The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1921-01-08
TO DRILL FOR OIL
NEAR CHEWELAH
PLAN TO START IMMEDIATE
WORK ON BASIS OF SINKING
2OOO-FOOT WELL.
Contractor Offers Plan of No Well.
No Pay-Committees at Work
Soliciting Funds

Within three months it will be def
initely determined whether there is
oil in commercial quantities in the
Colville valley, if plans of residents
of the valley are carried out
The Colville Valley Oil Co., with
headquarters at Chewelah. will drill
well 2000 feet deep if sufficient
funds can be secured Immediately
to take up most advantageous
proposition made by John Rrowcr
drilling contractor who has offered
to reach depth of 1000 feet before
any money be paid him. provided he
can be assured of the money when
he has reached that depth. he to fur
nish everything. If oil is reached
before that depth, he will drill at
any other points selected until his
total of 1000 feet has been drilled.
The Chewelah Chamber of Com
merce, although announcing that it is
not in the oil business. thinks enough
of the proposition to absolutely and
unqualifedly indorse the company and
the plan. and representatives of that
body arc now engaged in soliciting
stock subscriptions from every resi-
dent Of the Colville valley.
The following will give an idea of
how the Chewelah Chamber of Com
mercc views the plan to explore for
oil:
Chewelahs Endorsement
"To the citizens of Stevens County,
Washington: We feel that the work
of the Colville Valley Oil Co. is
directed solely toward the explora-
tion of the resources of the Colville
valley, and definitely toward the de-
termination of facts regarding the
presence of oil in commercial guam
tity. In this work, the city of Che
welah has no more direct interest
than has any town in the Colville
valley, and the business interests of
Chewelah are no more vitally CON
cerned than are the business interests
of the entire Colville valley. II hap
pens that geologists have picked a
spot near Chcwelah as the most
feasible place on which to start the
first well drilling, and this selection
of location near Chewelah is made
solely on the advice of men who are
familiar with the oil business.
"The Chewelah Chamber of Com
merce, being nearest to the field of
operation, therefore asks the coopera-
tion of every resident of this valley
in determining whether the Colville
valley has oil deposits, being assured
that if oil is found here, it will also
bf found in many places north and
south in the valley, thus giving no
especial advantage to this city over
any other point in the valley.
The business men, home owners
and farmers of the Chewelah coun-
try are united in the desire to know,
definitely, whether the many oil
seepages found in the Colville valley
are resultant from oil deposits be-
meath. If oil is here, we want to
know it--and we want to know it
now. II oil is not here, we want to
know it. If natural gas underlies
our valley, we want to know it now.
Feeling that this desire is also re-
fected in the towns north and south
of here, we invite every investigation
and welcome any assistance which
may be given the endeavor to deter
mine the facts, and we are in po-
sition to definitely assure investiga-
tors that the company which is or
ganized to explore our possible re-
sources is dependable in every way,
formed largely Of residents Of the
Chewelah country, and conducting
it's operations in business-like man
ner.
"Signed-Chewelah Chamber Of
Commerce, by its governing board;
F. L. Reinoehl, F. G. Rauch, j.