The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-09-29

o. discover o. ~ least, II his WDgk
r. done Ion that way b D. likely 30
come o. painful end at the hands
~ the outraged operators whose
busters be- has 30 simply and
quickly located This b. region
here the gcologst must spend
weeks Or months in the mesquite
scrub. must pcut long hours plot
ting and studying well records, must
call upon fact and fancy at
least scientific Imagination 60 en-
able him 10 visualize the conditions
below ground, and must give deep
thought 90 every recommendation
that ne makes. for the successful de
vclopment Of the region depends lar
gely upon him. Fortunately, the
gelogist's work Is gradually becom-
ing easier with better prospects OF
success At first very few geologic
facts mad been published concerning
this region. and biologists working
there were compelled TO rely entirely
upon their own observations. Even
now. years after the discovery Of the
Ranger pool, published descriptions
Of the geology are scarce. and the
newcomer In the field Is badly handi-
capped Even the United States
Geological Survey, that first aid 20
the commercial geologist, has pub
lishcd comparatively little regarding
this rcgion--in fact, only two short
bulletins, No. 726-g on the Lacasa
area, and No. 1860, on the W.les
area. in Stephens county.
These bulletins discuss regions
that are perhaps fully developed
as the cost Of development and the
selling price Of oil will at present
justify. but the facts they present
are applicable 10 adjacent areas and
viii furnish safe foundation for
geologic work Such a foundation
Is particularly needed by geologists
who are new in the region and who
have therefore not become acquaint-
I'd with the conditions
The geology and oil and gas re-
sources of an area boz Usage county.
Okla. Just west of TIE Washington
County line. in TIPS. 26 and q n, r
~ r.. are des ribbed BOO Bulletin 40
GSG-Z OF the United States Geolo-
g.cal Survey Department of the IN
terror, recently published Thl, re-
port is the last chapter of Buliean
esq which, together with Bulletins
f1l and 69l covers ali but eight
townships boz the soulh-ceutral part
Of Usage County
This chapter of Bulletin 6S6 deal
with one Of the parts Of Usage cOun-
IS that was first exploited. OIL
was discovered az Bartlesvillc, just
east Of the area mapped in Bulletin
esq.,, in 1894, but active drilling |
was not begun there until nearly |
ten years later Drilling in TIPS /
20 and y y, K. H. f.. was started |
in 1903. and has been continued /
Internationally ever since. but IN !
spite Of this long-continued drilling, /
the facts presented IN the report just |
published indicate that the oil in /
these townships is not yet exhausted. /
Some Of the producing fields may I
still be- extended, and IN certain I
areas distinct though probably small I
pools are sure % be found.
This report Is Of particular inter
est % geol0gists working in Usage .
County and in the areas adjoining 4
il on the east, for 10 includes de /
tailed descriptions Of the formations
that cron out in the townships coy 4
cred and corrclate. them definitely 4
with formations in Kansas Il also +
deals though omewhat more brief
Isl with formations not exposed Civ
ing particular attention 90 those
that may yield OIL
The study Of the goologi struc-
turo - the area considered in this
report has shown that the anticlines
in the Bartlesvillc sand Do not d.
rpctly underlie those in the surface
beds they lie north If the anticlincs
found az the surface II Is also
that all the most pr
duciive pools are associated with
definite anitclines, except the Wiser
Hill pool, in which the presence ~
oil is apparently due to faults