, 1880-10-01
COAL.OIL BONANZA.
development or Asfcal California
IteEi1N.

capitalists las Obtntletl cnistrt Ut nll the Ill.
producing co'intry vi California discovered
UP to tho present time, which consists Of Il
section Uf eUust rnl,gn mountains 'SO miles In
lengttl, stretching frn,1 Santa Cruz to SantA
i,arbAra, atut Including Mx',000 ncrcs. Fur
fur ycats work ut examining the region by
exurts iius been nutnE M, n,s,i n INV et',l,-
pfetr.l. Every spot Eiylis IntlteatFHs OF oil
llna been sec,rctf. 1'nrt uf tliG region WIS
Government lua,ds md part Of It lIas fme'l
leased fur twenty years fEon, farmers and
runcli owners wllo llntt obtained possession.
during tho last twefv, years parts Of
tho all-hearing rcEtnn llays beet purtly
developed BY various rlen, ind tic present
monopoly Ii tlle result of the successive co,n-
bInutons Of orlgInni owners. who iilta'ly
si,tt their Interests to three ll,tti, NIeil,-
G. n. PcllOn, ex-Assistuiit United States
Treasurer, and 1he uf Enii!osi!n's larscc, calt.
Fnrgu l. CO.'H EXPRESS nlNl ltank: md y. Il.
ScDjieItl. They hive fUrined thu. l'arttc Coast
Utl Company, aid under Its cniitr0l the Cnli-
HrI,iu oil country promises to be tt,ss 1f tho
great afi.pratiuetng rrgtots nf tl!e world.
During the lust SIX mouths rnt! 4tFE'!es l,tyt:
been tiiatln In tho developed rcgluil. Wells
have been sank wl,ltll show excellent re-
suits. machinery bought. Wnrks a'Id re!lcrIrs
factories built, nn, with unlimited cap!tnf,
enormous negotiations arc effected for equip
nlcHt In every, respect Of" glanat'c business
enterprise, which, ls probably destined to
exert /. strong Ihlluthcc upUl the letnsyl.
vanfa districts, and upon NIL existing oil
For number Of months rumors Of this
intlMense Wrster,, Interest have tloAtetl rcrnss
been circulated a,t,astg bllsimess.lIGtl: II has
been supposed tl,at tll, Standard vi C0.npl-
My WIS putting capltnl flttO the enterprise.
But this Is not true. T]te full facts csli linw
tttr p tftHi
drillers,--lclihsy'van!a t,cr,-.ilatneh SeDtt
Md baker, went to Los Angeles. III thn SIM
Fernando Nountnns, where In Plc0 Cai'on 4
spanlarl l'a1 dise9sered . sl.'Mt M wI!sM 81
| They erected spring pdlc riEs. ulMi stink two
wells, one i5U feet deep nnh the Other :sN fret
deep, and. were rewarded with prhdllci!nh
ot thirty bnrrs!s per per day Of oll' tile specific
T'!!ey put uu u small rrllnery having CD
pacity ot forty 1Arrcls, at Lyons Station, Oh
the Southern IAciEtc Ratln'ld. a!Hi cartetl tho
eritle l,,aterlnI over rough, n'ns!s to tho re-
centnit, illuminating oil, 70 lmr cent Mai'',tsf,
10 per cent lnbrEcattng nlf, asI 10 ler cent
waste. rhfs was bonanzn. aN! " ~"
ssrared % The ;iistlict. and formed tilg Ca!iior-
nn Star Uit Company. They brought all tile
necessary sMacl.ii,svy fron tho Ea.st, aud he
run to dr,Il wells ln tle smile improved
otlior districts ii Pennsylvania. At n depth
Of fSi0 feet, In Pico Cailt,l, Il flowing well wus
fnu,'l which yielded eighty bnrrels 4 tlny:
rhis well Inns up to tilc rr,ese.t Time yielded
llYo barrels of cr,!.e oi'. which, as 'H,, y
nIore than S. n barrel. il gave tic salllo
results ny the original flowing wclf, AZ
s9o,! rs the reglun hui 9ceIt partly devrl,
wns there, legal tltlcaltits ,interrnpteI the
development Of the county. hut the oll-hear-
lug resiin was ,laupud 0nt. ntHl Ms Inst III
retorts wcre obtained gIt,,st! wis secured.
trallns tllrea developed .slricss-tMe Santt.
Cruz District, tho Plea EuiNIn, mud the Ven
tura' a'Distrlcts--hnve hcrll working tnsetller,
prsssins oM W"rk NJ " nu!skly u.s. l,vssl'isi ,,,,
tA, A. i'nesyI ~ trI' 'oo"rvt f,Gncfy, s "t .oi,
erected nj Alameda PulNl, IN Snu francisco
hay. Ship ducks nrc III fruit Uf it on the
bay; and rntlruad connections have beell
MMlct; pirt lines linvr been laid 70 conducl
illreu rallruntls, the S0utll Pacific Cnast Rail,
f1inl, tho Ctltrll Pacific, ainl Southern l'a'
ellie Railroa.ss .ttorl facility for shipping
4 sfort Tine ago Messrs. FELTON,, Tey1s
ant! Sculirfi bought t'lo entire stuck Of tlse
CUitlpally. nntl now llRyc solo control Of tt!t
business. About twenty new rigs fnr drill
lng ara now ~ proS:ess of construction, M. =,
pushed MS ,nntck!y nsinoncy calll push It
The Inst well which tlas BEEN. drilled WIS, ,
iitty barrel pumping well in Santa Cruz l,ts
Company now llus sixteen wells down In the
regiOH, which yield :uD burrcls tlnliy, n,It
new wells aru begun ncnrly tGyery, dug. Ths
nrernEu IEr cenluln OF illuminating nl
galnctt lr0m the crude Is Il, w'tcl! IL arEt
:. average. The home n!nr.et. 1T the present
1,,ls nbsorbs all tho nit tl.at tIlu country cal
produce, but the amount pr0'ttcetl will 500,
run beyond the rA!Mrty et tllo home Innrket
which includes California, NevnhA, Oregon
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