White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-12

OF the News. ard many who haYre for
merly been pessilmstio now express the
belief that the pioneers who have hsd
the courage to go into Illipah aud
there styire as only men of their type
are able to will soon reap just Re-
ward for their labor.
When the oil comes in all hats viii
be off TO those who did the work, but
the News believes that now is the time
for the people of this community -
1show their appreciation and assist in
every way those who are making SUCH
effort 10 bring In oil, and thereby make
White Pine county one of the most
thriving centers In the country.
Such work oarnot be accomplished
unless the people take an interest
and whose all are to be benefited il is,
10 say the least. unfair TO leave the
werk to just n few.
There are now three drills In the
iield and 10 operate these one of the
most essential things is money The
1c.ds of Texas. Oklahoma. Wyoming.
s.o1 isiana and other states could never
have been opened up without money,
AND when there are such bright pros
poets IN White Pine county the money
necessary 10 open them up should not
he sent out bur on the other hand
should b. kept AT home. where it viii
10 the greatest amount of good.
From financial standpoint oil Is
perhaps the most attractive thing In
the world today. To those who have
seen nm oil boom nothing need be said
wherever ell has been found In COM
norcial quantities cities have srung up
over night and upon what were there
tofore only spots in great desert
buildings Of TIE skyseraper type were
erected and cities established. That
lhe same will te true la this district
there is every reason to believe.
Men who have made n technical study
"f the character and formation Of the
country where oil has been found have
visited the Illipah field and given 1t
their unqualified endoi scment. Practical
,lrillers who have worked in other
sections speak only In the highest
terms of the possibilities, and this.
coupled with the fact that oil has been
encountered. would seem 10 knock The
knock out of the knocker.
II was eprsistently inmored during
the last three days that the showing at
lilipah had already attracted the at
iention ef men high in financial circles
and that "a standard rig was said 10
he now being placed on the cars ri
casper. Wdo.. for shipment 10 this dis
triet and would be in operation shortly
after the first of tile year.
The man with money always comes
after the prospector has proven To hih
beyond any doubt that riches lie be-
meath the ground In certain locality.
such men are naturally welcome in any
community. but the man who Is ON tie
ground unless he has a grudge. against
himself. gets II and helps his nciel,bor
and az the san,e time makes for him
seif a few thousand dollars. which is
not at all hard to take.
oil In COMMERCIAL quantities N IL
ilpah would undoubtedly mean an
electric railway TO tho well. and from
there on only a distance of about nine
miles TO Hamilton. whore Nast bodies
of rich ore lie waiting only for some
method of transportation 10 tho smeit-
ers at a cost shat Will give the minor
his just share OF tho wealth he pro-
auees wher he extracts TN. mineral
from the ground.
Any man WHO will give = moment of
fair and unbiased thought TO not only
the great possii Elites but the strong
probabilities cannot but conclude that
a duty rests upon him. IL hc has any
public spirit or civic pride to render
all the assistance within his power to
the pioneers whom II would seem have
about reached tue goal.
with a view TO getting first hand in
formation as To the most recent de-
velopmcnts. representative of the
News interviewed those in a position To
know. At the Office of the lliipah
Petroleum Company. Mr.. Amenda said
'''rhe ullpah Petroleum well Is now
down GAS feet and oascd with eight
inch scasing TO 5i6 feet. which, In ny
opinion. Is below any possible water
strata that could exist In a formation
wuch as we lave in the Illipah field.
The forpntlop I'm which we are now
working should need no further casing
IN order to reach depth from which
we will bring In oil I'm commerc'ai
dusntties.
Since setting our casing we have
made an average of better than ten
feet each day and this work we puf-
lose to continue until the gusher
crowns our efforts with success
We have the tools. machinery ana
all necessary equipment with when 10
prosecute our work until we get the
OIL Further than that, we are pre-
pared to handle the oil when we get
Il. With oil In sight no sane man
would think of letting up for minute
and We viii not even pause until We
have accomplished the result for whieh
we have diligently worked for hve
months At hf,een feet below the sur
face we encountered formation which.
10 any man with experience in ollheids
was exactly the same as that OF every
other great fleld In the west where
gushers have been struck and fortunes
made over night.
From that point down to our present
depth. where we have encountered the
oil. w have drilled through shaleS.
sands and aspholtum beds impresnnteo
with high grade oil in their succession
exactly the same as those In other
lroven fields OF the country ] am not
only willing but tnxious TO take any
man TO the ground and show him. IL
he Is willing to be shown. II he knows
the oil game I am willing to gamoio
that he Will agree with me that VIC