Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-07-28
LOS ANGELES OIL DEPOSITS.
The Correspondent of the Herald
Tells What He Saw About New
ball-Great Developments in a
Single Year-one Hundred and
Fifty Barrel Wells.

ball-Great Developments in a
Single Year-one Hundred and
Fifty Barrel Wells.
EDITOR HERALD; Commencing in the
Coast Range Of mountains in Santa
Barbara county, thence running in a
southeasterly direction to the railroad
tunnel through the San Fernando noun
tains, is stratum Of oil bearing.rock,
ranging in width from one to more
miles. The cafons formed by the cut.
ting out of sections of the heart of the
mountains all show this rock, and nearly
all have more or less oil seeping through.
In the summer months, when the streams
are dry, the many basins and crevices in
the caflons are filed with oil peroulat.
ing through and flowing into them,
which the rains Of winter carry out to
the ocean in the Santa Barbara channel.
a fact familiar 10 many Of the travellers
on the coast streams during the rainy
months. Most of these cations have
been formed into mining districts and
the lands located under the Mining
Laws. For years the locators have held
their land, hopefully await ng the cap
italist to aid in developing the oil.
Californians. generally quick to seize
upon'a mining venture, would not touch
oil territory; sit was something out OF
their line" and knowing nothing of it,
they refused to invest.
The San Fernando District first at
tracted attention on account of its prox-
unity to the Southern Pacific Railroad,
and Robert Mcpherson, an old Penn
sylvania oil operator, realizing the pos.
sibilities Of the territory, induced one or
two San Franciscans to join him and
proceeded to bore in the Pico Canon
In the mean time f. ?. Taylor leased
the Piso claim-boring and slowly pro-
ducing oil. In the course Of a year or
two G. N. FELTON, and D. c. Scofeld
bs;na ;nte.e.tea ,so,n;or;I, il tha III.
,r;ot aatar,n;naa ;. n,,.h a. aara,an
-. 80 ;,.r.aa;...i., .,u,.asaas ). =
a,.a..;.. .ha;. s.;.L {, ~ a,...s
by the expenditure of large amounts Of
money here, and by the construction Of
n
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o"'ii ,a'o,y sne oo'ins nus oeen Gun
a,'eu 70 '.e i'o 'An0n' "neae sneie are
H'''eel' "ei's ifoauo'ns ana ni'een "eiis
alue' p'oeess u oo'ns no quan'''y
p'o"''ea 20 INC company 'e''e', p'' 10
'a'se' 10 'ney 'a' MOI sss 'a'''oa : 'ia'is'
pofea'ion suihc'en' 70 NEST inc prouec-
'ioh. ne OH IS ioecea 'nrough = pipe
seven ln'ies ifo'h 'ne weiis 70 TINS place
ineo q large IRON 'ahk, ana thehce nows
INTO OH cars. Inc ihaicatiohs now are
'uas pipe iine VIII Dc constructors 10
tne ocean, Ia oraer 10 solve tne trans
por.atioh issue.
Inc largest producing wen furnishes
ioo oafreis per Jay. All the wells pro-
oucs sa''siacIofiiy' ana some' AFTER hve
ea's' a'e a. p'ou"e'i'e 40 'ne va 'neY
"eie u'i''eu=-n' "''''''iu''on' iea'ure
peeu''ai 70 's.e ois'fics'
run. inc ioo cahon sou'heas'efiy
ennSs WANNA i'rn'' STUART na'deson'
are starting IN 10 oofe' ana from the
way 'ney nave coini'ehcea 'hese gshtie'
men purpose driVihg matters with
energy iney are ouiioiag a large
warehouse near 'he raiitoao track mere
ana nave Drought Out from fenhsyiVa'
MA iof'y-.Wo persons SIX Oh wnom are
W 'faae ar'iiers' uhaer conefacl 'or one
year ihey nave three weiis In process
- oo'''s' anu are oieat.ns erouha' put.
''ps up us',io~ naA'ns ioaus anu
eaeo'''s ooaia'hs HOUSES ior sne'r h'eh
~ "s'i'',, enei ~ anu 'ou"uenoe us
p'"see " o'ua'. q na'oeson' ii'eh J" NJ
ness IN pa,n.v,van;a .xa h;nh,n ar.,;;v
ina 10 all ;n.er..tad hara b., .ooo;a,I,,
"a Il Of ;n,ores, 70 Ios anoa,a. g. hi.
dsva,on,,a.. 80. -. ..,;,,;a.. :.
th;s conn,r Tha.a aan,Ian.n .ro
tha r;onaors hara 80 psna,,nn;. -,
nrodn.ar. ana all, ~ s,,,a,oa T.,
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