﻿JAN. 
  19, 
  1922 
  proceedings: 
  botanical 
  society 
  45 
  

  

  deep, 
  is 
  about 
  20 
  barrels 
  a 
  day 
  (September, 
  1920). 
  The 
  bulk 
  of 
  this 
  amount 
  

   is 
  coming 
  from 
  one 
  well, 
  the 
  other 
  wells 
  pumping 
  much 
  more 
  water 
  than 
  oil. 
  

   The 
  refinery 
  will 
  handle 
  800 
  gallons 
  of 
  crude 
  oil 
  per 
  8-hour 
  shift, 
  and 
  the 
  

   products 
  find 
  a 
  ready 
  local 
  market. 
  

  

  The 
  oil 
  is 
  reported 
  to 
  range 
  in 
  gravity 
  from 
  25° 
  to 
  35° 
  Baume, 
  to 
  have 
  

   a 
  paraffin 
  base 
  that 
  includes 
  some 
  asphalt, 
  and 
  to 
  contain 
  some 
  sulphur. 
  

   The 
  oil 
  comes 
  from 
  a 
  1-foot 
  bed 
  of 
  limestone 
  which 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  

   Rock 
  Canyon 
  conglomeratic 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Moenkopi. 
  

  

  It 
  seems 
  most 
  probable 
  on 
  the 
  evidence 
  presented 
  that 
  terraces, 
  or 
  areas 
  

   of 
  low 
  dip, 
  are 
  favorable 
  to 
  the 
  accumulation 
  oil 
  in 
  this 
  field 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  

   steep 
  slopes 
  are 
  unfavorable. 
  There 
  are 
  no 
  anticlines, 
  faults, 
  or 
  other 
  

   features 
  closely 
  enough 
  associated 
  with 
  the 
  producing 
  field 
  to 
  offer 
  an 
  ex- 
  

   planation 
  for 
  the 
  accumulation 
  of 
  oil, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  only 
  likely 
  factor 
  left 
  is 
  that 
  

   of 
  accumulation 
  on 
  a 
  terrace. 
  

  

  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  region 
  west 
  of 
  Hurricane 
  fault 
  as 
  a 
  possible 
  producer 
  of 
  oil 
  

   it 
  is 
  impossible, 
  of 
  course, 
  to 
  gage 
  in 
  advance 
  of 
  drilling. 
  The 
  region 
  near 
  

   St. 
  George 
  contains 
  favorable 
  structural 
  features, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  rocks 
  in 
  them 
  

   capable 
  of 
  serving 
  as 
  reservoirs 
  for 
  oil. 
  At 
  certain 
  places, 
  there 
  is 
  evidence 
  

   favorable 
  to 
  the 
  assumption 
  that 
  these 
  rocks 
  carry 
  some 
  oil. 
  Whether 
  oil 
  is 
  

   actually 
  present 
  in 
  these 
  rocks 
  in 
  the 
  anticlines 
  and 
  domes 
  remains 
  for 
  the 
  

   drill 
  to 
  determine. 
  

  

  The 
  report 
  closes 
  with 
  recommendations 
  for 
  drilling, 
  H. 
  W. 
  Stone. 
  

  

  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  ACADEMY 
  AND 
  AFFILIATED 
  

  

  SOCIETIES 
  

  

  BOTANICAL 
  SOCIETY 
  

  

  The 
  152nd 
  regular 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Botanical 
  Society 
  of 
  Washington 
  was 
  

   held 
  in 
  the 
  Assembly 
  Hall 
  of 
  the 
  Cosmos 
  Club 
  at 
  8 
  p.m., 
  Tuesday, 
  May 
  3, 
  

   1921. 
  There 
  were 
  32 
  present. 
  

  

  The 
  meeting 
  was 
  called 
  to 
  order 
  by 
  President 
  Chambliss, 
  after 
  which 
  the 
  

   minutes 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  meeting 
  were 
  read 
  and 
  approved. 
  The 
  executive 
  com- 
  

   mittee 
  presented 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  J. 
  Bruman, 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  G. 
  O'DonnELL 
  

   and 
  Robert 
  Claude 
  Wright 
  as 
  candidates 
  for 
  membership. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Robert 
  F. 
  Griggs 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Geographic 
  Society, 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  

   G. 
  Woodbury, 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Raw 
  Products 
  Research, 
  National 
  

   Canners' 
  Association, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  John 
  W. 
  Taylor 
  of 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Cereal 
  

   Investigations 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  whose 
  names 
  were 
  presented 
  

   at 
  the 
  April 
  Meeting, 
  were 
  voted 
  into 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  A 
  letter 
  from 
  the 
  Commission 
  of 
  Fine 
  Arts 
  to 
  the 
  Society 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  

   establishment 
  of 
  a 
  National 
  Botanic 
  Garden 
  on 
  the 
  Mount 
  Hamilton 
  tract 
  

   was 
  read. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  PicTER 
  moved 
  that 
  the 
  Chair 
  appoint 
  a 
  committee 
  to 
  represent 
  the 
  

   Society 
  in 
  furthering 
  the 
  Botanic 
  Garden 
  project. 
  This 
  was 
  seconded, 
  the 
  

   motion 
  put 
  and 
  carried. 
  President 
  Chambliss 
  later 
  appointed 
  on 
  this 
  com- 
  

   mittee 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  Mr. 
  David 
  G. 
  Fairchild, 
  Chairman 
  

  

  Prof. 
  L. 
  G. 
  CORBETT 
  

  

  Mr. 
  F. 
  V. 
  CoviLLE 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Walter 
  T. 
  Swingle 
  

  

  Mr. 
  George 
  B. 
  Sudworth 
  

  

  