The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-15
Salt Dome Near Houston
Are Interesting to an
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lr houston Friday of last week,
Vcr. shown the very interesting de-
,,..um.ut now under way near that
.tt and having been under the
p.dH..c ut Colonel Green of the Oil
Wppa.g. the trip was made most en-
ttIU.e aud much that was new was
shown the Tulsa delegation.
For instance. the party visited
vra. i- said To be Il submerged salt
dom. chat has not as yet been
fuu,.aI by the drill and. instead Of
being "A dome such az deCOratos the
4nfW at Washington. or even
Ign. round hill, the dome itself
IS unig about twenty feet above the
lfg,I OF the surrounding country
which is very flat, and Is said TO en-
brace something like 65 acres. Il
would. therefore, be small i'm COM
parsuu with some of the larger
dom,s that have been developed.
on top there is a depression that
holds O little water, something like
20 largo buffalo wallOw In Kansas
and the gcOlogists OF the party
lru,Dd, at least to their own salts
action, that this was tho real thing
in tine way of dome, by digging up
email spadesful of sod, which. they
said contained paraffin. This may
be one OF the real tests OF a salt
dome or it may be merely n super
sltINOn, but at any rate, Il had its
effect and made the said salt dome
look like a million dollars.
From here, the party was taken
over 20 the Pierce Junction pool,
which has been developed I'm the
shape Of the letter &C." II is said to
he one Of the pecuiaritics Of salt
dOmes, that oil is not usually found
On more than one or two sides, and
sometimes on three, but never en-
trely surrounding the said dome.
The rigs are as thick as possible
20 operate. and being high and very
slim, on the order Of the California
derrick, present a most imposing ap-
pcarance. The excitement there is
very great and hundreds of auto
mobiles were parked along the road
the occupants intently watching
while an engine on the derrick floor
was lahorlns furiously with much
steam escaping, and the pilgrims
from Oklahoma were informed that
the we'll was Just being washed out
end flood Of oil could be expected
at any time.
There is no doubt but that a salt
dome is one OF the greatest freaks
of nature. That at some time it
pushed its way up through the
earth's crust and during this opera
tion, oil was piled up in the sand
which was banked up along the
edges of the dome There was a
great deal OF sulphur scattered
about ON the ground at Pierce juno
uon, but none at the first ono Wis
lied where there had been no devel-
opmont which gave the information
inat this was a different sort Of salt
dome and yet could be made to pro-
duce a lot Of oil.
One popularity about the gulf
coast country is. that II is said by
Nme OF tho Houston people who
ought 10 know, that at Goose creek
mere has never been found any ,vi,
dence Of n salt dome. which fact.
however has been disputed by oth-
efs equally well posted. The chances
are that the top of some of those
Sat domos are washed away and
lhat by drilling along the low places
Wnerc the creeks are exceedingly
crooked showing that there Is some
tort Of depression, a lot OF oil would
90 found just as 1t has been along
We creeks in Creek county
II is true about Goose creek he
ing no salt dome, why not about
''lher creeks i'm that viClnity2
houston is great oil town, whore
Iot ui the pipeline people have
erected handsome buildings, and in
mat they are far ahead Of Tulsa.
2nS outside Of Sinclair, the .. L. q
H. the Wilcox Oil X Gas Co, tho
Fure OIL company and the Cosdcn
.eop'e, the larger concerns have
nnasSsed us up and have spent but
little money.
Iu'Sa is still the oil center, and is
80 recognized at any of the towns
visited ON the trip to New Drl ans
and return.