The herald., 1895-12-29
WILL OUIRANK GOLD ITSELF
This Is Said of the DEVELOPING
Agency of Local Oil
CHIEF VALUE Is AS FUEL
Interview With q Man Having Fifteen
Years Practical Experience
British Thermal Unit Theory Of 40 to I
Broken-Just 1900 Degrees Of Heat
From Los Angeles Crude OIL

Among yesterdays arrivals in the city
was Mr.. j. I. Flynn of the California
Drilling company of San Francisco, who
comes for the double purpose of examining
the oil fields in this vicinity and making a
test of the efficiency of the perfect Petro
leum Burner" in which he is interested
Mr.. Flynn and his associates have had IF
teen years. practical experience in the oil
fields of Pennsylvania, besides having put
in several wells over $500 feet deep on
, this coast, and there re he feels that he
knows something about oil formation. He
is now arranging to put in l5OO-foot we'll
at Sutro Heights for Mayor Sutro of San
| Francisco.
When seen at the hotel last evening Mr.
! Flynn said:
II have not had time to make any ex-
tended examination of the numerous wells
in this vicinity, but l have seen enough to
convince me that Los Angeles county has
a source of YEA 18th in these wells thai
would appear rdi culous if reduced to fig
ures. Its value is simply incompatible.
As developing agent it is going TO out
rank gold itself"
do you think it will prove valuable as
an illuminating agent?" was asked.
ut doesn't make any ference whether
it is ever used for that purpose or not. Its
is what California, and particularly South
ern California, desires. With fuel obtain
able at figure equivalent to about 81 per
ton on cash basis. there is no reason in
the world, except through sheer in
difference, why Los Angeles should
, trial center of Arizona. New Mexico
and the northern half of California. If
crude petroleum can be used in smelt-
ing the base ores of this section, and
claim that it can, there is simply no limit
to its valCe.
Here within radius of 200 miles of Los
Angeles there are millions of tons of base
ores which would yield handsome profit
by such cheap process. and at the same
time furnish employment to thousands of
men,"
"Do you think that there is any danger
OF the Standard Oil company trying to
control the field?''
mo, | do not; there could be no possible
motive for doing so. | don't think that
the Standard Oil company will throw any
obstacles in the way of development, as IFS
use is confined to fuel, and that, as have
said. is its chief value
"Heve you ever attempted to smelt ores
With the California petroleum."
mo, but | have two of the burners here
With me, and am going to make test of
Ut some time next week. | would be
eased to have all mining men or mine
owners who are in the city in attendance.
In a test of our burner recently made at
Pacific Rolling mills in San Francisco with
Los Angeles oil, % pounds of water were
evaporated for each pound of oil used,
thus breaking the British thermal unit
theory of 20 10 l.. In test made at the
Baden pottery works a few weeks ago, we
developed 1900 degrees of heat with this
burner and Los Angeles oil, and l there
fore see no reason why we cannot snelt
ores"
Mayor Raider entertained as his guests
the members of the board of health by
hoy Manly tho Ornhour, last r,iUbt