The herald., 1895-08-06
NEWS FROM THE OIL FIELD
Many Wells Being Bored to the
Second Stratum
INVESTMENTS ANTICIPATED
From Eastern Capitalists to Extend the
Working
The New Oil Il Not Of q Parsfflne Base, But
Is Valuable as . Lubricant.
Notes
INVESTMENTS ANTICIPATED

The new oil discovered in the second
sand stratum still continues the tonic Of
interest among oil men. Some express
sions of doubt are heard as to the i'm
portance of the new strike. but the pre-.
vailing sentiment is favorable one, and
great things are expected to result from
the recent discoveries. This is best
shown in the number of new wells that
are being bored with the intention Of
going down to the lower sand.
Daggett & Fletcher, who own the
we'll IN the lot adjoining the Richards,
Cook d Valentine we'll, have determined
to reach the deeper oil, and are aleady
down 900 feet.
The upper oil has been successfully
closed off. and The owners hope to roach
the lower a.tel few more feet CT boring.
Taber. Brophey " Co. also intend to try
for the deep sand oil. Their well is on
Edgeware road. near the Flint well. whore
the lower oil was first found.
Another firm intending to sink to the
second sand is the Martin Bros. They
1--WE been operating several wells, and.
Il. CT vera the first to bore through the
uppsr st.utdm. but did not continne to
the lower. fearing they might strike water
instead of oil. The location of their new
we'll will be on State ana Patten streets.
The well. Belmont No. 3, of the Far
West Oil company, is now down HOO feet,
and will be bored still deeper, with a view
of reaching the lower oil.
Mr.. Hall is another who intends to
reach bottom, if possible. His new we'll
is 700 feet deep and will bo carried down
to depth of 1900 feet stops
boring.
The American Oil company is building
a new tank of 800 barrels capacity at the
corner of Fillmore and Second streets.
Maier Il Zobelein's we'll, located just
above the Davidson wells. has been dug
to depth of 76o feet. and is already 40
feet in the rock with a good flow of oil
on hand. A 700 barrel tank is being built
at the we'll, to be ready to receive the
oil at its completion.
Nelson's Little Joker still spouts. The
pumping apparatus has been removed.
and il the oil continues to flow, as it has
during the past three days, the well will
be capped down in the regular form
adopted among the flowing wells of the
east.
The eccentric spouter belonging to DR..
Davidson was not originally packed for
flowing, but it has just been repacked,
and is now being pumped for the plrpose
of giving it new start. 1t is full nearly
to the surface. and can scarcely be low
cred by continuous pumping.
Tk al, IL, kknk
eastern capitalists have bean negotiating
for large tract of land at the eastern end
OF the present field. If they are success
full in securing what they want, num-
ber of new wells will be put down through
the first rock to the second stratum.
They have had experts examining the
field. who have expressed the opinion
that a good quality OF illuminating oil IS
to be found to. the east of the present
fiela, and it is their intention to develop
it. Experts have made the further state
ment that the lower sand stratum is linn
ted that is, it is not so good as the up
per stratum. This. they say. is demon
strated by the fact that many wells
have been bored to great depth without
having found anything other than the
common black petroleum.
1t may be mentioned in this connection
that the state geologist. when he visited
the Los Angeles oil fields, expressed it
US his opinion that the main portion OF
the oil bearing land lay to the north and
east of the spot which is now the center
of operations.
Further tests have been made of the
new oil from the Richards, Valentine
e. Cook well by Mr.. Edwards of the oil
refinery. He says the oil is Dt of par
affnu base, but 1t is one degree lighter
than any oil yet produced in Los An
glees. being 16 degrees IN gravity. He
pronounced il equal if not better for lu-
bricatins purposes than tho local oil
which has been refined for that purpose.
Such oil is said to be worth about So a
barrel.
Something ont of the ordinary exper-
ience in well boring is the recent dis
covery of Burdette Chandler in his we'll
in the Florence tract, in East Los An
geles. 1t appears that the water with
, which the well has been filed since il
! was bored to any great depth is very salt
and possesses strange magnetic qualities
which are difficult to explain. The
magnetism seems to come from the earth
and is communicated to the water in
the well and the IRON casing. Its attrsc-
tive power is very great, being sufficient
| in strength to support any iron imple-
ment that may come in contact with the
pipe that acts as conductor. No scien-
tihc investigation has been made of this
strange phenomenon but it is probable that
| nothing of any additional value to the oil
interests will result from ii.
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