The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-05-29
LOCAL COMPANY TO
DRILL At |LL|PAH

Final organization details for a
Winnemucca company to drill for oil
in the Illipah field. near Ely, Nevada,
are being completed this afternoon at
meeting held In Mayor Brandon's
Office. This company is to be known
as the Illipah Petroleum Company of
winnemucca, Nevada, being officered
and financed by local men.
Incorporation of the company was
completed last Wednesday. but the
meeting today is to elect officers and
finish laying plans for drilling.
Winnemucca's company to drill for
oil starts out under very auspicious
circumstances, enough money having
been subscribed locally before organi-
zation to put a drill on the ground and
commence active operations. j. E.
Amenda, secretary for the new COM
pany, expects to go to Illipah tomor-
row to arrange erection of bunk
houses and other layout work for the
camp, so that everything will be in
readiness when the drill arrives. 1t
is expected the drill will be "spudded
in" by the fifteenth of next month.
Tentative plans have been under
consideration by the heads of the COM
pany for some time and among other
things the matter of securing a COM
petent driller to have charge of op-
Grafton. So far three men are avail
able, one being Scott Hickey, well
known in oil circles, and the other two
being men direct from the Texas oil
fields.
The Illipah Petroleum Company has
lease on 800 acres of patented land
near the well sunk by the Illipah Gas
& Oil Company. 1t Is said that on the
lease are three distinct domes from
which there is considerable seepage.
1t is also said that these 800 acres
comprise what is generally thought
to be the most favorable drilling site
in the Illipah field. having been Sc
cured by Mr.. Amenda during his pio-
neer days at Illipah under very fav-
orable circumstances.
During the meeting this afternoon
Peter Organ was elected president of
the new company; J. c. Ugarriza.
vice-president; j. Z. Amenda. secre-
tary: and f. p. Sites. treasurer.
George F. Foster was chosen as a di-
rector. and he with the four above
named will constitute the board of
directors.
Another decision, important to Win
nemucca. was reached when it was
decided to open offices for the COM
pany here in Bridge street between
Second and Third. This is made more
important by reason that these offices
will also be a branch of the Affiliated
Oil Association of Nevada, composed
of all oil companies in this state.
Furnishings will be put in as soon as
possible and later an oil stock ex-
change started.
Decision on the part of residents OF
this community to form company to
drill at Illipah was brought about
after the return of V. w. Lassen, e. p.
Sites and C. c. Wright, of this city,
who went to Illipah to investigate
conditions. Their report follows:
After going over the vast fields of
exposed shale beds. oil seepages, fos-
sill beds, rainbow shale and lime and
sandstone and the oil bearing sands.
we do not hesitate to say that we are
satisfied with our investment in the
now going we'll, also the 800 acres OF
land selected for drilling site by the
Illipah Petroleum Company OF Winnie
mucca. We do not hesitate to recon-
mend the Wall Street location of 16O
acres. There is found exposed three
distinct domes. Out of one of the
three domes oil is seeping from the
surface in visible stream into the
shale on its sides. thus showing con-
clusively a live bed of oil under these
domes. In all, every possible indica-
ton of oil is visible in this oil Held.
1t lays like an open book.
"We do not hesitate to recommend
this 800 acres to drill on, and in our
opinion a well of oil will be brought
in at the predicted depth of 900 to
1900 feet, and to prove our sincerity,
we herewith subscribe for substan-
tial block of the Wihnemucca COM
pany's stock to head the list and aid