The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-04-28
Great Excitement Prevails Throughout State and Many
Are Arriving Here Daily to Share in the Opportuni-
ties That Accompany the Development of Oil
Wherever Much Sought Mineral is Found

ground reports based on the notion
that lake bed deposits underlaid
the valley and shales and sandstones
were lacking 1t remained for the
Fallon Oil and Gas Company to dis
prove this contention once and
for all and when / arrived here last
week | went to every hole in the dis
trict and made observations, and
conclusions based on what | have
seen In other western districts.
my forecasts of two months ago
have been borne out to the letter
as the drilling log of the Fallon Oil
Company's we'll attests. There
brown shale and gravel alternated In
exactly the same manner as has
characterized the development of
California and Wyoming fields and
at a depth of 52S feet a gas pocket
was developed which was contained
within the shale formation. 1t was
then that l prophesied that oil would
be encountered within the following
100 feet of penetration. the pool be-
ing encountered at 669 feet.
1.-The Significance of this discovery
cannot be overestimated for | have
seen 150O-barrel wells and greater
developed with lesser showings and
there is no limit to the possibilities
exampled by the oil pool on the Fal-
lon OIL and Gas Company's ground.
.arhe oil developed Monday, is un-
doubtedly of higher gravity than
any produced in California this ad-
vantage being due to the higher ele-
yation of this territory.
ITO make a summary of the field
one must say at the outset that 1t
is too extensive In area to admit
of definite statement in a single re-
gard but splendid prospects are held
out for getting oil in paying guam
titles over a very wide area. Dis
tinct basins where pools must exist
are many In number and even the
far flung Eastgate and Westgate
sections are likely to show oil In
quantity, a relationship existing be-
tween these territories and the terri
tory as a whole.
This entire territory has a well
defined structure which naturally
presents difficulty in following out
by reason of sits vast area and the
time that would be required in max
irg definite determinations. The
fact that the Fallon Oil and Gas
Company has brought in a well must
prove that the structure of the dis
trict is intact and not broken as
has been so frequently asserted
during late months. On the other
hand there are innumerable folds
which throw oil into pools and the
logical conclusion is that there are
many pots in the basin. literally the
very lap of the Labontan valley where
great oil supplies exist.
"A competent geelogist must be
secured to make new determine
tions. He will find here all of the
oil shales and characteristic forma-
tions as revealed by the log of the
new we'll and to my mind the logi-
cal conclusion is that underlying the
oil pool developed Monday are lower
stratas prolific in oil.
This belief is so firmly estap-
lished In my mind that | have In
vested in the stocks of many of the
operating in the district
and have in addition acquired sub
stantial oil land holdings of my own.
l confidently look forward to a Dig
production of oil in the Fallon dis
trict and feel that stage has been
reached In the proceedings that
gives absolute assurance for success
and complete bona fideness to furth-
er development effort on the part Of
the companies operating in the dis
trict."
Boggs Drilled Many Wells
Boggs' statements are fully cred
tied wherever he talks on oil sub