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Evidence To The Production Of Commercial Oil From The Emerson-Texon Fold, Kurt H. De Cousser Jan 1925

Evidence To The Production Of Commercial Oil From The Emerson-Texon Fold, Kurt H. De Cousser

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"The area consists of a strip of country twelve to twenty five miles wide and nearly seventy miles long, extending from Stiles in Reagan County southwest-ward across Crockett County and Pecos County to the Big Canyon Ranch in Terrell County. Map #2 accompanying this report is a small scale geological map of the general region, which shows the location of the general area covered for this report with reference to drainage railroads &c.. The entire area worked in detail comprises nearly 1300 sq. miles or over 800,000 acres"--Location and topography, page 1.


Economic Geology Of Northern Angola, Artileus Vosteen Eulich Jan 1924

Economic Geology Of Northern Angola, Artileus Vosteen Eulich

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"Most of the mineral deposits have been known to exist for over a generation but efforts to mine them usually met with failure. The most signal discovery, that of diamonds, was made only in recent years. They are the only substance coming under the category of mineral which are being exploited on a large scale. Energetic efforts are being made to find petroleum in commercial quantities. There are still vast areas practically unexplored which if thoroughly prospected might lead to more discoveries. It is difficulty, however, for one who has prospected for two years in Angola without any particular success …