Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-12-20
WASSUk OIL COMPANY
READY 70 INCORPORATE
HAS MOST PROMISING INDICATIONS ON ITS 208o ACRE TRACT IN
MINERAL COUNTY, SOUTH OF YERM6TON, AND EXPECTS
TO HAVE THE FIRST RIG IN new FIELD

question are older or lower down geo.
logically than those in the westerly
part In other words, if we assume
that at some point below the surface
there exists stratum of sandstone
4 in which the conditions are suitable
for oil in commercial quantities, then
it ewill not be necessary to drill as
deeply in the easterly part Of the
tract to reach this oil horizon, though
Lin absolute atitide above the sea,
most of the ground is higher than that
to the West. Furthermore, in the
long ages any oil distilled and col
lected in this oil sandstone has been
creeping up hill toward the East. fol-
lowing the sandstone on the supposi-
| ton that an impervious stratum OF
rock lies above the sand, and that it
has not beenkcut off by faults or sharp
anticinal folds. One such fault, not
on your land, extends through Sec
tons &c. 26, and others in Township
8 North, Range 27 East.
On the West half OF the said Section
SO and extending into Section ] of
Township North, Range u East is
so-called mountain, or rather butte
left by erosion, which for the purpose
of this report may be called a Goal
1 Butte" 1t contains two or three
veins, seams or strata OF alleged COAL
and forty (40) acres of the West half
/ (WIs) of said Section 36 has been pat
ented to E. r. Krebs as coal land.
| This butte and other lands near it to
the East and Northeast contain sew
eral thin strata of oil shale. Some of
these strata of oil shale crop on the
West half (WH) of Section 25 of
Township s North. Range 81 East
embraced in your locations.
Toward the top of this butte there
is an erosiona unconformity, the
rocks above this lying nearly horizon
tai on the upturned edges. of the older
underlying formations On the North
and Northeast side of the butte the
dip OF the underlying rocks is not very
sharp, but farther South near where
before mentioned fault crosses the
ridge, the dip is quite sharp.
In the cap formation of the butte
and near the unconformity are unidcn-
titled fossil teeth and bones Of large
mammals, some of which are similar
but larger than existing species. The
rocks above the lines of unconformity
are placed provihionally by the writer
in the Pleistoccne period of the Qua
ternary or recent age. Farther to the
East and Northeast, some of the rocks
are quite rich in older fossils, consist
ing of fish scales. and both bivalve and
univalve shells but whether these here
occur in Pliocene or Miocen rocks of
the Tertiary age is not known. In the
Eastern part of the park and ip part
on your land it is thought that the up
per Miocene is exposed.
In the Eastern part of the park and
extending through four of your claims
is the axis of very sharp anticlinal
fold This passes through some
ridges there exposed as we'll as through
intervening territory covered by de-
bris and soil. This fold was caused by
the squeezing due to lateral thrust of
the nearby Wassuk range when it
was uplifted, and is so sharp that the
shales at the axis stand vertically,
while it ruptured some oil bearing
shale at the axis, SO that dried out, OK
idized oil seeps are now seen there at
several places. Farther west and
crossing your land, there are dim indi-
cations of another anticlinal fold.
This may be merely swell, roll or
change in the dip of the strata, and the
easterly leg of the anticline may be
level or even ascend to the strong
anticline to the East OF it. In such a
case the ascending oil would continue
over this roll toward the axis of the
known anticline, provided a fault did
not intervene.
1t is believed that very good chance
exists to strike oil in commercial guam
titles on your ground at very much
less depth than anywhere West OF it;
that it may be found in the middle
Miocene and that if conditions are
favorable for oil in quantity. there
may be a chance for gusher near the
(anticline and to the West OF the axis.
The East side Of the axis is not likely
to be favorable, because there is but a
short distance easterly.