Show ILLIPAH ATTRACTS OIL OPERATORS ely nev may 12 with the arrival of warm dry featner and the highways in shape for heavy traffic drilling 6 of the illi pah basin for oil is claiming greater attention five new companies have been formed to operate in this field which is being tested by the pioneer well of the illipah basin oil gas company and several new corporations are being organized by california and eastern people the discovery of oil at fallon falion has added interest to the work in progress at Illi illipah pah as the latter field is considered by numerous geologists the most prom ising in nevada with indications good foi development of gushers bushers gu 4 three shifts are driving the drill of the Illi pali basin oil gas company which has passed the foot point and is expected to cut through the hard limestone formation within thirty days As the gas measure is steadily increasing and the percentage of oil in the ballings bai lings shows a steady gain with additional depth superintendent ira mcfarland is expectant of striking a flow of commercial oil when the drill enters the sand below the present limestone belt however no expectation is held of bringing in a well until the chugwater Chug water sand has been entered at a depth ranging from 1000 to 1500 feet the star drill is stated to be sufficiently powerful to drill to a depth of 2000 feet and can be operated to a depth of feet by addition of a larger derrick and bull wheel illipah basin is four to five miles ion by two miles wide and contains numerous prominent donies domes numerous springs occurring in the field are heavily saturated with petroleum with sections of the territory so permeated with oil seepage aba that they appear covered with asphaltum nat ural gas issues from a shallow shaft on the t illipah basin oil gas holdings t and vast vas deposits of oil shale covers wide wi de areas 01 0 the region geological conditions are declared a al most lost identical with those found i in the wyoming oil fields by geologists and es who have examined the local district dist with the strongly marked anticline ant ieline and a prominent domes pointing painting the sites for wells most likely to develop product iOl i the district is located thirty eight ales from ely and six miles east of hamilton |