THE SMALLEST AND MOST ACTIVE OIL POOL IN KENTUCKY. The Ross Creek, Estill County, Kentucky Oil Pool, during its development, was by far the most active in the RESOURCES OF KENTUCKY A Geological Review of the Past Development and the of the Commonwealth BY WILLARD ROUSE JILLSON Kentucky State Geologist SECOND EDITION 3,000 COPIES Illustrated with One Hundred Photographs KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FRANKFORT, KY. INTRODUCTION The Oil and Gas Resources of Kentucky will prove a real contribution to the scientific literature relating to Kentucky. Professor W. R. Jillson was particularly well equipped for preparing this work. He came to Kentucky to do consulting geological work from Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Mid-Continent Oil Field. He was for a year an active element in the Department of Geology at the University of Kentucky. Professor Jillson has done a very great deal of consulting work in oil and gas and has investigated every field of importance in the State. As a consequence, he has become familiar with the possibilities of oil-and-gas wealth in Kentucky from a practical as well as a geological standpoint. He is a man of unlimited energy. In the production of this book he has, in my opinion, not only given freely of his own geologic knowledge concerning the oil and gas resources of this State, but he has collaborated and expanded other information of the most valuable character, rendering it useful at this important period of Kentucky development. August 14, 1919. F. PAUL ANDERSON, Dean, College of Engineering, It is a well known fact that geological literature relative to oil and gas meets a greater demand than that of any other mineral resource. During the past two years of the development of the oil and gas fields of Kentucky this rule has held true here, as elsewhere. The office of the Kentucky Geological Survey has been beseiged with correspondence requesting books, pamphlets and maps concerning oil and gas investigations. From 500 to 800 letters a month, strictly relative to this subject, has not been uncommon. In response to this tremendous call "The Oil and Gas Resources of Kentucky" was written and published in an original edition of 3000, which was received from the printer on December 15, 1919. Its appearance attested the popularity of the book. Written requests from all parts of the United States, Canada and Mexico, accompanied by postage, have literally flooded 'this office, many persons having made special trips to Frankfort to secure it. With the exception of a few copies sent to Kentucky and other important libraries, no copies have been issued gratuitously; yet today the first edition of 3000 copies is entirely exhausted, and a special private edition of 500 copies published by the author is all but gone. The continuous demand for this book, largely on the part of individuals and corporations coming into Kentucky to invest capital in the search for Kentucky oil and gas, has justified a reprint. This second edition of "The Oil and Gas Resources of Kentucky" is therefore issued by the Kentucky Geological Survey in 3000 copies. It is thoroughly revised, but no new material has been added. It is hoped it will continue to be of practical value to all who find themselves engaged in the development of the oil and gas resources of this Commonwealth. M.R.Jillam Director and State Geologist, July 1, 1920. Old Capitol. |