Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1921-06-29
OIL FINDER SAYS
THAT OIL IS HERE

Prospectors for oil in the fields
south of Yerington spent two days i'll
the hills last week with Mansfield
oil and water finder. The districts
prospccted were in the Coal Valley
Basin and the Pine Grove district. In
the former field the apparatus located
oil at depth of from $50 to 500 feet
over three mile stretch of ground
which has been secured by the Was
snck Oil & Gas Co. from the govern
ment through the receipt of a prospec-
tors permit. This ground is directly
east of the Lewis coal mine and is situ-
ated in township 8, range u & %.
The tests. of which there were six
made on the former ground, started
on the apex of the anticline and show
cd Gil at depth of $50 feet and water
at $50 feet. The other five tests were
taken at various distances to he west
so that the six covered distance of
three miles and the last finding showed
the finder swinging back and forth
from the 325 mark to the 41O showing
that the body of oil was very large.
The first test was taken at the foot of
the dome of the apex of the anticline
where the oil seepage is exposed and
is near the base of Mount Grant in the
Wassuk range of mountains.
1t is said that business men of Yer
ington, after few more tests are made
will finance the putting down of test
we'll on the ground that gives the best
showing
The showings for commercial oil in
the sections south of Yerington are
the best in the state on account of the
shallowness of the oil and the small
variation in the depth in the three miles
covered.
The other indication OF oil i'll this
vicinity is the showing of coal which
can be traced for two miles on the
Lewis ground, at which mine they are
sinking an incline shaft on the vein.
which is now down 125 feet. The
grade of coal is getting clearer and
harder as the depth increases. The
quality OF coal taken out of this mine
can be better understood when the
reader takes into consideration that on
last Thursday the dump where the coal
and waste are dumped became ignited
by spontaneous combustion. The in
tense heat of the burning coal is burn
ing up the waste. leaving only ashes
where the high dump formerly stood.
All the track and cars have been re-
moved from the dump and damage
to the property will be slight. 1t is
thought that he fire will burn for two
weeks.
At Pinegrove on the property of the
Mason Valley Oil 4 Gas Co. IA tests
were made, showing the depth of oil
from 325 to SIS feet and water from
50 to $50 feet below the oil. These tests
covered over 6400 acres which are
controlled by this company.
The Mansfield Oil and Water Finder
is manufactured in Liverpool. England
and has been used in Australia, Africa
and Japan. 1t has been checked with
the logs of wells in Watsovil,c, Cal.
where at one well the finder ranged
between the $50 and 600 foot mark
and which checked with the log OF
that well where they struck oil bear
ing sand at the $50 foot depth. Anoth
er we'll it showed 400 foot level
which was exactly as the log showed,
while at one of the Shell Cos test
wells which was down to a dept, OF
1900 feet and which was dry the i'll
strument stayed at the zero mark or
otherwise refused to register.