St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-03-06
California Oil Fields.
Favorable News from the Southwest
Country.

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ESPECIAL Correspondence to Boston Traveller
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. 2S.-Few
people in the east can realize the extent
of the "oil b ,om" which is now raging
in California The gold excitement OF 40
could not be compared with it, and
"Kloudikr" cannot be mentioned in the
same breath. The new Oil Exchange.
which began business Feb. 20, w IS limit
ed to 100 members. Within four days
there were $50 applications for member
ship, and seats, the regular price OF which
is 500, are now selling for from $1,000
to $1,000 each. This city, Los A. geles
and San Diego are crowded to over flow.
ing, and in Bakers6eld-the heart OF the
oil district-'htre are people from Europe,
ASIA, New Z aland, Australia and the
whole civilized wor d. Hotels and
boarding houses cannot btgin to &C.
commodate the rush. Visitors are SLEEP.
ing on the verandas of the hotels, and
some are even compelled to apply for
lodgings IN the jail There is nothing
California has ever seen that has ever
parallel the excitement
BAKERSFIELD. Cal, Feb. 2S-The
terminus OF the Sunset Railway Com
panv is now beng staked out, imm. di.
ately adjoining the large refinery, and
the town site will probably be nam, d
Hazelton. At the outskirts of the town
are being installed the extensive pump
ing plant tor the purpose OF conveying
the water from the large artesian wells
at this point nor thwesttrly and through
the district BY a most complete system
OF pipes and dis rIbuling the wat,r
throughout the field to the several
drilling rigs. Contracts are being made
between the water company and the
several oil companies for so much per
month for water including delivery, and
it is going to make material change
in the price of the cost of water in
the district. An ample supply of water
is assured rom til artesian wells, which
are located about halt mile west from
the refinery and were originally drilled
bv the Bakersfield Crude and the Golden
Gate.
During the past week well No. 2 of the
Sunset Car was looking very favorable,
and at this writing have 80 feet OF oil in
the hole.
The Bachelors Oil company ipnmed-
ately to the south, IS reported to be in
oil, but it has not been able to verify the
statement up to the present writing. The
group of wells of the Monarch, Pitts.
bury, Superior. Wilson, Arcola, Medina,
Acme and the Tewett, Blodgett & ale,
ana now the recent development aud IN
por ant well that has been developed in
the property oil the 6 I'D Dollar On Com
pany, has demons rated the strong value
OF the north central portion OF the field.
The territory Of about mile wide and
mile and halt long is now turning out
a great deal OF oil TIE we'll OF the Gold
D, hr has proven to be an important
strike, as it / as confirm, d the henry to
the fullest extent advanced by the practi-
cal OF drlllers in the field that the lorna.
tion is about mile and halt Woe and
lies like a mantle. almost level. The
bunch IF producing wells in this vicinity
has reached the oil sand at the same
depth, and today in new well started
in this locality the finding of the oil sand
can be determined wi hin very few ieet.
The extension OF the Sunset railroad
from Hazelton porth through the field is
practically assured. PrelIm nary lines
are being run and will afford facilities for
easier shipment of III production by a
spur track being run IN alongside of the
oil tanks.
rhe important deal OF last week has
been the sale of an imp )rtant piece of ter
ritory from the Sunset Consolidated t. the
Utica OIL Company, part OF which is 40
acres in section ~. adjoining the Lion,
an including he well of the Consolidat-
ed, which the Utica will now take in hand
and flush, although the oil is at the pre-
sent time finding its escape over the cas-
ing by the natural pr, ssure from below.
II will mean shaping up the well some at
the b Dttom to make good Ian ting for
this casing, preparing it tor pumping
With regularity. The well promises to
be one OF the largest producers in the
field.
Near the Monarch the Arcola 0 Com
pany is handling an imm nse amount of
oil from their NJ. well, and the Me lima
OF Companv, between the Arcold and
the Monarch Companies, is finishing a
we'll that looks to Je the best in the en-
tire district.