The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-14
FEATURE SECTION

drilling and operation OF wou.
contiguous privately contsSrln
, areas; that tho government dosea
to create a competitive marka,He
obtain the best prices obtainabi. ana
royalty oil from the Wyoming ,,,iSyr
and. lastly. desires to exchange nsalS
oil received as royalty from the us reis
pot Dome for fuel oil and IN 20,
such oil for the future use ~
naval establishment. " 'Ae
After this comes the "thers,o,.,
whereby the secretaries OF the in,
rior and the navy propose 10 ssc,,e.
as hereinbefore set forth" bv o,,a.e
Ing into contract lease GovostI
the naval reserve No. 3. in o,hs
words, the Teapot Dome reserue
ton OF Wyoming. The terms sns
conditions for the developmen, sns
exploitation of the oil and gas wI,bI
in the Teapot Dome are then AZ,
forth In great detail, covering evor,,
angle, and, In the opinion OF tbs ~
ficials who negotiated the contra,
making an attractive bargain from
the government viewpoint. Tba
lessee receives the exclusive rigs,,
to drill. mine, extract and dirp"sS
of "all the oil and gas deposI,s ~
or under the tracts OF land" ircndsa
within the naval reserve, tho royai'
ties agreed upon ranging from l2I.,
to 80 per cent, the average royaro
being about 27 per cent. and not "a
per cent as has been reported
There are probably few better
posted men on matters relating n
the production of oil in the wss,
than former Gov. u. b. Brooks ~,
Wyoming. In letter TO Senator
Kendrick, Governor Brooks do.
scribes the Teapot Dome reserve a,
one of the g-ost valuable oil domes
| In the h.~S. the base OF which i,
paraffir, which means an oil higb
In gasoline. lubricants and other val
ua BILE ingredients. Governor Brooks
takes no stock In the argument ths,
the Teapot Dome faces serious de.
! pletion as a result of drilling In The
| Salt Creek area.
This contract" wrote Govarno-
Brooks, referring to the lease OF tha
Teapot Dome, completely reyerses
the established rule of compctltiys
bidding and fairness in disposng ot
! one of the most valuable oil domes
In the world. There Is no
possibility of outside wells draining
this Teapot Dome, and this govern.
ment drainage argument, which
probably applies in California, falls
flat We now have a surplus Of oil
| production in Salt Creek on ton o,
the ground amounting to nearly 75,-
600 barrels per day. 1t seems in.
credible that they would try to open
up a new pool at this time"
Anaher witness who has been
called by the opponents OF the Tea
| pot Dome lease proposition is Rob
ert d. Carey, the present governor CT
Wyoming.
From such information as have
been able to Obtain" he telegraphed
Senator La Toilette. "I believe there
Is no chance OF the Salt Creek field
draining the Teapot Dome.
To use this oil now may mean that
| at some time this country may bs
seriously embarrassed in war for
lack of fuel for it's navy.
No one can justify the bartering
away OF valuable natural resources,
the property of the state and ma
| ton"
The state geologlst OF Wyoming
is G. y. Morgan. His principal duty
IL to aid in protecting the oil inter.
| ests of the state. He is another who
believes the Teapot Dome is safe so
far as leakage into the salt Creek
area Is concerned.
MY opinion" Mr.. Morgan tele-
graphed, "is that Teapot Dome and
Salt Creek are separate structures,
with practically no possibility OF
draining Teapot through Salt Creek
wells"
Naval officers, those who oppose
as well as those who approve the oil
policies of the present admnistra-
| ton, cannot for reasons that are oD-
| vious express their opinions at this
time. However, all OF these officers
will be called by the senate COM
mittee on public lands, which is ar
ranging to begin the inquiry which
the senate. a few days ago, ordered
made OF the WHOLE naval oil situa-
tion, the Investigation 20 cover not
only the leasing OF the Teapot Dome,
but also of the naval reserves and
in California.
Extensive faults" says geologl-
cal survey report, may have broken
the oil bearing sands between the
two domes. but their presence can
be inferred only from the sharp
bend In the anticlinal crest and from
certain pecullarities in the dlstribu-
tion of the few outcrops which exist.
II faults are present, they would
| probably constitute a barrier that
would prevent the migration Of oil
from the Teapot to the higher Salt
Creek dome."