Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-03-18


ton. the California earthquake Is
an event OF tremendous interest," In
that tt Is an illustration OF the prin-
ciples Of geology, which Is the
background OF the ske4chy geOlogi-
cal education Of every member.
In our bulletin ''FsOnlanee I'm
Rocks we took our members into
the realms OF ''IsOstacy'' but I'M
asnluch as we did not call IL that,
none knew that the tremendously
interesting, illustrated article on the
earth's crust might be called
'.isoStacy." But this showed how
and why the earah's surface b
warped, wrinkled and broken and
why we today dig down = thOuS-
and feet and find an old ocean bed
containing OIL.
We asked our members to take
an orange between fhnEnb and fling
er and squeeze IL. An tndentatdon
occurs where the pressure Is applied
and somewhere also on the orange
a BULGE occurs. The bulge is
equal to the indenaation. The
same thing happens 20 the earth.
The weight of the earth Is constant
Nv shifting. The Missouri River
has for countless millions of years
been washing away the Rocky Noun
tains and depositing them in the
Gulf OF Mexico. Some day the
Mississippi into which the Missouri
flows will have filled the Gulf of
Mexico with mud and silt from the
North American continent. The
weight thus removed from the COM
tinent and deposited In the Gulf
OF Mexico win be equal 70 the pres
sure OF the thumb ON the orange.
Something MUST give way, else
where.
Science tells us that California
and the rest of the Pacific Coast
rs ON the west edge or shelf of
what was once azfotAaar continent,
known as Isemuria. Lemuria Is
submerged under the ocean. In
geological history It was only yes
terday that q great continent slipped
Down beneath the waters of the
Pacific ocean, TO read just the bale
ance of the earth's weight. just as
the buIges I'm the orange adjust the
pressure OF thumb and finger--
wherever applied.
Remnants Of q Lemurian civtliza-
ton are stu 20 be found ON the
Pacific coast and a shallow ocean
bed close 60 the California shore
rs compared with unfathomed
depths near Japan, show the tilt Of
che submerged continent. 20 give
the history which mystic lore relates
confirmation by the science OF geo
doggy. Llemuria Is sttlI sinking, as
the adjustment Of the emE&h'g weight
causes pressure and force beyond
human calculation, breaking the
crust Of the earth from top to the
magma or core.
Science tells MS thar there may
mot be another visible movement for
another 90 years-perhmRs for Rn-
other century. In the history OF
the Earth. that 10 buf moment.
History does not record tahe sinking
OF the continent Of Atlanfis-nOw
below the Atlantic ocemm---nOr the
sinking Of the continent Of Isesnuria
beneath khe Packfic--bocause
these things occur NOT in the time
Of a generation or of q species OF
life but over periods OF MILLIONS
OF YEARS.
Nearly every time there Is an
earthquake I'm the Pmcific--either
In Japan or CaItf0rmia--we usually
hear OF some little Pacific island
tha& drops out Of sight. That is
merely q remnant OF Lemurfa- The
lofty mountain tops OF che once
proud continent remained briefly
above the water, but one by one
they disappear.
The cracks IN the earth's sur
face do not appear over night.