The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1910-04-30
EVERY INDICATION THAT OIL
WILL SOON BE STRUCK
Blue Clay Encountered at Depth of
265 Feet, Which Is Certain
Forerunner of Oil.


representative of the Silver State
spent several days this week at Sui
phur. Much of the time was put in at
the derrick of the G. o. d. company,
noting the formations the drill was
passing through. At 265 feet blue clay,
with minute particles of paraffin, was
passed through and small globules of
oil appeared upon the water as dis
charged from the bailer. More water
is encountered in this well than appear
ed in the adjoining one at the same
depth which may be accounted for
from the fact that the latter was Dor.
ed in the dry season, while the present
one followed the unusual winter just
passed
The drilling crew are optimistic, and
work with enthusiasm. "Gingerp
Rowley, the chief officer, is already
making up party to be his guests on
special ear to Emeryville ON the 4th
of July to see the Jeffries- johnson
scrap. Supt Ogilvie has promised to
commence running passenger trains
July 1st from Sulphur. \ Emeryville,
which will give the SulTi.I contingent
ample time, if there are no gravel
trains on the main line. Doc Ferrei,
''Ginger 81 executive officer. will go
as surveyor. Doc is a graduate of the
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
of London and knows the anatomy of
horse as well as "Chinkv Anderson
(the quartermaster) knows that of a
T-bone steak, but he is no man doctor
Sulphur was the nearest city to the
head-on collision on the Western Pa
eifie last Monday night. The relief
train from the gravel pit stopped at
Sulphur to get Doc to go to the relief
of the sufferers. He would have gone
but when the train conductor saw two
men Juggling out the Doctors case or
instruments and gasoline can of
SPAWN cure the engineer was signalled
to pull out, the conductor remarking
that the cattle train was uninjured and
none of the injured train crew had
foundered on his division.
Jack Stack, the chief engineer OF
the drilling crew, can Z wear kid gloves
while at work and takes much delight
in emptying the bailer's slippery con.
tents over the floor of the derrick
when "Ginger' ism 4 looking; that Is,
until "Ginger,' when reaching for a
fresh piece of shale to show Mr. Kerr
of San Francisco slipped and took a
header for the wet dump and had to be
hauled out with the bull wheel.
"Ginger' held onto the shale until
he gave it to Mr.. Kerr, remarking,
that's pretty specimen Others
present didn't know whether he re-
ferred to the shale or his agility in
going for it. Any way that piece of
shale was the means of selling 1000
shares of the company's stock that
evening.
Col MUTT Creavey and Jack
Dwyer gathered up four sacks of old
cans and tin tobacco boxes last Wed
nesday and mysteriously left town.
After trying to figure out the game,
and falling, the newspaper man
cautiously inquired of Geo. Barker of
Midas, who was in town, what they in
tended to do with the cans. "Why
them cans is for location notices. he
replied 1t takes four cans for mile,
and as they started in the direction OF
Lovelock, the newspaper man figured
that they would run the line about
TO Boyer. 60 miles southeast of Love
lock "Guess that 8 about right.
said Barker. 81 had to hike up in
sight of Quinn river crossing before |
could find two quarters without a no.
tiee on them. Suppose they don Z
strike oil in paying quantities here,
what will become Of all the tin cans
and monumentsf' asked the news
paper man. Say mister replied
Barker, "there's s going to be oil struck
in this district if we have to float the
lines to Oklahoma on the east and
California on the west. Don { YOU
never think we won t have the gushin
est gushers in America right here
blamed quick Mt that. and say. II he'
in less nor three months old John D
Rockeyfeller will he sitting down un
der the shade of that water tank trying
to buy out :" Ginger and "Ginger'
says if he has any palapring to dc
about mergerirg his other oil business
with ours he's got to talk the business
over right under that water tank or no
where.' Ginger says he viii elth
cr leave Sulphur millionaire or with
out a shirt to his back.
Tony Elmer has just completed !
fine blueprint map of the Sulphu
Some of the earlier claims seem q
hav been stepped off by cross-eye'
men or locoed eompasses were used, ac
cording to the way the notices read
but Tony makes no such mistakes.
Lumber has been ordered for anoth
er derrick to be erected south of town
The Black Rock Oil Investmen
brokrs have opened elegant Office
two doors and a vacant lot west Of tn
postoffice j. +. Dwyer, president; {
L. Appel, secretary and treasurer;
l.. Rowley, consulting engineer 1t
what would be called holding con
any on Wall street, but "Ginger
says it will be run also as let goin
company" to those gents who wish
acquire slice of oil land and have tn
proper change. Right here it may b
truthfully said that no one at Su
phur seems to be in hurry to dispos
of his claims if anywhere in the 7-mi
limits. There is more enterprise di
played right now in this 15-months o.
town than in some of the fifty yea
old villages in Humboldt county.
The G. o. ID. company sold over q
600 shares of stock last week and the
haven't line of advertisement in AZ
paper. Six thousand shares was n ms