The herald., 1894-03-16
EIGHTY BARRELS A DAY.
ANOTHER GUSHER IN THE NEW
HALL REGION.
The Golden west OIL Company Pumplng
Petrolsum-Work on the Banner
WslI-wsst Coast Conn
pany's Prospects.

oil wells at Newhall are feeling very
jubisnt over recent developments in
that region. The principal cause Of
their exuberance of spirits is the splen-
did success that has attended the sink
ing Of the Golden West Oil company's
initial we'll about two miles east OF New
hall. The boring of this we'll was prac-
tically completed some months ago, but
owing to come financial difficulties,
which have now been fully overcome,
the pumping apparatus was not started
until the other day. Tuesday noon the
pump was set to work and began turn
ing out petroleum at the rate OF 70 TO SO
barrels per day. Wednesday evening a
break occurred in the machinery which
has caused a temporary cessation OF
pumping. 1t is presumed that repairs
have been completed by this time and
the flow of oil resumed.
The Golden West we'll is 910 feet deep,
the last 20 feet being in the oil sand. 1t
is not expected that 1t will continue to
produce so barrels of oil per day, but it
is confidently believed by parties in
formed on the subject that it will aver
age at least 40 barrels per day for long
NAAAN w SOAhOs 9hOull thO hO W OOOACaoO
to even so small quantity as 10 barrels
per day. the well will still be a paying
investment.
The majority OF the wells in the Pico
canon and adjacent regions produce from
10 to 90 barrels per day, so the Golden
West people have every reason to feel
encouraged
Satisfactory as the Golden West is at
the start, it is not near so good a pro-
ducer as the Banner well, only a few
hundred feet distant, was, during the
short while it was open. The Banner is
reported to have flowed 200 barrels per
day, but unfortunately it caved in after
lew days operation and has not since
been completely cleaned out and cssed.
This work, however, is well under way
and will soon be finished. The con-
tractor had ceased operations on the
Banner well for some time. owing to the
scarcity OF fuel for the engine. Now,
however, that the Golden West is spurt-
ing oil so bountifully the fuel question
is solved and the repairing OF the Ban
ner well will be pushed to a speedy con-
clusion. Mr.. j. NJ. Kellerman, the con.
tractor in charge of both these wells,
was in the city yesterday, and informed
HERALD representative that he hoped
soon to have both the Banner and Gold
en- West wells in first-clRss working or
der and that Newhall would then have
two as good producing oil wells as can
be found in Southern California.
Mr.. Kellerman, while in the city, was
negotiating with the West Coast Oil
company for the contract to sink their
well. The West Coast people have
erscted a derrick and tackle on their
property only a few hundred feet dis
tant from the Banner and Golden West
holes. They have tract OF l55 acres of
oil land. lying between the Pacific Coast
Oil company's lands on the south and
the Banner and Golden West properties
on the north, with every indication OF
an abundance of oil sand underlying.
They were only waiting to sse the result
OF the experiment of the Golden West
company before beginning active opera
tions, and now that that has turned ort
so successfully. the West Coast people
will begin boring as soon as the work
can be contracted for on satisfactory
terms. This Is expected to be settled in
a few days, and when work is once be-
gun it will be pushed night and day un-
til the oil sand is reached. With good
luck this can be accomplished in 60
days.
Mr.. u. R. Craig, superintendent OF
the West Coast company, took several
capitalists over the ground yesterday,
and reports that they were much
pleased with the outlook.
The Golden West well, producing so
barrels per day is an object Lesson th at
is likely to inspire confidence in pros
pective investors who visit the Newhall
oil region.