The herald., 1898-10-31
MORE BORING FOR OIL
THE LOCAL FIELD HAS A NEW
LEASE OF LIFE
Exploiting Increases-New Wells
Started and Old Ones Deepened.
Some New Locations

Interest is increasing in the further de
velopment of oil in this city. During the
past few months an undercurrent of opin
ion had formed to the effect that the oil in.
dustry in Los Angeles had about petered
out, and that soon local consumers must
demand supply from outside fields. New
hall, Whittier, Fullerton and other nearby
fields have been looking forward to the near
future when their product would supersede
the local supply. SO strong was this belief
that many local producers have packed their
outfits and left for pastures new Even deal
ers in supplies have sold out and gone into
other businesses.
Within the past week or two, however
this undercurrent of opinion has been grad.
ually stemmed until now it is pretty gener
ally conceded among oil men on the quiet
that the local field has received new lease
OF life. 1t comes in the way of exploiting
and extension of the whole field north and
west. The evidence thus obtained points te
an extension of several years of the local in
dustry's life.
10 substantiate this a careful canvass Of
the oil district in the way of drilling and
pumping has been made and the result is
surprising to those who are not actually en-.
gagged in oil development in the field.
| During the past thirty days the follow
ing work has been done: Kellum & Wilkin-
son are drilling an oil well deeper near
Court street and Edgeware road; J.P. Flint
is drilling new well on Omaha street near
Edgeware; the Dewey Oil Co. is drilling
two wells in the same vicinity; the Oil Lake
Fuel company has just finished a good
well, deepened another, and has been so
encouraged as to start two more wells on
Omaha street yesterday morning; A. Strauss
has deepened we'll on Metcalfe street south
Of Temple; j. A. Conner is deepening one on
Fireman street south of Temple; L. G. Park
er is pumping six new wells on Temple near
Boyleston, has the derrick erected for an
other and is leasing more lots to the north !;
Ed North has deepened a we'll on Temple
street; j. Bayer has finished three wells and
is drilling one more on the southwest corner
of Temple and Boyleston; Oiler Bros. have
just finished good we'll on Court street near
Boyleston; A. d. Reese is drilling at the
southeast corner of Boyleston and Bellevue:
Williams & Co. are drilling at First and
Belmont; the Transfer Co. is drilling at
Lakeshore and Court, near where the C. &
II. Co. has just finished WE'LL Turner Bros.
are drilling on Patton between Court and
Cotton; j. H. Anderson has just finished a
well on Court street between Patton and
Douglass; r. f. VanC Cleave has just finished
a well at Temple and Fireman streets.
All the above wells are in the old district
and are good wells, where fnished-a good
well meaning one which produces more than
ten barrels day.
In the western field Young & Shaw, on
Quebec street, have deepened a well which
increased the flow to fifty barrels day,
making this well at present the best well in
the city. and proving the profit of deepening
wells which have become tuckered. Young
& Shaw are drilling a new well in the same
vicinity; on the same street near Miramar
the Rex Co. has finished well, is drilling
another and has derricks up for two more:
on Newhall street and Miramar Nelson.
O'Donnell and Lehman are drilling; on
Bonnie Brae street the American Crude Oil
Co. is drilling; on Alvarado near Miramar
the Yukon Co. is drilling. These, too, prom
lee we'll
Andreas Keating, the wealthy owner of
San Bonito Meadows, is drilling on his home
ranch on Washington street, full three miles
from the city limits. This is an entirely new
field and progress is being watched with
interest.
Another new field is being exploited by
Martin & Dryden at Western avenue and
Sunset street, two miles away from the oil
field to the northwest. They have reached
a depth of 400 feet and have found ouicl
sand, with promise of oil deeper down.