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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1913
Page
6
Both reports express strong enthusiasm for drilling and development. They confirm the prospect is worth pursuing and assure that the chance of discovering oil is most favorable.
Aberdeen May 12 1913 expert Woodard reports on Jefferson Oil Company holdings along the Hoh River stating the prospect is exceptionally rich and warrants drilling to test oil quantity. He notes high grade paraffin oil, low elevation seepage near sea level, and potential shallow depth to oil with drilling to 3000 feet if needed. He offers to join the enterprise.
Charles E. Weaver details strata of sandstone and shale with petroleum odor and oil seepage in Section 12 area. He notes anticlines cross the property and recommends drilling along axis positions based on oil occurrence patterns in California and diatom-derived shale evidence.
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