Show the oil industry TEST WELL IN NEVADA miner rhyolite nev arese prese present nt indications point to the opening of a prof profitable table oil field in the vicinity of indian creek in lincoln county about 80 miles south of rhyolite on the las vegas and tonopah railroad j D tisdale is just back from the field mr tisdale and al mccausland of rhyolite are the pioneer locators in the district they are associated with new york and goldfield capitalists who now upon the recommendation of their expert are preparing to put down a test well the name of the expert Is mclain and he is in the field locating all the unoccupied ground he can find some weeks ago mr air mclain made a visit to the territory at the instance of the goldfield and new york people he fourd found the indications so encouraging that he recommended immediate action he said that in all his experience in oil countries he had never seen a more promising surface prospect he therefore returned to secure all the ground possible in the vicinity for his people both mr mccausland and mr tisdale have had extensive experience in the pennsylvania and west virginia oil fields and they share the opinion that the indian creek section is extremely promising the surface rock in many places is saturated with oil products as shown by tests recently made in the opinion of the expert it will not be necessary to sink a well beyond or 1000 feet to reach the oil strata it is probable that a site will be selected in a short time and drilling started |