The herald., 1894-07-15
THE OIL FLOW STILL INCREASES
Another Good Well Strikes the
Sand.
The Oil District Outlined by the
COuncil.
The Matter to Be ACTED on ut the Meet
Ing on Monday as Kesult of an
Inspection Yesterdsy-Nat-
ural Gas for Fuel.

The Sscond.street Park oil district ia
steadily pushing to the front as fuel
producer. Yesterday Mr.. Van Slyke
struck q 25 barrel we'll on the top Of the
hill at depth of 750 feet. This we'll is
10 inches in diameter clean to the bot.
tom,
This gentleman now proposes to sink
we'll to depth of 1900 feet, and is satis.
fed from the indications that at that
depth hs will strike gusher which will
throw oil and gas 80 feet in the air. He
has all the heavy machinery on hand to
sink deep we'll, and is only waiting for
the rope. The well struck yesterday
is very promising one, and indicates
the wisdom of carrying the well down at
a diameter OF 10 inches, instead of start
ing it at 10 inches and reducing it to 8
inches, as has been the case with the
majority of the wells in the district.
At the present time there arc about
So wells in the district now
producing or under way, and the daily
production is in the neighborhood of
ESQ barrels. Joe Bayer has good we'll
down to depth OF $50 feet. Mr.. Doheny
has 30-barrel we'll. and Mr.. Thomas q
30-barrsl we'll; and the latter is one of
the best in the field for the reason that
the drillers struck good flow OF natural
gas which is now being utilized for fuel
in the engine, and Notwithstanding the
fact that the gas is piped off for this
purpose. there is still sufficient gas IN
the casing to force up steadily a small
stream OF oil which flows into the tank.
The flaming stream of burning gas is-
suing from the inch pipes under the
boiler of the pumping engine is a most
encouraging sign to the oil drillers who
are confidently looking for big develop.
ments in this new oil field during the
next four months, when it is ex-
pected that the present pr0duc-
ton of $50 barrels per day will
be more than quadrupled. Quite mum.
ber of the oil men are now arranging
to sink wells to depth of 1900 to 1000
feet, as the shale and oil sand encoun.
tered by the drills is identical with that
found in the Pennsylvania oil fields,
and all of the experienced drillers who
have worked in the eastern oil regions
are confident that By going deeper they
will be able to drain the second and
third oil sands found in Pennsylvania,
where wells ranging from 1000 barrels.
per day downward have been struck at
the depths mentioned, none of the heavy
producing wells being under 1000 feet In
depth. .,..
Van Slyke, the owner OF the nav we'll
which struck good flow yesterday.
will wake up some morning and find
kLnk h. oil s4A
their midst. l am satisfied that when
gushers of gas and oil tina. will throw
the grease to the top of the derricks.
The next four months am satisfied will
definitely solve the fuel problem as far
as Los Angeles is concerned, and you
can figure that the cheap fuel will be oil 4
as it pours out of the wells within he4i
city limits"
There has been no apparent change asd
yet in the base of tho oil between that I
found at 400 and 500 feet and the product
found at 800 feet and over. 1t ia as
phalt instead Of parafiine. "a ia the case
with eastern petroleum, and it ia OF
character to make the finest fuel 40 well
as the best lubrieating oil in the worldss
Yesterday afternoon Councilmen Innes,
Nickel, Rhodes and Oampbsli made an
inspection OF the oil field with view to
establishing q district in which wells
can be bored without securing the con-
sent of q majority Of the property owns
ers in the block. After an examination
of the territory it was informally decided
to recommend that the free oil district
should include the territory bounded by
Ohio street, Lake Shore avenue, Court
street and Second street, and will 80
recommend to the council on Monday