Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-26
Petroleum and Natural Gas fn
Fresno County,.

Oreat excltement prevails IN the south
western part of The county ON account of
the recent rich discoveries of petroleum
there. The fact that oil existed in that
locality has been known for several
years, but the more recent DEVELOPMENT
seems to indicate that it is present in
great quantities. The people of that Sec
ton are wild with excitement, and hun
dreds OF claims have been located. A
Republican reporter visited the re-
corder's office and found that ninety
six claims had been filed up
to noon yesterday. Each person
claims twenty acres, and all the land
thus far filed upon is located in sections
II, 1S, 19 and 20, in township 10 south,
range Is east. Oil-bearing land is located
as mineral land. The oil field is situated
south by southwest of Fresno city ard
about forty-fve miles distant, in an air
line. 1t is about twenty-four miles
directly west OF Tulare city. What is of
gre ater interest to Fresno than the dis
covery of petroleum, is the fact
that natural gas in large guam
titles has been discovered, as
we'll. Valuable as the petro-
leum wells will prove, if oil exists in
sufficient quantities, the natural gas will
be of ten times greater value. If there
is indeed a good supply of natural gas
it is quite as valuable to Fresno as it
would be if discovered in Chinatown, In
the East natural gas is carried hundreds
OF miles in pipe lines, and to convey it
the short distance of As miles will be an
asy matter. Once natural gas is found
in sufficient quantity to be useful in this
county, and Fresno will become
manufacturing center second to
none in the State outside of San Fran
cisco. Manufactures are what Fresno
needs, and the only thing that prevents
their establishment here is the scarcity
OF fuel. This one drawback will be done
away with by the discovery of natural
gas, and it is needless to say that no
time will be lost in utilizing the discov-
cry. Some of our capitalists should give
this matter their immediate attention,
and II there is any natural gas in Fresno
county make arrangements to bring it to
this city at once.-[Fresno Republican.
''The theory is held by Prof. Mende-
leef," says Iron, ''that petroleum is pre-
duced by water, which penetrates the
earth's crust and comes in contact with
glowing carbides of metal, especially
those of iron. The water is decomposed
into its constituent gases, the oxygen
uniting with the iron, while the HYDRO
gen takes up the carbon and ascends to
a higher region, where part of it is con.
densed into mineral oil and part remains
as natural gas, to escape wherever and
whenever it can find an outlet. II this
assumption is correct, and sufficient
store OF metallic carbides is contained
IN me earth's interior, petroleum may
continue to be formed almost indefi-
nitely and yield supply of fuel long
alter coal has become exhausted. Pro-
lessor Mendeleef supports his views by
producing artificial petroleum in man
ner similar to- that by which he believes
The natural product is made"
There is all the difference in the world
between the man who means to do
about right" and the man who means
70 DO right. The man who means to do
ABOUT right is the commonest and most
commonplace sort of man among men.
he ls the man who does not very decide
'diy mean not to do just little wrong if
circumstances should seem to require it.
he passes for "a very good sort of q
nan )" but he is not good-he comes very
ar short of being good. The reservation
hat he makes in his purposes of con-
iuct taints his whole character; and so
makes call the difference in the world''
between him and the one who proposes
0 do right-all the difference in two
worlds, indeed. If you would do "about
light" you must mean to do wholly right,
Without any qualification or reserve.
George" she said, "before we were
narried you were always bringing me
ings, and breastpins, and vindigrettes.
nd things like that. Why don't you
yer bring me anything now? "My.
ear" replied George, did you ever
ear of fisherman feeding bait to fish
10 had caught ?"--fJewalers, WaoLI,, m