White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-24
FINDINGS CONSIDERED
HIGHLY SATISFACTORY

n good from the useless anu 40 mo-
waste time or trouble on fields thai
have failed to win the unbiased ap.
rroval of the skilled geologist.
A biologists report such as thu
n submitted by Mr.. Vrang is
calm, dispassionate statement OF facts
az he sees them and as are proven by
scientific application. 1t is not q
word symphony of the beauties of ma
lures landscapes, but is a thesis on
The ceaseless and u~ndisputable work
ings of nature that after aeons OF
time are contributing to mans ma
terial welfare.
In the eyes and mind of Geologisl
Nrang. the Illipah field meets the
test of examination. II it had not
the verdict would have been rendered
in the same cold, technical way in
which he has announced the proba-
BILE presence of oil in commercial
quantities at this particular field.
To separate the generally under
standable from the technical, the
hopes of Illipah are insured by Mr.
Vrang's comparisons. That is, the
discoveries he made here proved &c
his belief that Illipah had much in
common with some of the other great
producing fields in this country. lie
goes deeply into the geology of the
question, supplementing his W ind
ings with quotations from other au.
thorities, some of which date back a
good many years and represent gov
eminent geological surveys through
this same country that is now COM
ing into prominence as a probable
oil section.
To the imaginative mind the ro.
nance of oil is one of thrilling inter
est. 1t leads back 10 time so far dis
tan that Ii Is incomprehensible to the
average person. Its evolution through
the eras and ages from fish or animal
or plant down to the present day.
when the Grill taps its'fnd and the
precious fluid bubbles forth to help
and enrich mankind, is a story as
fascinating as any tale of the Ara
bian Nights But romance is not
what the conscientious oil geologist
aims to bring out, and while no doubt
Mr.. Vrang appreciates the story and
sees the beauty of mountain and val
ley as quickly as anyone, that which
Ii of most Importance to him and to
his clients and what he saw most
clearly is that the lllipah field is of
the Paleozoic era, when the dominant
life upon this world was measured
by an age of amphibians and fern
plants. an age of fishes and an age
of higher shell fishes. This fauna
and fora, the basic source of future
oilfelds through the action OF the
ages and the changes on the earth's
surface, were not confined to any
particular section of the earth. and
for that reason oil may be encoun-
~-ol -. onx cooftan uhnro tho ciOnc
are of that era.
Briefly, Mr.. Vrang found and has
said in his report that the geolog-
zeal formation of the Illipah field OF
the era designated Is closely com.
parable with the great oil-producine
fields of California, Texas, Louisiana.
Mexico, the Electra, Ranger and
Burkburnett fields in Texas; Wyom.
ing, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Oklahoma
Kansas and a number of others that
could be named.
This is strong Endorsement and is
lacked by scientific proof. Further.
more, the Illipah field is declared tc
be a field of monoclinal dip. similar
TO Ohio. Indiana, California and Wy
oming fields, which are heavy pro
ducers. Mr.. Vrang believes that the
area of oil under the Illipah field Is
OF large scope and mostly of a migra'
tory nature-oil under pressure thai
is brought in as what is commonly
known as a gusher.
Certain areas of the Illipah field
are not considered f~avorabiy by Mr.
Vrang. There might be oil but Il
reach Ii would require drilling Il
great depth, and then with the pos
sibility of finding residual oil tina
would require pumping, and prob
ably not much of it at that.
In the portion of the field likely Il
produce commercial oil Mr.. Vranl
says a heavy pressure will be encoun
tered and warns against having tn
power plant set up in too close prox
unity to the hole.
The unfavorable portion of the re
port seems more than Offset by tn
favorable as enumerated in MI
vrang's Rual conclusions. and wit
this incentive the Consolidated Ill
pah Oil Company will lose no tim
in speeding up their developmer
campaign and getting their new ri
on the field and in operation.
Following the receipt OF Nj
GATED Oil Company has taken
twenty-year lease from G. r. Moo
man on 100 acres of patented Ian
adjacent to the present compar
holdings and which will soon becon
the scene of busy development wor
This leased land Is included In Il
south half of the southeast quart
of section 7 and the northwest qua
ter of the northeast quarter OF sc
tion Is township IT north, range
east, Mount Diablo meridian.
The News believes that a caref
reading of Mr.. Vrang's report W
convince the most skeptical that I
ulipah oilheld has a future that W
bring Nevada strongly into the ]
Of oii-producing states.