Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 7, 1917, Page 7

f Geological Conditions of Wroain The wrinkles in the earth’s surface A fold of the proper shape is usual- pave often been compared _to the ly spoken of among oi) geologists as a 4 wrinkles formed in the skin of 4 “structure,” omitting the implied ad- withered apple. The cooling earth ‘jective “favorzble.” h shrinks in size and its cold outer skin{ must wrinkle in order to still fit the »r earth’s body. When the last period of wrinkling ; took place in North America, Wyo- ing happened to be one of the areas of maximum wrinkling, and the con-! Creek d vex wrinkles now show as mountain! . ranges, anticlinés, domes and folds of | Among the structures in Wyoming, jwhich have been drilled and found to jcontain oil in commercial quantity jare Salt Creek, Elk Basin, Greybull, |Torchlight, Grass Creek, Pilot Butte,! |Big Muddy, Dallas, Lander and Sage The first three named pro- duce an asphaltic oil from a much older and lower horizon than the oth- ___THE CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE businss.”” | The State of Wyoming and the! people of that State welcome the bona fide operator and are rejoiced} at the great prosperity which has/ come thru the development of the pe- troleum industry of the State, bur they realize fully that the present ac-| tivity of the fraudulent stock pro-| moter is sure to react to the detri-} ment of the industry and of the State as a_ whole, Unfortunately, the fraudulent oil schemes are usually op- erated in other States and the resi- dents of the State see only the oper- yarious kinds, while the down wrinkles are the interyening synclines, or troughs. The waters, winds and frosts of untold years have carved the up- ward folds until the surfaces of many ,ers, which produce the famous light, |paraffine-base oil of such marvelous- ly high gasoline content. But not all “structures” contain oil, or at least ation of the bona fide. The one op- erates upon the savings of the labor-| ers of the surrounding States, while} the other operates on old earth’s! “wrinkles,’” of them stand no higher above the sea (not all have yet produced oil. Some ¢ level than do the surfaces above the adjacent synclines. ’ i The earth’s skin is r, but is formed of innumerable s, or strata, of limestones, sand- and shales, with limitless varia- s of the three, the whole being thousands of feet in thickness. oleum is supposed to be the fossil u nants of animal and vegetable | been found and drilled seems prob- which sank into the ocean|#ble, or those which have been drilled bottom in microscopic particles, and,#te those contain a great body of gas, which, of course, being lighter than oil, will occupy the crest of the fold above the oil, just as the oil, if present, lies {above the water. Among the gas jstructures of the State are Garland,| 'Byron, Oregon Basin, Little Buffalo | Basin and Rock Springs. | That many structures have not yet not a single which showed their char- oY ek With an increase in tax valuation} of more than a million dollars in oil! properties alone during the past year, | an even larger increase due the next} one, with oil shipments increasing at! an astounding rate and the refineries! with orders booked ahead for upward of 2,500 cars, all will agree that Wy- oming is “a real oil State,’ that the! oil industry is attaining proportions of some consequence, and—‘“It is but} the beginning.” Have experienced men handle your business. money by doing so. were there covered up in the deep ea muds which later compacted and olidified into shale. As the compacting process pro- gressed, the waters carrying the tiny oil particles with them flowed to and fro thru whatever porous channels they could find, and, of course, the nearest channels of such a_ nature vere the nearest layers of sand, which annot compact as closely as do the shales. When the wrinkling began, the ac- umulation of oil particles into oil pools must have begun, for oil is light- er than water, and as the oil-ladened waters passed along thru the sand stratum, the oil must be trapped and held in the crest of any upward fold n that stratum. That in brief and non-technical language is the most erally accepted theory of oil gen- is and accumulation. The State of Wyoming was entirely covered by the Cretaceous Sea which deposited alternating oil-laden muds and sand beds upon its bottom. When the period of wrinkling came, an al- most untold number of folds of va- rious kinds were formed and a cer- tain portion of them were of ihe proper shape to entrap and retain the oil which gathered to them. Some of these folds have been cut to the heart of granite by erosion and, of ourse, their oi] contents were lost. Others still lie too deeply buried to be economically drilled at the pres- ent time, but still others lie with the sandstones at proper depth to have retained their oil and gas contents, yet near enough to the surface to be easily reached by present-day drill- ers, acteristics so plainly that one could not fail to notice them. No doubt many less well defined structures will yet be found. The present boom in Wyoming oil is causing the search for structures to be undertaken by many of the big oil producing concerns of the country. Nearly every one of the big concerns of the Mid-Continent fields now have their scouts and ge- ologists at work in Wyoming. The season of 1917 will see much new “wild-cat” territory drilled and it is confidently expected that new produc- tion will be developed. That increased production will be made from the present oil fields seems certain. The great prosperity of the bona! fide operators ha aused an influx of an army of sharks who are ing upon the earnings of the small in- vestor. The city of Denver new holds numerous concerns which are selling worthless stock thru ground floor display window “offices* scattered about the business par cf town, These concerns usually se > a lease Jon lands in the vicinity of an oil field, or as it is cleverly woidel in their ad: ertisements, “in the Leart of the Big Tank oil field distriet,” which 1 be anywhere from one to six miles outside the productive area, and on geology that proves the land as abso- lutely worthless. An incorporation } then formed of possibly a _ million 'shares, some of the stock certificat do not state whether the capitali tion figures mean dollars or share and the lucrative game of skinning the sucker is on. It may be of inter- est to know that they can usually get their money back if they employ competent attorneys before the con- The Casper Stationery Co. “On Your Way to the Postoffice”’ FOR YOUR OIL MAPS AND LEGAL FORMS EVERYTHING F' OR YOUR OFFICE FROM PINS TO TYPEWRITERS 144 East Second Street WORK & COMPANY Oil Securities First National Bank Bldg., Denver, Colo. ‘ W. P. SPENCE, M. D. Ear, Eye, Nose and Throat Specialist. | Glasses Fitted | Chamberlai Office ov Store N ADAMS and HARDEN Oil Stock Brokers When you are in the market for oil stocks of any description see ADAMS & HARDEN FIRST. They WILL APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS. Orders received by mail or wire will be filled at the lowest possible price. Let us supply your needs in Elkhorn, Boston Wyoming, Platte River Oil, Bell-Wyoming, Yale-Wyoming, Out West, Cen- ter Oil and Panama. Office, Room 8 Smith Building; Phone 460 or. The Motor Situation AS VIEWED BY THE HUDSON COMPANY Demand and Supply Last spring’s demand for the Hudson Super-Six was at least five times supply. Thousands of buyers waited weeks for their cars. Thousands, after waiting long, turned to other cars. And_ thousands, when they saw our waiting list, were dis- couraged in advance. We figure that 15,000 people were torced to take cars which they wanted less. This Spring’s Outlook All winter long we have kept our fac tories running under pressure. Yet Hud- son dealers have only small stocks ahead. Our production will be only one-fifth more than last year. That is our factory limit. ( Lack of freight cars is holding back ship- ments. There are frequent complete em- bargoes. _No Hudson dealer, before the active’ Spring demand, can get any large reserve stock. Even at this writing we deliver many cars Ly road. Today 31 cars start for Columbus, Ohio—191 miles away. The War Situetion Many motor car plants, in event of war, are likely to be*-commandeered. So with steel plants, which furnish motor car mate- rials. So with battery plants, electric and others on whom we depend. is a contingency which none can now analyze, but which all of us must con- sider. Buying Capacity The general belief is that, whatever comes, this will be a year of unexampled prosperity. The farmers are getting high prices. The demand for their products is not likely to lessen. And the evidence is that most lines of industry are going to be taxed to the limit. o previous year has at this season prom- ised so wide a demand for cars. The Hudson’s Place Last year the Hudson, despite our short- age, outsold any other front-rank car. In fact, it was the largest-selling car with a price above $1100. This year it will certainly dominate in a larger way than ever. The Super-Six motor, controlled by our patents, is still used in Hudsons only. It is still supreme. No other motor shows any- Phaeton, 7-passenger ____ $1650 Limousine Cabriolet, 3-passenger ____ 1950 Touring Sedan _- _ 2175 HUDSON MOTOR CAR COMPANY, DETROIT, MICH. (All Prices £. 0. b. Detroit) where near like performance or endurance. Last year the Super-Six won all the worth-while records. In speed, in _ hill- climbing, in long-distance and endurance, it cut-performed every ri In endurance tests it excelled as high as 52 per cent. And now there are nearly 30,000 Hud son Super-Sixes in use. There are 30,000 enthusiastic owners. Last year at this time there were almost none, for the Super-Six was new. Men Must Have It This year, fine car buyers by the tens of thousands will demand the Super-Six. They know its supremacy. Our claims of a year ago have been proved in a hundred re- corded tests. Last year, buyers forced to other c: did not know what they missed. This year they do know. Lesser cars will not content them. The demand for the Super-Six this year will be overwhelming. Now Hudson Features This year’s Hudsons have a shutter on the front—a wonderful gasoline saver. They have a motor meter Su. the driver can regulate engine heat. They bh. > a primer which the driver operates from t dash- board. They have plaited upholstery*yThe) have bodies which were first molded in w then sculptored to perfection. Then bui by famous craftsmen with every dainty touch. And still this car—the greatest car in the werld—undersells many rivals. In fact, 10 other front-rank car sells anywhere near vo low. Choose Your Car Now Our advice to all who intend to buy fine cars is to select that car at once. Many of you have already decided on the Hudson Super-Six.. More of you will choose it when you know. At this moment, we think, you can get do- livery at about any time you say. The pre edents show that in a month or two you cannot. We urge this to save disappointment. 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