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GAS NORTH AND WEST OF FORT WORTH. 53
PALO PINTO GAS SHOWINGS.
The possibility of developing gas or oil in the region north of Palo
Pinto has recently been discussed by Wegemann,' who suggested that
tests be made of deeper sands in the vicinity of the Dalton well on the
Kyle Mountain anticline. The structure of the region, including a
plunging anticline and minor lateral folds, was correctly described
by Mr. Wegemann though, through inadvertence, it was erroneously
contoured on the map. A revision of the contouring has recently
been published by L. J. Pepperberg.2 Mr. Wegemann suggests a test
of a small anticline 4 miles north of the Brazos River bridge on the
Palo Pinto-Graford road, should an adequate test of the Kyle Moun-
tain' anticline prove successful.
Gas showings of greater or less size have been found in various
parts of Palo Pinto County. A good showing of both gas and oil has
been found in a 2,600-foot well recently drilled on the Frank Corn
land in the southeast part of the county. The first notable showing
in the county is said to have been found in a water well 4 miles north
of Palo Pinto. A good oil well and also a gas well having a capacity
of 500,000 cubic feet were reported in December, 1915.
A log of a recently drilled deep well to illustrate the strata encoun-
tered in drilling in this county is given below.
Log of well No. 1 on Holt ranch, 6 miles southwest of Salesville, Sykes d. Pal-
laint, operators.
[Contractor, L. C. Hevick. Drilled September, 1915.1
Thick- Depth.
ness.
Feet. Feet.
Red dirt............................................--..---...........................4 4
Shale in small shell....................................................... 46 50
Shale, blue............................................................................. 40 90
Shell, lime-...........-.............................................................. 10 100
Shale, blue ---...................................................................... 40 140
Shell....................................................................................8 148
Shale...................................... ..---. .----.-----.--......---.---.......... .47 195
Shell....................................................................................5 200
Shale, blue.............................................................................. 45 245
Lime shell............................................................................. 10 255
Shale, blue.............................................................................. 125 380
Watersand,fresh....................................................................... 20 400
Shale...................................---------------................................ 20 420
Water sand, fresh. ................................................ 20 440
Shale.................................................................120 560
Lime shell. ........................----.-----.------------.--------.....................12 572
Water sand.............--.............................................................. 283 855
"Slate"................................................................................. 39 894
Water sand, salt........................................................................ 136 1,030
"Slate"...............-................................................................. 75 1,105
Water sand, salt........................................................................ 10 1,115
"Slate"......................... ..----. -------------.-------...........................55 1,170
Lime shell.............................................................................. 6 1,176
"Slate" .................................................................29 1205
Shale,sandy............................................................................20 1,225
Shale, blue.............................................................................. 10 1,235
Shale.. .................--.----------------------- .------------------------ ......... 140 1,375
1 Wegemann, C. H., A reconnaissance in Palo Pinto County, Tex., with special reference
to oil and gas : U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 621, pp. 51-59, 1915.
s Pepperberg, L. .., Western Engineering, vol. 6, No. 6, pp. 252-254, San Francisco,
Dec., 1915.