| Show ILLIPAH PETROLEUM COMPANY RESUMES DRILLING IN NEVADA with J E kirtley driller of the old school in charge op operations orations erat ions in the illipah oil fields thirty miles west of E ely ly were resumed on wednesday morning of this week says the record of the work on the project closed down last december on account account of cold weather when a depth of five undred hundred feet was reached and a good showing of oil was made last week president J E amenda N D gill mr kirtley and others arrived from california and several days were spent in overhauling the equipment and actual drilling began z on wednesday of this week this is the second well started in the southeast quarter section eleven the first well was abandoned at 1572 jeet feet although it was a foregone conclusion that a commercial well was within striking distance oil at that time was flowing between the six and eight inch casing but after all available scientific methods and expert labor that could be secured proved of no avail in overcoming the mechanical difficulties encountered it was deemed advisable to abandon it on the advice of the geologist and radio locator heny hen y tasca of oakland california who predicts oil in commercial quantity at feet on the new location twenty eight feet west of the abandoned well the drilling rig and equipment were moved and a new well started last october drill in ing b was diligently pursued until the cold weather in december froze up the water supply for the boiler and forced the plant to be closed down for the winter the showing in the new well is most gratifying this week while the hole is being cleaned oil and gas as in sufficient quantities are coming to the surface to warrant the greatest optimism A meeting of the stockholders of the company was held at the krichmar here on monday when a new board of directors was elected composed of J E amenda P J couil beul sam E hagans and pete of ely chas F schultz of danville illinois and elfred hoffman of richmond california officers chosen are J E amenda president pete vice president sam E hagans secretary and P J fouilleul treasurer the company it is reported has heretofore been financed to carry operations to the foot depth but in the event that predictions should not be fulfilled when that depth is reached drilling will continue driller kirtley has had twenty years of experience in transcontinental fields As before stated he is a driller of the old school working with standard tools and knows the business completely he shares the opinion of the officers and stockholders and is confident that the illipah field will soon be proven official headquarters of the illipah petroleum company are in apartment 1 at the Ri chmar ely nevada with president amenda and N D gill in charge |
