Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-04-13
PETROLEUM AT CERRILL0S
Promising VEN of Real Coal Oil
Tapped in a Well at Little
Pittsburg.
A DISCOVERY OF VERY MUCH MOMENT
Presence of Petroleum in South Santa
Fe County Long Suspected-Com-
pany Organized to Prospectfor
the Valuable Commodity.

The important and gratifying newt
comes from Cerriilos that, on Saturday
genuine coal oil was struck there in vel
of Dick Matthews at the depth of III
feet. The New MEXICAN is indebted to s
Golding, who is in the city in attendance
upon the district court, for the first in
formation of this notable strike.
DETAILS OF THE DISCOVERY.
A telephone message from Editor f. G.
Buell., of the Rustler, fully veriies Mr..
Golding's statement and gives interesting
particulars. II seems that Richard Green
and W. E. Chapman we're interested with
Mr.. Matthews in sinking drive we'll on
the premises of the latter about two and
half blocks north of the A., Il. & s. F.
railroad depot, the object being to tap
the water underilow for domestic pur.
poses.
At the depth of Us feet, the drill then
being forty feet in slate, oil in large
quantities was observed flowing off with
the water then in the we'll. The five-inch
iron casing was then down to the slate
formation. To-day the casing will be
driven into the slate so as to shut off the
water which flows in from above and thus
ascertain the quantity of OIL that has been
tapped.
Experts say that, after the slate is
passed through, large body of petfo-
leum is likely to be encountered. Natur-
ally the people of Cerrillos and vicinity
are much excited over this find. The
water IN the we'll is spoiled for ordinary
uses, but nevertheless the discovery fills
the hearts of the entire community with
Joy unspeakable.
PRESENCE OF OIL LONG SUSPECTED.
For years the presence of petroleum
in south Santa Fe county has been
strongly suspected by many people and
numerous superficial experiments have
been made to discover it.
Recently company was qnietly or
gani2ed to locate lands and make serious
explorations for oil in the coal region
of this county. M. Harold, practical
successful efforts to develop artes ian
water near Golden two or three years ago
and there satisfied himself that there was
petroleum in that region, Secretary Lo.
rion Miller, and Supt. j. T.. Mclaughlin,
of the Santa Fe Copper company, are
leading promoters of the new company.
Among the others who have taken
stock therein are L. l.. Hall, E. H. Berg
mann, A. G. Linnen, Il. A. Slnder, L. M.
Jones, Francis Downs, G. II. Gildersleeve,
I. j. Helm, of Santa Fe; H. l.. Warren,
Fl. B. Ferguson, Alex. Breisacher, G. M.
Childers, E. W. Dobson, o. N. Marion, N.
G. Collier, r. l.. Stuart, Wallace Hessel-
den, j. A. Lee, Felix Lester, j. K. Saint,
W. M. Weaver, B. G. Robertson, s. NJ
Folsom. B. G. Wilson, of Albuquerque;
M. s. Hart and Thomas Smith, of Las
Vegas; W. s. Hopewell, of Hillsboro; W.
H. Seamon, Of Socorro; H. Thrown and
R. M. Carley, of San PEDRO, and two
friends OF Mr.. Mclaughlin.
THIRTY-s1x CLAIMS LOCATED.
Thirty-six claims of coal and oil land
of l60 acres each have already been To-
Gated by the company on the public do
main from six to twelve miles northwest
and west of Golden.