Show THE VIRGIN RIVER excitement active work news goldfield nev the first samples of oil and formation from the great strike on the virgin river arrived jn in goldfield wednesday evening they were brought by cal nay and J B V nay the former being the son of the original locator of the oil fields and the latter was sent to the scene of the strike by george wingfield to locate ground he found it to have already been taken up for an area of one hundred square miles two quart bottles filled with the oil as it comes from the ground were brought back the oil is thick and brown and has the odor of refined lubricating oil it has a base and is worth several times as much as the california oils whose base is asphaltum A of oil sand and oil shale were iso iso brought to goldfield the collection enay ay be seen in stimler slimier Higgin sons of ace ce t mr nay reports that he and his father bield eld the land for six years but did not pos egge ess enough money to bore a well and that they hey gave ten sections to a company if it would prospect the ground the location is on a mesa that shows on its edge stratifications ficat feat ions of and shale that may be easily ignited there are also wide measures of coal outcropping cropping out but this coal land I 1 is withdrawn from entry it was the intention of the company to sink to the second or larger strata of oil sand from which oil is oozing on the side of the mesa they bored only fifteen days when the first strata was reached there was a strong discharge of natural gas and such an unmistakable odor of oil that a pump was put to work and the well found to have an output of barrels in 24 hours the borers deemed it inadvisable to sink I 1 to the second stratum before tanks were installed and the latter were ordered at once and will be installed in a few days there is a great rush now on for the oil fields and a townsite has been established near the old hamlet of virgin three more drilling rigs are already on the ground and several others are coming in this discovery is situated 50 miles from the nevada line and 55 miles from the nearest shipping point lund on the dark clark railroad oil formation extends clear into nevada and the indications are that this is the most extensive field ever discovered the nay boys may be found for a few days in mr lers office where they will be pleased to show the samples and answer any inquiries that may be made about the district age las vegas nev las vegas people having land in the new virgin oil fields are incorporating the vir gin dixie consolidated oil company and will begin operations at an early date the acreage to be developed by this company is considered of the best in the field and the first well will be located about one mile southeast of the well of the virgin river oil and development company the pioneer of the field the stock is to be placed on the market in a few days A considerable amount has already been spoken for those interested are E T maxwell W E hawkins jacob ralph C P ball 0 C C keys and C AT butterfield of las vegas and E R G greening and A H of los angeles E T maxwell left thursday for los angeles to arrange for wells on this and other acreage miner beatty nev on the muddy river and on the lower vir gin in lincoln county are signs of oil at a point near logan claims have been located on oil bearing shale on the lower virgin near st thomas rock impregnated with oil has been found great petrified forests near overton show that the country has not always been a desert it is possible that coal and oil will yet be found in quantity on the muddy and virgin who will be the first to drill fifty miles south of moapa across the arizona line robert dillon has just located acres of promising oil land for a party of las vegas gentlemen dillon and french returned from the section this week and bring encouraging reports of the indications there plans ahins for development are being formulated |