The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-04-27
FALLON DRILL IN
SANDS LAST WEEK
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pany; William A. Sherman, manager
of the Merchants Ice and Cold Stor-
age Company; o. G. Traphagan, d.
rector; Fred Linderman, ship owner;
Alexander A. Cantin and Wesley
Heidi. The party vas in charge of
w. r. Greenlaw, fiscal agent of the
Silver State Consolidated Company.
They were met by T. w. Clark, field
superintendent, and spent the day in
going over the field. They visited most
of the wells in the field and were
particularly interested at the Fallon
Oil & Gas Company. Though they re-
NAMED at the well only about one
half hour, Driller Smith made one and
one-half feet of Roadway in that time.
The party are all officers and stock
holders of the Silver State Console
dated. 1t was decided that Superin-
tendent Clark should start work at
once on the ground nea the Fallon
Oil & Gas Company's well. The com
pany already has two rigs in the field,
a keystone and a Standard. The Key
stone will be used at the first well,
and the Standard reserved for prop
erty owned in the field further south,
where it is expected deeper drilling
may be required. This company has
very large holdings in the district,
some 1860 acres in all. They have
just received a permit from the Cali
fornia corporation commissioners,
permit number 9743. and Fiscal
Agent Greenlaw will at once begin an
active stock campaign. The party
left firm believers in and most en-
thusiastic boosters for the Fallon oil
district. Over two thirds of the stock
allotted by the California corporation
commissioners for the first Offering
has been underwritten and the Silver
State Consolidated is now well
financed, far beyond immediate need
w. B. Nichols & Sons have secured
from the United States government q
lease on 40 acres of Indian lands on
the Piute reservation. They have in
~corporated the Indian Lands Petro-
leum Company. A standard rig is now
being sought for and as soon as it Is
purchased will be shipped and work
started. 1t is quite possible that the
poor Piute Indians may later rival
the wealthy Osages of Oklahoma. 1t
may be of interest to mention in pas
sing that the Osages of Oklahoma re
ceived as royalties on oil leases the
sum of $4,000 900 during the year
1919.
The Weaver Oil Company well is
down 237 feet and work suspended
pending the building of an eighty
four-foot derrick. 1t has been working
with a Columbia rig. A twelve and
one-half casing is being put down and
it was found that a heavier overhead
derrick was needed.
The Diamond Oil Company derrick
arrived after a delay of thirty days
on the road. 1t is being erected and
the first well spudded in soon.
Utly Wedge and R. H. Worse, promi-
nent engineers, are expected to arrive
any day from New York. They will
go over the Humboldt Potash Cor
poration property and advise with
George Edison Porter as to plans OF
work for the summer.
The Fallon Pioneer Oil Company
is making good progress with its
water well and will soon spud in with
their big standard rig. AS this will
be the heaviest rig in the field to
| date, rapid progress should be made.
President o. E. Bilbee of the Nevada
Sand Springs Oil Company, reports
that the California corporation COM
missioners have granted his company
a permit to sell stock in California
and that he will at once begin an
active stock selling campaign in tha'
state.