Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-12-20

The final steps preceding the oragni
cation Of the Wassuk Oil 4 Gas
Company, which is the third company
to take its place indevelopment of the
Mineral County oil fields adjacent to
Yerington, will be taken this week by
F. ]. Hastings, who is associated with
California people, and attorney Bick-
more and ]. r. Ballard Of Livingston,
California, both of whom are interest
ed in the enterprise will be in Yerng-
ton this week to attend toethe final.de-
tails of the incorporation. The COM
pany is to be incorporated for $780,
700, with 100000 shares at par value
Of 10 cents.
The property of the company con-
sists of 2.08O acres adjoining the
holdings OF the Nevada Coal & Oil
Company and the Lewis Coal prop
critics
Oil indications that arouse the en-
thusiasm Of geologists' have been dis
covered on the ground.
Mr.. Hastings confidently predicts
that his company will be the first to
have rig importation in this field.
]. c. Kennedy, mining engineer
and geologist, has examined the
ground and his report, made to the
organizers of the new company is as
follows:
. Mr.. F. ]. Hastings, Yerington, Ne
vada: In response to your request for
description of the oil lands of your
self and associates, submit the fol-
lowing brief report:
{ The area embraced in your loca-
tons is situaaed in Township North,
Ranges u and % East, Mount Diablo
Base and Meridian, and lies in the
first park or open space above the
Morgan ranch on the East. Walker
River i'll Mineral County, Nevada
While the surface of this open area is
to "A considerable. extent covered with
soil and the products of erosion, it is
everywhere covered underiaid with
sedimentary rocks, mainly Of the Ter
tiary age, and there are sufficient ex-
posures of these rocks to give an al
most complete knowledge OF their dips
folds and faults.
This tract is bounded OH the east
by the Wassuk range uplift consist
ing here mainly of GRANTEES, granodio-
rite and some later eruptives; and on
west by the northerly exteusion of the
,Sweetwater Mountains, forming part
of the divide between the east and
West Walker Rivers. These hills
near the river consist largely OF
granitoid rocks. On the North the
tract is bounded by hills extending
westerly from the Wassuk range to
the river, and these hills from dis
tance appear to be composed mainly
of the Tertiary eiuptivcs. At the
Matthews and Lewis ranches short
distance above Morgan's, the river
cuts through granitoid rocks, and this
tongue of granite extends across the
gagon road above Morgan's and sep
'arates the area of sedimentaries to the
West and southwest OF the Bell ranch
in Township No:.'9 North. The sedi-
smentaries near Bells are; the, same
general age as those farther south, but
those exposed at the surface at the
northern locality are somwhat later
in age or higher up iii the geological
scale than those in the southern To-
cality.
In the southern locality where
your lands are located all the rocks
dip to the West or w. N. w. direc-
,tion, in some places quite sharply,
except that locally in few places
there are dips in other directions due
to folding or faulting. This general
dip in an usually West direction
means that the rocks exposed in the
easterly part OF the park or area in
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ROAD MAN HERE
w. R. Smith, chief road locator
for the Nevada Highway Department,
spent several days in Yerington.
While here Mr.. Smith made inspec-
tion of the routes leading from Yer
ington to the south. to connect
with the highway on the west side OF
Walker Lake. He, accompanied by Mr.
Bonneystell. who is supervising the
construction of highways in this sec
tion, visited Schurz and also the
Reece River Canyon. It is stated or
Igood authority that there is no posi-
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