Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-20
INTEREST GROWS
AT DEVILS DEN
OPERATORS ENTHUSE OVER
BRIGHT PROSPECTS
STRINGS OF TOOLS WORKING ARE
NUMEROUS
One Driler Says His Company Now
Has OIL in Five Finished Wells.
Several New Holes
Yield Oil

The DEVILS Den is making rapid
progress in development work and a
large number of strings are working.
The operators appear to be encouraged
and from their declarations there is
plenty of oil in this field that only
awaits sufficient development.
&C. A. Turner of Visalia, who is
operating on the Devils Den Console
dated holdings, tells u.s. writes *. r.
Eastman from Coalinga, that he has
sunk five wells and has oil in all of
them. He passed through oil sands of
a thickness ranging from six to thirty
five feet, the depth of the wells rang
ing from 165 to 450 feet. He says that
some of the wells will do as much as
fifty barrels a day.
"A pump will be put in to the new
well on section 25 which was drilled to
a depth of 1856 feet. The oil has raised
to within eighty feet of the surface,
and indications are that it will be a
big well.
Berry & earns have just brought
in what looks to be a To- barrel well
on 26-2-1S, and will put it on the pump
within the next few days. The oil is
about Is gravity and is very black.
"The Etzenhouser Oil company, 27-
24-1S, is down 250 feet in 121a-inch cas-
ing. The management is making ar
rangementS to let contract for put
ting down the well to Marve Corey Of
this field, and as Mr. Corey is one OF
the best contractors in the field it will
insure the success of the company.
1.-The Walker Oil company has its
water well completed and derrick up
and will begin drilling soon
1.-The Marathon Oil company, 13-25-l9,
is down 500 feet in 10-inch casing, and
has had considerable heavy oil They
will start up again soon, and will then
go down to the light oil sand which
it is thought underlies the heavy in
this field.
Harp & Co. have one string of tools
running and should reach the oil sand
soon.
1.-The Mobile Oil company is running
one string of tools.
''The Lake Shore Oil company,
located in the Lost Hills district, has
Just started a string. The hills are
full Of asphaltum beds and oil seep-
ages, and the management feels very
hopeful of bringing in good well.
1.-THE Devils Den Consolidated OH
company will start work again on its
we'll No. 1 next Tuesday, and feels
hopeful of bringing in well within
the next few weeks.
"The West Side Consolidated OIL
company is drilling with a rotary and
is down 300 feet with a 12h-inch
hole.
Greasy Jim Rigs Up
''The Greasy Jim Oil company is
drilling with a portable and has the
lumber on the ground for full stand
ard rig which will be rugged up as
soon as the rig builders get through.
''The Linzey Oil company is down 400
feet in 1O-inch pipe.
"The Positive Oil company put down
a well to 800 feet and got showing
of oil. It now has the lumber on the
ground for a standard rig and Is haul
ing the machinery and will install 1t
as soon as possible
"The Lemoore Oil company, just
south of the Pluto well, has erected
a standard rig and has the machinery
on the ground and will install at
once.
1.-THE Berry Oil company has drilled
three shallow wells The last one
was drilled to depth of 1877 feet and
has seventy feet of oil in the hole.
"Par & Lovelace have just completed
a well at a depth of 225 feet, and have
a "a gravity oil. 1t has already raised
seventy feet in the hole and looks very
good. The company has moved Its
tools to the holdings on section sc, and
will put down a we'll at once.
"The Eresserritas Oil company has
it's derrick up and will begin work
soon.
'The DEVILS Den Associated Oil COM
pany has it's well No. down about 2Oo
Foot