Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-06-08
ELKO OIL FIELDS.
Something Of the Recent DeveI-
0pment of the Natural
Resources.

interview relative to the re-
cent move to develop the oil resources
Of Elko county.
He says that when he left home a
few days ago, there was a great deal of
excitement there and the flight of one
OF the well borers with the company's
money had not dampered the ardor of
the people in the least. New locations
are being made daily and new compan
les organized. At present the coal and |
oil fields as defined by surface indica-
tions Of shale and sandstone are be-
tween ninety and one hundred miles in
length. It's breadth is estimated at
between ten and fifteen miles, it's gen.
eral trend is from north to south being
a few degrees east of due south and
west of due north, passing through
Eureka county to the southeast and
seemingly disappearing in Lander
county.
Experts from Salt Lake City ard
other Eastern points, who have exam
ined the field carefully, have no doubt
as to the presence Of Oil and coal in
pa wing quantities and that the ueucles
OF the field Of Oil and coal is situated on
the east side Of the Hum holdt river,
about half mile frsm the town of
Elko, covering the entire township
No. A, north of Range So east The
coal indications are chiefly confined to
sections 81 and %, hut will doubtless
be found in neighboring sections.
New hoisting works, with modern
appliances. are being erected upon the
Joe Lang shaft, situated in section q,
township and range as above described.
This company has been organized with
a working capital sufficient to fully
develop their mine and have purchased
section q from the Railroad company
| and have located most of section %.
Their present working shaft has
| reached depth Of 80 feet. opening to
view a body of coal between S to 6 feet
! in width
The Elko Oil Company, composed Of
Elko citizens, are now preparing to
sink their shaft to the depth of 1900
| feet. Oil is found oczing out from the
ground and between the rocks of shale
at many points along the line of this
oil zone and doubtless startling results
will he obtained in the near future,
when the systematic preparations that
are now under contemplation by the
several companies are put into prac-
! tical operations. Many of the earlier
! locations were made without due care
and many cause considerable ltiga-
tions.
The chances are that the legal
| gentry will strike more oil, in metal
lie form. than some of the oil locators
but recently the locators have been
more cautious and have awaited them
selves of the right conferred by the
act Of Congress of June oath, 1889
which respectfully provides for the
! location o. petroleum or mineral oils in
legal subdivisions Of 20 acres each.
The recent discovery and develop
ment of large bodies Of ore carrying
both gold and silver at Bull Run bas-
in, White Rock and Pennsylvania
Hill has awakened lively interest
among mining men. This mineral
belt courses its way nOrthward t.
Mountain City, Gold Creek and
Breauno Mountains reaching north to
the Goose Greek range. The copper
interest Of Elko county is coming to
the front and fine prospects are being
found and developments are being
made all over the county, the most
noted, By reason of their advanced
State OF development, are those found
in Railroad Mining District. The Syl-
j vana mine of which 5000 tons of ore
has been extracted, gives workin G
result of g per cent. copper, carrying a
large per cent. of gold and silver, the
vein or deposit is + foot wide. There
each other in this district. What is
, said OF this district, can be said with an
: ey ual truth in a more Or less degree O.
other neighboring districts. Large
, and extensive preparations have beer
made at Tuscarora during the past
winter ard spring with most encourag-
ing results. Tusca cora will soon SEND
out ntO the channels Of trade and com
MERGE a stream of gold and silver as in
the days of yore.
The presence of large body OF
crude soap, resem bling CASTLE soap,
has always been mystery, even to the
scientific as to its origin. The myst-
cry now seems to be cleared up to some
extent by the presence OF oil. This,
connected with the alkali found in
close proximity having been brought
together in natures own labratory
and in her own way has compounded
what appears to be soap in its present
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