
900 barrels; Illinois over 330, 900 900
barrels, and California 349.000i00O
barrels.
These states. together with other
western and southern states not con-
sidered as important at that time,
have since produced over 75 per cent
of the entire amount OF oil produced
In the United States, and acceptinG
tho predictions OF the younger
prophets OF our day. the western
and southern states have still in re-
serve nearly 10 per cent of tn,
5000, 100000 barrels remaining II
lnt tIouilu.
Were these elder phophets' II
error, or has the oil just migrated
into these barren areas? The courts
tell us oil Is migratory and 'fugi
tive Is this the proot3
practically the same genera
predictions are made by the SAM
authors. aud In tho same officia
bulletin of 1899, page e04.
'In official bulletin No, 30A. ". 5
geological survey, page az, and Is
sued In 1909. Doctor Day admit
Texas and Louisiana as factors Il
the production of oil and says: j
10 estimated tho Texas fields vii
surely produce 20O,0OO,000 barrels
and Louisiana 0,000 900 barrels
AT the end OF 1921 Texas ha
probably produced $4,000. 900 bar
rels and Louisiana 100000 600 bar
rels, but these minor. latter da
prophets' now tell us that Texas an
Louisiana still have in reserve 4
the ground a,305, Oao 900 barrels o
oil a small deduction TO be mad
for Arkansas). Including IN
amounts these states have alread
produced, the doctor must have bee
at least 800 ilsf cent off In his es
Inmates. unless the migration
theory is accepted.
Two other remarkable predic
tions in the same issue, are made b,