The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-04-28
FALLON OIL DISTRICT Is PROVEN
WHEN OIL Is STRUCK AT 669 FEET

1900 feet of depth.
Capt. Crehore Tells of Work
City Engineer L. w. Crehore. who
has made extensive observations In
the field, and from the outset OF
work prophesied that failure could
not follow bona fide work had the
following to say of the discovery:
"As the drill went down 1t passed
first through the surface soil or silts
and at 497 feet encountered sand
stone and then strata of what ap-
peared to be blue lime, next another
strata of sandstone. then a darker
strata of blue lime and then finally
into brown shale where oil was had
in quantity that following a pene-
tration of IA feet of this character
of formation the driller ceased bor-
ing and sent for the officers of the
company to whom he remarked,
this is a paying well right now;
why overlook nickles and dimes in
the search for dollars
when dealing with the geology
of the infermountain country the
text books have been most indefinite
and unsatisfactory. Few writers ex-
cept those connected with the United
States geological survey attempted
to go further than to say that the
structure OF this country is complex
and probably tertiary in character.
1T is difficult for man to change
his mode of thought and because
mines were always found in the hills
and never in the valleys little or no
attention was paid to the valleys,
the general opinion being that the
formation underlying the silts of the
valley floors are the same as that
OF the ranges. namely igneous or
volcanic.
within the last few years more
attention has been given to these
valleys with the result that the
opinions of men who have thoroughly
investigated the rock exposures
changed and an old theory published
la some historic geological books to
the effect that the entire intermoun-
tain country had once been a sea far
greater in extent than that of the
comparatively recent Lake Lahontan,
still evidenced by the several lakes
of Nevada, was tentatively accepted.
IL remained for the Fallon Oil and
Gas Company to confirm this theory
which has been stoutly maintained
by many. This confirmation was
afforded when the company's drill
first entered sedimentary formation
at approximately 500 feet one day
last week. To the average person
this meant little but to the man ia
miliar with the development of other
fields It was a highly favorable au-
curry for II set at rest once and for
the pro and con as to the possibility
OF all being developed here. 1t is de-
yelnped."
Stock Buying Active
Stocks In all local companies have
been eagerly sought from the mo-
ment the strike was made Monday.
One Sacramento. Calf, man bought
$4,000 worth of stock in a single
company yesterday, the deal being
closed by local oil brokerage firm.
Many investors put forward from
$1,000 to $4,000 in cash for oil
stock in favorite companies.
Company Officials Make statement
Officials of the Fallon Oil and Gas
Company this morning authorized
the following statement:
Work will be resumed tomorrow
on the oil well. Eight-inch casing
is to be used from the surface to
the first sandstone layer, probably
about 100 feet down. The crew is
to clear out the we'll of all the ac-
cumulated sand and other soft ma
terials by pumping. 1t is believed
that the underground pressure will
then force the oil to the surface in
paying quantity. Should this pres
sure. known to exist, fail to develop
the flow, our crew VIII. after the
fashion followed in other oil dis
tricts, proceed to "shoot" the lower
stratas.'