Show GATEWAY TO THE ARTESIA etes aa OIL FIELD ARTESIA AREA WILL BE FURTHER EXPLORED FOR OIL by nay ray E colin colln artesla artesia the thriving new com cum uli ulf 1 which owes its p prosper osper ospen ity fly to the binck block coid cold os as crudo crude oil Is lp known in the nearby hearby oil oft producing area of lihn cely gely int ill a adjoining Itlo tuo blanca county Is soon goo to see sec more activity on the tho I 1 part of major and independent oil operators as field geologic stud study ly amplo employ employing ng tile the system of elimination elimination rn in determining potential areas where whore oil may ek ex gist northa the tho major pool this activity will be centered in a very restricted aren bound cd ed by township township 3 north west of rth gih 11 PM M moffat county colorado using a tem of elimination of areas for lor the express selection sole cUon of test tent test well drilling sites geologists will determine potential and non potential arell of this part of the vast uinta I 1 basin as follows 1 possible petrol petroleum etim arens areas of artesla artesia wileys resort area 2 favorable petroleum areas based on surface indications and of extension of chlan chan north and west from main producing area at Ran rangely gely coming under tile the cat category agory of favorable areas geologists will determine termine as follows a marine and brackish water strata appearing on tile the surface of the area under study and which herh nrc arc classed as of nf the tho mar ine sea and brackish water types and d which from the view point of geologic antiquity are younger than the cambrian rocks and but slightly warped faulted or folded b areas were porous thin bedded sandstones lime stones and dolomites which are inter bedded with black brown green or blue appear c series serles of strata with dis conformities may also be petrol because beneath former eros lonal ional surfaces the top strata have induced porosity and these rocks are classed as highly favorable f ra I 1 eo coroll r contest alky vm als ala d Al alternating A n series serles 8 re of thin n and thick bedded sandstones and lime stones which are ded with L shale shaie al zones will be considered ani as favorable 10 areas 85 for VS potential sa oil nil s1 and gas traps coming under the cat agory of possible pos sibl petroleum producing 01 areas of the artesla artesia wileys wileya re sort area of moffat county colo coio rado A township i 3 north A range west of ath PM wil wit be the following a areas of the district ii bounded by the above range and ond township which contain rocks of 41 the type designated linn ll nn as folded marine and brackish brackis water strata which are than the jurassic period of the major mesozoic era and inore lnore especially those of tertia ternary ry geo logic time b cambrian and ordovician gently get ly folded ia strata c areas SL where the hp nse hse green croon J aso aco eocene appear J as those contain bituminous hi tn trials made and preserved in the form of Kc rogen bone tone of the corces of petroleum this work will continue through the summer as near as can be determined and the results wil further determine the location of additional test drilling sites both on the colorado as well as onabe on the utah side Si millar work nir fir is planned the cathedral bluffs area to the he southwest of Ran rangely Rang gely ely cly 41 yest est esl the artesla artesia area will continue to thrive as fis the major and independent oil op operators rigors continue their intensive search for new areas of moffat and kio klo bianco blanco counties where reserves of iho the black gold old can bo b re coverd covered |