White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-09
At |LuPAH WELLS
NOW MAKING STEADY PROGRESS

Petroleum Company. news of which was
received through kilograms from Sena-
tor Key Pittman.
The first telegram received was not
clear and 1t was impossible to ascertain
form it whether or not both the per-
mits applied for by the Illipah Petro-
leum and the Consolidated Illipah com
panies' had been issued and more ex-
plicit information was asked by wire,
with the result that the following was
received:
Permit was granted Illipah Petro-
leum Company. Application of Con-
solidated company has not been acted
upon. but will be taken up right
away
This would seem to definitely settle
the point that permits applied for by
both companies which have been in
active operation for months past will
be favorabiy acted upon by the govern
ment and that with one issued the
second Is only a matter of detail.
When consideration is given TO the
fact that applications are pouring In
to Washington almost countless in
number. together with the further fact
that Iilipah is a new field and applica-
tions from there are OF recent date.
the quick action obtained IL commend
able.
The officials of the Consolidated IL
lipah ComIa are expecting word
daily that their permit has been grant
ed and upon reading the late wires
from Senator Pittman IL would not be
surprising to learn that the document
is on its way from Washington by the
time this issue of the News is on the
streets.
After his short and well earned rest
f. V. Gamble, head drillef for the Con-
solidated company returned to the well
and Is now driving the drill down with
all possible speed.
No communication was received from
the we'll yesterday but the telephone
line Is being extended from the point
on the Lincoln highway from which II
has formerly been used to the camp
and 1t was given as the opinion of the
officials at the main Office that this
work probably uade it impractical for
the drillers to use the wire.
The last repor. was that the hole
was down 4Se feet and the drill was
then working in gray lime formation.
The casing Is down to a depth OF 4le
feet where Ii has shut off all water and
is now anchored in the hard lime.
cred il " i'll be a simple matter TO ream
out the hole and drop more casing to
stop the flow. The camp is well sup
piled with all necessary tools and in
fact everything to keep the work and
men going for the next two months.
except some odds and ends which are
constantly required
At the Offices OF the Illipah Petrol
cum company Secretary Anenda ex
pressed himself as being we'll pleased
with all developments. but particularly.
with the fact that teennicalities had
been disposed of so far as the applics-
tion for a permit by his company was
concerned and the permit had been ae-
tually granted
We are going ahead with all pas-
sible speed" said MIR Amenda "and
Will continue our vigorous prosecution
of work as We nave for months past
until we bring in the oil in commercial
quantities. OF course no man can see
under the ground. but as the we'll goes
down and the oil comes up we can see
nothing but success ahead. Ii is iny
firm opinion that we will strike the oil
in commercial quantities before we go
100 feet farther. We are Al fixed to
keep going right ahead. SO that now ii
is only question of days when the
bringing in of an actual we'll will be
announced. and l believe the days will
be but few IN number"
Ruhe Kerr. head drilier for the Ii
Iipah Petroleum Company. who has
been in ELY for few days. was later
seen at the company's offices by rep
resentative of the News and was most
cptomistic in his views. Il was born
in Oklahoma and raised in the oilfelds
of Oklahoma and Texas" said Mr..
Kerr. "and the Illipah field presents
every feature that is attractive to oil
drillers. Compare the log of our well
with that of one OF the big wells
around Bartletsville. OKLA, for exam
pie, ard you cannot find the slightest
variance. You can take one OF their
logs and easily mistake ii for ours.
In those fields they bring in good wells
anywhere from depth of 100 feet on
down. getting from 500 barrels right
on up. In some sections. of course.
they go three or four thousand feet
but from 700 down they bring in wells
with a flow of anywhere from 500 TO
10000 barrels. l am firmly of the opin-
ion that we are within 100 feet oil the
oil at the Petroleum well. We are
down csc feet Our hole is perfect and
cased with eight-inch casing From
my experience, which has been that
of a lifetime in the drilling OF oiiweiis.
there can be nothing TO stop com
mercial we'll coming In and as the
drill goes down you can look for IL with
every stroke. We are now In a grey
clay identical with that which caps the
oil sands In practically every proven
field in the world
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the predictions made in the columns OF
the News for some weeks past. There
has not heen a single hitch. Both conf
panies have been active and the de
velopments Of each day have been More
encouraging and seem to have convins-
ed even the most pessimistic. The
dreams OF great city springsng up
over night seem about to be realized
and those who do not avail themselves
of the splendid opportunity which now
presents itself can have no one to
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