The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-05-18
FALLON OIL NEWS
LOOKS ENCOURAGING
WITH NEW DRILLER In CHARGE
DISCOVERY WELL PROGRESSES;
WEAVER OIL co. DRILLING
NEW WORKERS FORM COMPANY

rAl@iSOIN, Way If.-lHt WOIh VI uc-
veloping to its full capacity the dis
covery well, brought in by the Fallon
Oil & Gas Company on April 26. is
progressing under the direction of L
D.. Turner. who succeeded Driller
Smith. At a depth Of seventy-ive feet
the eight-inch casing was landed and
cemented. On Thursday the work of
roaming out the hole for a string OF
six-inch casing was begun. Two hun.
dred and thirty-nine feet were made
the first two days. The six-inch cas-
ing is o being placed, ready for
~cementing. AS all of the debris from
the roaming falls to the bottom of
the well. this with the pressure of
500 feet of water, prevents the floy
of oil. Even with these drawback,
considerable oil comes up with the
sludge water, though not in measur-
able quantity. Ii is expected that by
the end of another week the casing
will have reached the oil sand and
then the roaming out Of the sands
will prove up the flow of the well to
an extent that the flow may be mea-
sured.
Delayed by lack of supplies de-
tanned in transit, the Weaver Oil Com
pany had to shut down, but has now
resumed drilling. j. p. Branley, OF
Vallejo. Cal, and president of the
company, accompanied by Fred Lieut.
jens, OF Keno, and Secretary-tr-as-
urer, arrived several days ago 10
superinte1d the starting of work,
building OF new bunk-house and ofAeI
details. TIE Weaver quit at $50 feet
with thai amount of ,ixtecn-incl
stovepipo n the hole. Wor.. starte.t
up again Thursday and fifteen feet
was made the first day. The Weaver
is drilling with a big Columbia. but
has built a seventy-two-foot derrick
to handle the heavy casing. The well
will be continued as far as prac-
ticable with s~ixteen-inch ~stovepipe.
when they will change to standard
twelve and one-half-inch casing.
Having been caught once by delay in
delivery of supplies, President Bran
ley has brought in a large stock o.
every line of tools and other supple.
likely to be needed. Another drillei
is expected Wednesday, when two
crews will begin drilling day and night
shifts. The company Is well financed
and on the resumption of drilling the
stock took quite a Jump in the mar
ket. The Weaver well is within one
half mile of the discovery well of the
district.
w. b. Nichols, of w. b. Nichols &
Sons, fiscal agents of the Big -Four Oh
Company, wires from California thal
the standard RIG purchased by hin
has been shipped. Arrangements have
been made to unload and haul to the
field the day it arrives. This rig viii
be used to put down a second wei.
and the Starr rig. now drilling, will
continue the present well to compile
ton. AS the Big Four well is on the
same anticline rs the discovery well
1t is expected that oil sands will b.
penetrated at about the same depth
655 feet This well will be developed
to full capacity, while the standart
rig will be used to go to the dee.
sands. Mr.. Nichols has also brough
a second standard rig to be used /
the Indian Lands Petroleum Con
pany. This is the firms newest pre-
motion and holds about 1000 acres o.
the Indian reservation, leased fro
the Indian agent. The royalties wi
go to the Piute tribe. The officers o
the new company are: T.. +. Donahut
president: Charles l.. Carter, vice
president; Ben p. Nichols. secretar!
treasurer and L. p, Hackett and 4
b. Nichols. directors.
The Diamond Oil Company la
completed their eighty-four-foot DEF
rick and Field Manager Leonard j
awaiting the arrival of the new ri
They will drill on land south of th
discovery well.
C. w. Kinney returned from New
York this week. He reports that h
was quite successful in raisin
money for the Diamond Salt Spring
Mining Company. Also. while in New
York he formed a new oil company
titled the Square Deal Oil & Develop
ment Co. Sixty thousand dollars wa
subscribed and no stock being Offered
to the public. The officers are c.. A
Bond, of New York City. and in gov
eminent employ. president; a.. l.. Al
len, Of Fallon. vi~ce-president; S. A
Simpson. Of New York. secretary and
c. W. Kinney, field manager. The
company has 1000, 900 shares. par
value. m dollar. The initial $50 .000