The San Francisco call., 1899-11-27
STRIJCK ANCIENT GOLD.
THE NOISY PETROLEUM.
OIL MEN HUNT WATER.

inga No. Z Is probably the largest pro-
ducer: then comes the Blue Goose, owned
by the Home oil Company. A 70 horse
power gas engine furnishes power 10 run
the pumps at eleven Weiis, while Two or
gines. Gas is the only fuel used in the
main camp II is liberated from the oil
as the latter is run into old steam boilers.
and is drawn under natural pressure Dy
pipes from the upper portion OF these
boilers.
There are a few promising oil wells, in
the Kreyenhagen district twenty miles
southwest OF Coalinga. Considerable at
tention is being attracted TO this district
and several outfits are sinking wells
there. In the Parkfield district. north OF
the Kreyenhagen. the Cholame Valley OH
Company is sinking a we'll which Is now
down 1900 feet and shows some oil and
gas. Other outfits are on the ground In
this district.
"Coalinga is the focal point for oil dis
tricts stretching north and south along
the Coast Range OF mountains; ,AIth0ush
some distance from the oil neids, ran
ford is the seat OF much Of the business
activity which marks this industry. Ihe
newspapers at Hanford devote consider
able space 10 oil literature and gossip,
this town their headquarters, congregat-
ing mainly at the Hotel Artesia
OIL prices remain steady and are apt 70
do so until a very large increase In the
yield is in sight. Los Angeles crude oil
sells now at 81 TO- The superior Codlinga
product is practically all delivered under
contract in San Francisco and about the
bay at unknown prices. IL Is rePOIIeu
that last week 81 10 was refused by one OF
the Coalinga producing companies and
81 20 asked AS has been reported In the
newspaper dispatches, the Standard Oi!
Company has again raised the price Ol
Eastern crude petroleum 10 81 IS per par
rel for the Pennsylvania product ano
81 07 for Ohio oil. making total advance
Of 40 cents within three months ano re-
viving wildcat operations in those neIds.
Selby's smelling works at NaHeJo SunS- SilS
ton is among the large bay establish
ments using oil for fuel, and there ~ Is
used for smelling as well as Tor power
Secretary Undermill says that toi dhelr l- con-
& month. The supply comes from South
ern California under long contract with
the Union OIL Company. II Is used In
the reverberatoTy furnaces. For ooth OF
these rses II is found cheaper, cleaner and
more satisfactory than coal.
The newly opened territory OF the oil
district in the city OF Los Angeles. a
western extension Of the old held, which
is petering out, is developing great prom
ise OF a rich yield. The district comprises
about 40 acres, In which twenty-five wells
are going down. The production Is al
ready 500 barrels a day and may become
as great as that OF the original yield
San Francisco capitalists, through
Easton, Eldridge & Co., are making more
heavy investments in producing wells in
the Rex OH Company have now been
bonded. The wells are producing about
Il 900 barrels a month, and II the deal is
concluded wells yielding 25,oco barrels a
month or about half the yield OF the Los
Angeles field, will be in the hands Of San
Francisco men
white oil well' has been struck at $50
feet in Placeritos Canyon. near Caliente.
/ The oil is nearly clear, transparent
white in color 'and can be used for
would be nothing strange in some other
parts Of the world, but would be peculiar
In The California field. where the oil is
generally heavy and with an asphalt base.
No scientific analysis OF this or Of the
light Coalinga oil has been made public.
IL made at all.
eighteen-mile pipe line from the Santa
Paula field TO Norwalk on the Southern
Pacific line. II may be extended TO San
Pedro on the coast.
Santa Barbara report says that G. I,
Allen OF Los Angeles has put big force
OF men 10 work building a road up 10 the
and Will begin the development OF OIL on a
large scale Immediately. The field Is near
the wells sunk by the Alaska Mining Com
pany. rms company spent $4,000 and
sank several holes 1900 feet, but was un-
successful.
The Santa Maria Valley, in Santa Bar
u
boom. Large tracts have been bonded
Pittsburg capitalists are ready TO do ex-
tensive prospecting near Los Oliyos
OIL Is going to be nuts for the LAWYERS
Legal tangles about oil lands and oil COM
panies are already multiplying.
Regarding Esmeralda County, in South
western Nevada, the Inyo Indepeudent
says: "SOdaville is booming on the pros
poets Of the copper mines. The demand
for accommodations crowds all facilities
there. and new people are coming in. The
copper smelter is expected to be running
by January ! next. A new one and one
half mile line OF water pipe is being laid
The Elmer Dunlap mines, seven miles I'm
| direct line or thirteen by the road from
Soda. are said TO be second TO none in
A big copper discovery is reported from
Death Valley, a ledge having been found
there which Is said TO be eight feet wide
and very rich. It can be traced nearly
two miles. '
Forty two location notices were filed in
Shasta County last Wednesday
]. o. DENNY.