The San Francisco call., 1899-09-24
OGDEN TELLS Of
NEW OIL FIELDS
PROMISING WELL
Crop of Millionaires
Is Predicted.

California will soon have a new crop
of millionaires." This is the statement
made yesterday by VI. NJ Ogden the field
expert of the California Oil Exchange
who has just returned from a tour Of ex-
animation through the new oil districts
or California The millionaires will, in his
opinion, be made such by wealth taken
out of the soil in the shape of oil THAT
IS my firm opinion reiterated Mr.. Ogden
when he was questioned. There is no
doubt about it."
From this pleasing generalization Mr..
Ogden descended to particulars and told
something about the districts visited by
him, describing the work under way Mr..
ogden first visited the Coalinga district
and made a general examination. Next
he visited the OIL City district, ten miles
from Coalinga. He then took in the
hreynhagen district which is southwest
OF Coalinga and distant about twenty
miles. The Avenal district ten miles far
ther south, and the McKittricl1 district, il
Kern County, also received attention. All
this was preliminary to making a report
TO the Oil Exchange, which report will be
accompanied by maps showing the trend
or the oil-bearing sands. the location of
wells ana other essential Information.
on City district" said Mr.. Ogden, ''iS
producing $500 barrels of oil per day. This
is all taken from one section Of land and
the most Of it comes from a small part Of
there. Oil City is ten miles from the rail-
road. A pipe line connects Oil City with
Coalinga- Chansor & Garfield are operat-
Ing there. The wells range in depth from
TOO to 1900 feet The oil sand at Oil City
runs through the pay belt northeast and
southwest and pitches about thirty feet
to every 100 feet. The wells at the north
end are shallow. Farther south they
grow deeper. The. New York Oil Com
pany has we'll 1000 feet deep. They will
probably strike oil at depth of 1000 feet
The district has been kept back by
lack OF water for development, but
Chansior d Garfield have tunneled to
the north and water has been piped In.
Now the drills are starting. Little in
/ formation has been had from this dis
trict except that referring to section ~,
because the test wells have been sunk less
than $40 feet. Captain McClurg has sunk
/ a we'll five miles from OH City that is
flowing 800 barrels per day.
The oil sands run southwest across the
land of the Royal Oil Company, where
model rig has been erected. In section 22
the Caribou Oil Company has rig work
ing with excellent prospects. The Invest
nlent, California, Aetna and Santa Clara
Companies will also drill The Blue
Goose is working in section 70 and the
Selma has a deep hole. The Phoenix is
also drilling and the Mutual has pro-
spects.
castings for the wells have been shipped
| in slowly. Castings are now coming in
from the East and as consequence the
work should be more than doubled in two
months. he Oii Seiiu ClOpS Oul dSdIu Stl
point Of hills Just east of the Alcalde
/ Coal Company Then it trends south and
west and through the high range. The
owners of test wells are lucky who hap
! pen to get on this belt. The CONNER
! cial Oil Company has an nOO-foot well
! down. The Badger State has deep hole
in the same township. There is big oil
seepage in that township, which is town
! ship q, range IA east.
In the Kreynhagen tract the oil sand
is found running in from the northwest,
through the high ranges The oil is more
volatile than that found at Oil City and
contains a high percentage Of lubricants.
There is a promising group of oil prop
critics at this point. These include the
Northheld, St Lawrence, Baby King,
Bradford, Consolidated. Kings County,
Kreynhag gen, Black Mountain and Stanley
one we'll down to oil and has not yet
reached the main body of sand. The
daily production from this well is about
twenty barrels of fine oil. Oil has been
struck by the Baby King and st. Law
renee. At Tar Canyon there is an area
where the layers lap just like lava flows.
Up the canyon is an oil spring. The
Avenal Company is developing there and
will undoubtedly make a fine strike.
The McKittrick district is seventy
miles from Bakersfield, in Kern County.
The wells are shallower The oil is
heavier than that found farther north.
1t is much like the Los Angeles oil.
Milton McWhorter is one of the largest
developers in that section and he is find
ing a lot Of OIL The Shamrock Company
has struck oil at 400 feet. l am satisfied
that no part Of the United States Will
produce as much oil as California as soon
oil belt extends throughout the State,
from the Oregon line to San Diego"