| Show GOOD OUTLOOK NEAR RENO news wonder nev without any parade or intention of advertising ver their plans the washoe oil development company quietly on oil the of june resumed drilling at the oil well three miles southwest of reno and despite accidents the well is down 1400 feet every time the bailer comes to the surface it brings with it now a dark brown sand strongly impregnated with ted hydrogen and petroleum it is a va oil to be sure but it is the strongest kind of indication of the correctness of the views entertained by those who have put their faith and their money into the enterprise ter prise the company has 1140 acres of ground on the hills overlooking the truckee valley above reno it is a country that bears all the usual features of oil land as experts are accustomed to look for them the hills are bleak and bare no verdure concealing the and synclinal structure A few feet over the summit of an anticline that is so plainly indicated as to be evident to any one who has lived in oil fields the rig has been erected and here under superintendent murphy the work has been carried on except during k last winter and spring for over a year pro progress ress at the well has gone steadily forward since resumption of drilling on june 17 As greater depth is reached superintendent perin murphy a veteran of the oil fields and one of the men who helped to drill the famous blue goose well of the coalinga corlinga Co alinga fields that made a fortune for its owners becomes more and more certain that within the next feet or so oil will be struck always sanguine 0 mr murphy points out that the blue goose had no such favorable indications before before it finally pierced the cap and found a steady stream of oil coming to the surface |
