Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-05-24
4 MEN NJUsrll.
An Ild;ata.s Paiat to this B:irg
One Of the Greatest Oh Belts
Ever D.sorerd.
Drilling to b. comn-ne-d by s-r-'ai
Coup.ni-s In the Near future.

CISCO. where be al x n % ,tten'i n
ueetIuH of the cosnplny. lie br nrs
god news to the people Of Elko.
Ia an interview thrs foreno q Mr..
Mills told the reporter that II me u
.uH OF the parties interested III at.
ieyeluprnenI Of Elko's oil fields vas
,eli isi Mon iay at which II wLs lie
81 lei tn begGu active operations he"
u rom as the necessary marhiuerH !
Uuld be got uu the gruund. Ii Wa
.eci led that no >tnck OF Tie 90 npan
would be offered Tor RLIe. e.. \.
Burcbsm. the LIS angeles capitalist. |
Is on III the pnncip Il owners II til,
u Monte loca'Inns and the company |
haS nnliuuited capital back III it. lie
8 one ~ the principal owners VI til.
i,mou. irll"w Aster gold mine al
K mdsburg. California.
This comp my ma la | the oil field
examined by three oil experts all II
Ehon have pronounced ;he surfa.,
howIuRs to be immense. F. NJ.
Bra ishaw, Hn old Penn, lvania oil
expert, said hat fruIu the surf zee il.
Ii atiuns the Elk" oil fields was the
biggest thing he We saw.
The oil belt is a for marion Of fossil
lime, containing fossils 81 SNAKES.
claus. ish. etc. Over this I SSH
lime belt is d la, er Of sandstone and
'Iuder it Is a Ia! er OF sandstone amt
II gravel. The bell 81 fossil lime l.
situated IN be an! where FROM 40 {"
> feet III thickness and exten,i>
uni'rUken for over five miles. In the
Kern river oil belt the lime stoue is
'nly 2OO feet thick. AZ the oil is
IMPOSED tn come from the f,ssil TOR.
matI"u and vegetation. the thicker
he fossil formation the greater will
he the quantity OF oil. As far as
pnrspected. only two places nn the
"il belt show oil seepage. Que ~
hese is where South Fork cuts
through the sand stone Tor nation and
he O'hrr is IN section %. township
b. rage &c. o her indications are
che great ou'bursts OF gas that chow
III three or four places, where til,
iill~ have been almost denuieI of
vegeiari"r, Gully d few stuuted pine
frees growing.
An analysis Of the large body of
shala. covering 81 miles III length
md IL i'll with on the oil belt.
SHOVE 8 per cent ~ %luhricatInR Ill.
IT ii gravity ~ 23 degrees, aud 81 per
&c Il Of raraffin-. in add ion Ia li.ht
oils, Kerosene and naptha. winch
we e not saved. but were present III
considerable qu mtiries. The u.aly4is
slIo re- that from b To 40 per cent IT
the weight Of the shale ID ar iii Ie oil.
The RI, ul's from these tests resemble
those made 81 P.unsS lvrnia shalp
ana show that the iii found here will
he similar To the oil fuund in Penn
~ ivania. Elko is the only place ON
the cOasi where these indi,atiuns
have been found Tar thrt gra ie Of oil
The La Monte Company will gi:e
two half sec ious ~ their .nh to I.oS
Angeles people who will pur WELL
down immediately. These parties
viii be here his werk to select the
ground.
MIR. baldwin. an eastern oil man.
has asked the La Monte people for
TWO acres ~ section "a. on which to
put machinery and sink = well. The
well T." be begun by the first OF July.
lie will he gwen the ] ,nd required II
rr keeps his az -ee nenI wi Ii tue
company.
The prospects are that mt least
seven different companies will he
drilling wells ou the OIL belt by the
tir+t OF August. TIE LA Monte
C0mpan! will begin work as go III AZ
machinery Tan be got on the rronnd
A STANDARD rIg. capable Of gong
down - 0 feet Or further, has been
or ierri. 1t will start with a casing
~ llH nches, inside diameter.
The La Monte oil company owns
200 acres ~ land on the belt. It ia
II close corpor .tinD md will NOT he
content with drilling one or two We IL
but will 81 ahead and thoroughly
prospect it's lands. Tho ma b merry
will no here ub mt the first ~
July IL the impending strike does
not interfere.
The work planned by the La
Monte Company AMI tIr develop.
ment oi the coal mine should make
Elko Il very lively town FOR the next
year. In common with the other
people ~ the town, the INDEPENDENT
extends help ny b md ia the men
back VI thig great inter pri o. Here.
tofOro tho INDEPENDENT hai kept
quiet about tiiis wOr {. not I've a'I a.
ita pockets arc loaded down with
stock. hut simply IA give tlm parties
interested IN opportunity 10 perfect
their arranRements and Hcqu ro
title To- their ! uds. II could not lie
velnp the oil belt, Int Il could and
did asAist the men interested by re.
framing from publishing every move
they made.