The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-10-29
Expert 4. Il. Wiley Says Fallen Oil
Field Must Take Rank With Lead
ing Sections of tie GouniYH

A e. Wiley. geoioglsi. WHO re
Gently passed favorably on the o..
resources of the Eaallon field after
spending nearly three weeks il max.
| ing observations at different point
within the Lahontan basin, spen
Friday and Saturday in this vicinity
from his temporary headquarters ia
Reno. While here Mr.. Wileg gave
the standard the following inter
view:
4 consider the Fallon oil field the
best in the entire country and the
stage of development considered
the largest as well. l have made
examinations in most of the ell dis
triets of the United States. ana I fee
| am in a position to speak witt
more than a usual degree of positive
ess. However. I am not associated
with any company and nave consist
entity refused TO make any report
save that embodying a general sun
mary of the field as a whole. Te
ny mind indubitable proof has al
ready been had Of the existence O.
oil in paying quantities within th6
Lahontan basin and know The fiald
10 be at least six or seven niles i
width by more than 20 miles II
length and it Is also a well establish
ed fact that oil will be developed a
many points within this area at al
.yerage depth of 1900 feet The
logs of the first wells sunk Uill full
determine the geology OF the dis
triet
Here you find ample evidence
of a liberal basaltie flow which had
its origin In the modern tertiar.
period and other local eFideneas
eertitude of the existence of ai
pools. are furnished by the eharae
teristie oil marine beds and fossiliza
tion. Tertiary flow. you will under
stand, Is associated with oil distina.
lion. Everything l have found here
s extraneous eyidenea cheeks per
feetly
In the one or two Places in the
district where erosion has laid bar
tertiary anti-eline folds, typical eg-
peeially in the Salt Wells vicinitg
n anspieiousness is presented tha
uneaualled ia aew iasaanees= a4id d
certainly is not surpassed in tn
gfeatest oil producing districts O.
the United States or Mexico.
The George B. williams well
which | visited Sunday, has furnish
ed proof of the large exteat of the
Lahontan oil belt. in reality muef
arger than I had thought possible
Il first. This well will actually pro.
duee at the 555 foot depth from one
10 three barrels of oil every twenty
four hours, so plainly good that no
testing is necessary, giving positive
proof of the existence of vast pool
Of petroleum. In this connection /.
should be explained that the VII
iiams well does not constitute the
strongest or best oil evidences to be
had in this oil district. Certainly Il
Is good, yet other wells have been
sunk carrying Just IS positively oi
aYidenoes. while comment has been
made for years by oil geologists IN
N the Characteristic oil formation
existing along the route of ante
travel in the vicinity of Salt Wells
md sand Springs.
Il have been repeatedly impor-
tuned for an opinion of the merits of
other Nevada districts and have as
frequently refused to act, believing
the Fallon field should receive nv
first and undivided consideration. |
want to prove the Fallon district and
may be counted on to do whatever I
can to encompass this end.