THE ALLIANCE HERALD, ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA, NOVEMBER 6, 1919
Oil, NOT 11
(Continued from rRe 2.)
in the surrounding area. An out
crop of deeply dipping oil-boarlng
nand la only half a tulle from the
nearest' well and a mile and a half
from the most remote, a fact that not
only permits a clos study of the
character of the sand but that helps
to show the fallacy of the contention
of some geologists tlmt whenever an
oll-benrlng sand Is exposed so much
of Its oil will escape aa to preclude
accumulation In commercial quantl
tlr s near by. The extent to which the
oil escapes, or Its escape at all, prob
ably depends on a change In the dip
of the bed In which It Is contained
or on variations In the texluro of the
rock that forms that bed, as well as
on the level of the ground 'water and
other conditions, all of which are
subject to considerable varlulion.
"Within the Upton-Thornlon dia-
trirt.'but outside of the proven field,
there are two domelike, anticlines
which appear structurally suited to
bring ubout accumulations of oil.
One of these anticlines, called the
Thornton dome, Is in sections 7, 8,
17, 18 and 20, townahlp 8. north,
range 65 west: the other, called the
Upton dome, lies In sectlonB 34 and
25, township 48 north, range 65
west, and 2 and 3, township 47 north
range 65 west. The oil-heartug sand
of the producing wells In section 4,
township 48 -north, range 66 west,
and also the sand In the lower part
of the Graneros formation, which is
commonly oil-bearing In this region,
have been eroded from Uio higher
parts of the Thornton dome, but they
may yield oil In wells drilled far
down the flank of the dome. How
ever, It Is possible that the deeper
Mlnnelusa sand, of Carboniferous
age, which is reported to coataln oil
In the Old Woman anticline, 75 miles
to the south, may be present In this
region, and wells should be drilled
deep enough to test It before the
dome Is condemned as barren of oil.
This dome has been drilled at two
points, and the aprearance of the
sludge piles at the abandoned wells
Indicates that the drill entered the
Trlasslc red beds.
"The Upton dome Is probably a
less promising source of oil and gas
thftn the Thornton dome, for it is
much less pronounced, having a clos
ure of but GO feet as against a clos
ure of 500 feet on the Thornton
dome. In the Upton dome the sand
stone In the lower part of the Graner
os formation lies beneath about 150
feet of Mowry shale, but it is thin
and Is not covered with a caj rock
sufficiently impervious to hold the
oil.
Wildcat drilling Is soon to start In
the vicinity of Wheatland, Wyo.,
where oil seeps have recently been
discovered. These seeps were dis
covered on the ranches of George
Trice and It. W. Darst. Test wells
probably will be sunk on both
ranches.
The close contact of the United
States geological survey of the de
partment of the Interior with the eco
nomic situation in th United S ates
and Its recognition of the need for
the discovery of new oil fields In the
immediate future Is shown by the
emphasis plnced on geologic field in
vestigations aimed at the discovery
of new oil and gus reserves. Of the
fourteen papers or short reports pub
lished In the annual volume of Con
tributions to Economic Geology,
eleven relate to the possibilities of
diwovering new oil fields or of de
veloping oil shales, whereas three
arc concerned with descriptions of
coal fields. Three of the papers de
scribe regions of favorable structure,
with oil and gas possibilities. In Mon
tana, one In North Dakota, two In
California, one In Oklahoma, one In
Arkansas, and one in portions of the
Central Great Plains of Wyoming,
Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico,
and Kansas.
Advance editions of these papers,
distributed separately, were Issued
promptly as printed in order to place
the Information as Boon as possible
In the possession or the oil com
panies. The complete volume may
now be obtained by addressing the
Director of the U. 8. Geological Sur
vey, Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.
Jho "parlor bolshevlsts" are JuBt
another class of persons who should
Lincoln's Ixing ltcgt .
The novice was not enjoying his
first trip through the air, and his
more experienced companion regard
ed him with some amusement.
"I say, Dill, what's on your mind?"
he demanded.
"I was Just thinking about Abra
ham Lincoln," replied Bill, thought
fully.
"Abraham Lincoln?"
"Yes. I was thinking how truth
fully he spoke when he said a man's
legs ought to be Just long enough to
reach the ground." Puck.
No Wonder
"Do you play any Instrument, Mr.
Jimp?"
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"And your sister?"
"She's a pianist."
"Does your mother play?"
"She's a xltherist."
"And your father?"
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Where They Were Alike
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of his home every spring engaged
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away for three days and when he re
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O'Brien looked at him In surprise
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