Show new oil 01 1 activities in fallon field BY A J MOORE fallon nevada june 10 whenever I 1 see the name of ira mcfarland in connection with the basin oil company I 1 wonder if he ever recalls a certain day in 1908 the american mining congress was wag in annual session at goldfield among the papers read before that learned body was one by ira mcfarland it was entitled petroleum in nevada or something to that effect it was an able address and engineer mcfarland brought out many proofs of his theory that oil did live in many nevada formations mat ions at the close of his address there was no burst of applause from his brother mining engineers there assembled on the contrary it was received with ahat discouraging approbation silent approval how different today with a discovery well at fallon fallen an oil showing at sulphur and other points in nevada engineers and geologists now are climbing over each other proclaiming 1 I told you ao 1 I was first many of the biggest men in the oil game now have passed approvingly on the oil fields of nevada within the past few months good natured Fl rivalry ivary A few weeks ago the men employed by the fallen Fallon oil gas company were betting with those at the Il lapali well as to which would bring in a well first the Fallo won but unless president wayne young can spare a little more time from his jewelry store and field manager johnson from his little cigar factory the will have the first commercial well the 6 inch casing at the fallon oil gas company is stuck and a hunt is being made f for or 5 inch casing an effort will be made to get through A car lot which is due for the wheeler oily syndicate will be divided between the two companies and another effort made to complete the fallon oil gas companas Comp anys well the big standard rig for the big four oil company has arrived and is now being installed on the R H moore ranch the big four has secured a lease on this choice piece of ground it is acres of patented land owned by R H moore of berkeley california and located about five miles out from fallon this makes a valuable acquisition to their already large holdings W B nichols of W B nichols sons fiscal agents for the big four oil company and the indian lands land s petroleum company has returned from california he opened a branch office at san jose and reports that not only in that city but in every california town visited lie he found great interest in fallon fallen oil stocks he says all eyes are turned Neva daward for the next oil boom the weaver oil company have secured an extra driller and tool dressers and will cutup put up two towers at once their intention was to have done so two weeks ago but the driller engaged at that time failed to arrive and another had to be secured in my last letter I 1 stated that this well was down feet it should have been feet another fifty feet has since been made still using 16 inch stovepipe casing since the return of R W publicity man for the churchill county 01 oil gas company a new line of work has been laid out the new star drill is being installed on their leased ground at the williams ranch and drilling has commenced by this time it is expected that an oil sand will be cut at about feet whether this will prove up in commercial quantity remains to be seen A good supply of casing is at hand this rig was nearly four months in getting from los angeles and coalinga alinga Co this is mentioned to show what delays the fallon driller dr illers have to put up with first the difficulty of finding a rig then of getting delivery after bought the churchill county will withdraw its tock stock from the market after june the diamond oil company is expecting its rig and ana casing daily the derrick is up and everything is set for drilling as soon as it arrives this company has one of the very best built derricks in the fields the carson sink corporation will spud in this week the nelson oil cil gas company and the fallon business mens oil association are new in corporations in the field J F brandley of the weaver oil company has taken office space on main street he will remain here during the summer fight for lease bill changes for some time there has been a move on foot among the oil operators of nevada to have some of the rulings by the secretary of the interior modified it is held that in some instances he has gone far beyond the intent of the law A meeting will be held in reno this week at which the principal companies will be represented the attorneys of the various companies will attend most of the fallon oil companies have gone ahead and applied for permits they will attempt to make doubly sure of their holdings those who had done don e the required amount of work before february the day on which the new leasing bill went into effect will also apply for lease this is done so that in case there should be any doubt as to title under the old law they may inay fall back on the lease W B nichols sons have ordered another standard rig from wood bros taft california this will be the second standard rig bought by this firm the first one only arrived about a week ago and is now bl eing being installed on the R H moore ranch about five miles east of fallon fallen the second will be used by the indian lands petroleum company they also have a big star rigon rig on the big 4 oil company ground near the pal ion oil gas company discovery well W B nichols has left for the company of oi flee fice at san jose and ben P nichols has gone to reno to purchase steel cable and other needed supplies new drillers drillars Dr illers and drilling rigs the churchill county oil gas drilling is is under direction of a mr gregory a driller of many years experience in california and other oil fields he is classed as a very competent man and has made a great record as a driller with a good supply of casing and everything needed the churchill company should soon be down to one of the oil sands their new rig is in fine working order the lahonta oil syndicate has brought in a new drilling crew and work has been resumed they are now down about feet the weaver oil company is down feet and in a very favorable formation the office of the company nas been moved from california to fallon fallen and president J P brandlen will make his headquarters here the silver states consolidated has also arranged to move its main office to fallon fallen it wll be in charge of frank G hobbs secretary of the company work has started with their keystone rig on the ground adjoining the fallon oil gas company fallon fallen oil gas awaiting casing the fallon fallen oil gas company has only been doing such work as needed to hold the water in subjection awaiting the arrival of 5 inch casing the conditions that obtain at this well have given a setback to the use of rotary rigs in a pioneer field casing should be here first of the week in fact in point of time of shipment it should haye have been here several days ago the square deal development company corpany has ordered a standard rig said to have baye cost it will be shipped in immediately and installed on section 25 the rainbow oil company have bad their derrick built some time and awaiting machinery everything is in j readiness to in stall the day it gets to the ground as all a the preliminary work has been done the central oil company is having its 1 ground surveyed and the el petrol io devel dev build buildings ings ale P company is erecting to drilling liew wm win brandts buys is preparing a and up to date map of the district faolu fa advance drawings it appears to be the most m for the comprehensive one yet undertaken district it will not only show the e bariol var companies and their ho holdings I 1 d I 1 na s b but ut the ele lations and contour and the surrounding sec to eions from beyond stillwater clear of broken hills sixty five miles southeast sout beas fallon |