The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1921-08-24
Progress Made
On Many Wells
Items About Various Drilling Enter
prises Within the Fallon
Oil Field

The eyes of local people are gen.
orally directed toward the Fallon-
Union well on the Clarence B. Rice
farm north of this place. where
depth of $50 feet has been reached
with the drill and sinking was re-
Gently suspended owing to the unus-
ual showings of oil encountered.
This, In the minds of experienced oil
men who have seen the showings.
constitutes potential well of small
production and some time today a
giant torpedo will be exploded Yes
terday the torpedo had been dropped
to within 28 feet of the bottom of
the hole only to have 1t stick and 1t
could not be roughly handled mas
giant powder. Last evening a hy-
draulic was invoked and the torpedo
was again started on its way to the
point where 1t will be expected to
create SO much havoc that the oil
already known to exist will gravitate
into the cavity thus produced
This hole extends 40 feet past the
limestone Gaping above which lies
12 feet of solid shale. The explosion
today will be expected to serve a
two-fold purpose, inasmuch as
drilling tool was lost in the hole re-
Gently and all efforts to dislodge 1t
have hitherto proved unavailing. 1t
is given out that should the attempt
to bring in the we'll by using a torpe-
do fail that the tool will be recovered
and progress to lower depths con-
tinued
To the west of the Rice ranch the
Fallon Oil and Gas Company Exten-
sion is working on hole at
the c. A. Gummow ranch where a
depth of 1895 feet has been attained
and indications are of the most en-
couraging kind. The drill is in lime
stone at this juncture and excellent
progress is being made.
The Syndicate Oil CompaLy's rig,
which has been In operation on the
Jones & Jewell ranch in the Island
district for about three weeks, has
sunk to depth of about 900 feet.
Two distinct flows of gas have been
encountered within this distance.
the last and strongest having been
developed at the 7S0-foot mark. Two
towers are forcing mattsrs to a quick
maturity. w. G. Noteware, secre-
ftary and general overseer of this
oompany's affairs, is taking vaca-
ton on the coast and is not expected
back IN the field for some time.
The Big Four Oil and Gas Com
pany's rig on the r.. II. Moore ranch
is idle while the crew waits for six
inch casing which is not expected for
two weeks. Casing has been put
in place to a depth of 1425 feet, ac-
cording to statements made by Off
eials connected with this company,
and the hole has been sunk to a
depth of 1440 feet. The formation
at this depth is gray shale and the
resumption of drilling Will be char
acterized by lessening of the hole
from eight TO six inches, II being ex-
planned that there is now 500 feet of
eight-inch casing in place and that
the limit in friction has been
reached.
The Pioneer Company's we'll is
down TO a depth of 1885 feet and
this was recently cemented to the
full depth, an expedient invoked to
shut off the water which came to
within approximately 400 feet of the
surface. This plan was adopted upon
the advice of oil men who admon-
ished that whatever possibilities may
be presented by the well could not
otherwise be determined The con-
crete is setting and 1t is asserted that
further announcements will be made
by the Pioneer officials upon the re-
turn to Fallon of President c. l..
Benadum, who is now in the north
west visiting relatives.