Show drilling Is resumed at fallon fallen BY AJ A J fallon nevada may 26 the work of developing to its full capacity the discovery well brought in by the fallon oil gas company a month ago is progressing under direction of E D turner who succeeded driller smith at depth seventy five feet the eight inch casing was landed and cemented the work of reaming out the hole for a string of six inch casing was begun two hundred undred ii and thirty nine feet were made the first two days the six inch casing is now being placed ready for cementing all of the debris from the reaming falls to the bottom of the well and this with the pressure of feet of water prevents any flow of oil even with these drawbacks considerable oil comes up with the sludge water though not in measurable quantity it is expected that by the end of the month the casing will have reached the oil sand and then the reaming out of the sands will prove up the flow of the well to an extent that it may be measured weaver oil company active delayed from lack of supplies detained 1 in transit the weaver oil company had to shut down but has now resumed driff drilling ing J F branley of vallejo california and president of the company accompanied by fred leutgens of reno and secretary treas aurer arrived several days ago to superintend the starting of work building of new bunk house and other details the weaver quit at feet with that amount of sixteen inch stovepipe in the hole work was started up again and fifteen feet was made the first day the weaver is drilling with a big columbia but has built a seventy two foot derrick to handle ther the heavy casing the well will be continued as far as practical with sixteen inch stovepipe when they will change to standard 1212 linch l inch casing having been caught once by delay in delivery of supplies president branley has brought in a large stock of every line of tools and other supplies likely to be needed the weaver well is within a half mile of F the discovery well of the district the diamond oil company has completed their eighty four foot derrick and field manager leonard is awaiting the arrival of the new rig they will drill on land south of the discovery well k raises operating fund C W kinney has returned from new york he reports that he was quite successful in raising money for the diamond salt springs mining company also while in new york he formed a new oil company entitled the square deal oil development company sixty thousand dollars was subscribed and no stock is being offered to the public the officers are C A bond of i new york city and in government employ is president L L allen alien of fallon fallen is vice president S A simpson of new york sec secretary I 1 and C U W kinney field manager the company has shares par value the initial was raised among the incorporators at par manager kinney has instructions to purchase a standard rig and proceed to drill at once the first well will be put down on the section adjoining the acres owned by the acmore oil refining company many visitors in fallon if he is in fallon he is at the overland that seems to be the usual reply when inquiring for a friend or newcomer new comer on one day I 1 met in the lobby of the overland D D hill representing one of the biggest drilling outfits in california lewis levy and M rothstein both of seattle wash now interested in fallon oil lands george edson porter of the carson sink corporal V S berber prominent pro mient california oil geol ogist J P branley and fred leutgens of the weaver oil company E P hackett of orrick missouri and now interested inthe indian lands Petro elum eluin company judge G B morrow of westwood california wayne T wilson attorney and oil operator reno J sank of the el company G N krantz of the telegraph oil company of reno governor boyle A B hall consulting engineer of tonopah To T F donahue of the indian lands petroleum company G H mccormack of the lovelock oil company and eugene goutte quite an aggregation of oil and mining talent the consolidated oil potash company is building bunkhouses and otherwise preparing for drilling activities on kneir holdings south and east of the fallon oil gas company the astra development company is also preparing to drill the wheeler oil syndicate is down feeland feet and in another strata of hot water W S boggs california and wyoming oil operator is on another trip to the fallen falion oil district and is adding to his already large holdings while here he received word of the bringing in of a well he is interested te in in wyoming it is in a new field near rawlins and is the third new field in which his driller has brought in the discovery well mr boggs knows the oil business from drill to refinery |