The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-12-11
As ONE MAN VIEWS
nLIPAH'S OIL FIELD

Frank Doolin, manager OF the Ma
tional Clothing Company at Ely. has
returned from a two-day visit to the
Illipah oil field, says the Times, and
has the following to say as to how
the outlook impressed him:
Il cannot in any way be classed as
an oil expert, but after a day spent in
looking owe the ground. observing
the formations. and seeing the well
$40 feet deep. cased to a depth Of SIG
feet. with gas of such pressure as
TO force its was up through 600 feet
Of water. and to see bubbles of oil
breaking on the surface of the water
at every stroke or the drill, and see
ing. as each bailer was emptied into
the ditch. oil collecting in every little
rifle. | believe that even the most
skeptical nan would be forced to
admit that Illipah surely is an Oil
field.
What impressed me probably more
than the oil showings was the abso-
Lutte sincerity of the workers in the
field. In their belief hat oil was GER
tain TO be struck. / saw the driller
and his assistants rise at five o'clock
In the morning and proceed at once
to get up steam and begin drilling
like clockwork at $40. They even
seemed to b~egrudge the time 1t took
TO prepare their meals. With no stop
at noon they worked right on until
after dark and after a twelve-hour
day were reluctant to quit. This was
not staged for the benefit of visitors,
for the log of the well showed this to
be their daily program. RUDE Kerr.
the head driller. told me that he had
expected to bring in a well at $50 feet,
but from the favorable showings he
would not be at all surprised to see
a gusher brought in at a much lesser
depth.
1.-The Consolidated well is down 440
feet, cased with ten-inch casing to
within twenty-five feet of the bottom;
and while they were not drilling dur
ing my presence, as they were fixing
the water line, the head driller said
they would resume operations today.
He is a fine old gentleman who has
worked in the various oil fields OF
the world for thirty-fve years, and
he was greatly panied that should
question the probability OF Illipah be-
ing an oil field.
ITO sum up. from a layman's point
Of view, there Is not a shadow or
doubt in my mind that Illipah is an
oil field, and an unusual one. At what
depth oil will be found | would no
hazard a guess; and while l hole a
brief for no individual or company IN
the field. the various showings at the
we'll. and the feverish haste employed
by the workers at this well lead me
to believe that they will be the argo-
nauts who will be rewarded by the
first well.
Il think IL every man and woman
In the district could see the iliipah
field as | see it they would. even IN
these doubtful times. readily assess
themselves to complete a pioneer well
prove this district. and would DO
II at once; for while the financing OF
a we'll is expensive, II all would CO.
operate the individual load would be
light. and the returns from a proven
we'll would not only reimburse the
stockholders most generously, but put
the future of Ely and White Pine
county on so firm a foundation that
no tightening of the money marker or
stagnation of the mining industry
could ever affect their prosperity; and
as a matter of self-preservation ELY
should get behind those enterprising
citizens who are blazing the trail IN
a new industry of the state. and as
sist them in rushing a well to a sue
cessful completion"