Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-01-28
PIPE LINE WORK
PUSHES ONWARD
AGAINST ODDS PRODUCERS
MAKE PROGRESS
COAST LINE SHOULD BE OPEN
BY FEBRUARY is
coalinaa Station Pumps OIL Through
to Dudley-55,ooo Barrel Tank
Already Filled with
Fluid

COALINGA, Jan. Elk. r. East
man, correspondent of the Coalinga
Times, has just returned from a trip
over the new pipe line of the Producers
Transportation company as far as the
junction OF the Coalinga and McKit-
trick lines and over the line to the
coast as far as the stations in the An
telope valley. He reports everything
as being hurried as fast as possible
all along the line"
1.-THE Coalinga station" writes Mr..
Eastman, lis pumping oil through to
the Dudley station and has one %, 600
barrel tank full and another over half
full. 1t is pumping practically TWEEN
ty-seven miles and the steam pressure
is only 200 pounds.
1.-THE Tar Canyon station has its
tankage in and is erecting it's pump
ing plant which should be in use soon
after the first of the month.
1.-The station at Dudley has it's boil
ers set and is placing it's pumps and
connecting up the line.
1.-THE junction station has one tank
complete, two tanks nearly ready to-
roof and the bottom laid for the fourth.
These are all $1,000 barrel tanks.
"This gives the portion of the line
covered by me a tankage of over 49,
900 barrels, which will probably be
ready for use by the first of the
month.
"When it is taken into consideration
the cost of hauling the material and
supplies it will be easily seen the
great odds the company is working
against. The hauling of supplies to-
the Dudley station costs approximate
ly $25 a ton and it takes the best
r.f oil y M IFn from
Huron and return. 1t costs $3.50 a
day for a seven-horse team and to
haul out one of its big boilers it takes
twenty-six horses. The line should be
far enough along by February 15 so
that oil can be shipped through to-
the coast from here. There is large
force of men at work putting down
the line from McKittrick.
Meets inspection Party
Saturday night I met a party con-
sisting of w. L. Stewart, S. w. Morse
head, H. H. Welsh, S. A. Guiberson,
Jr., r. w. Dallas and r. G. Baker, who
had attended the meeting at Bakers
field and who were returning by way
of McKiftrick along the pipe line.
They were much pleased with the way
the work is being carried along and
the organization of the forces at the
expressed the belief that the line
would be ready for use by February 10.
"There is considerable doing in the
DEVILS Den field. The Cosmo Oil
company is down better than $50 feet
in very hard shale and progress is of
necessity very slow.
1.-THE Pluto Oil company is shut down
for the present. They are down about
HOO feet and have very good hole.
NV I1nG
ished it's we'll No. l, which was put
down with a portable rig, and claim
production of thirteen barrels a day.
The rig was moved away to another
location on the property and viii start
drilling at once on No. 2.
1.-THE Devils Den Consolidated Oil
company has started drilling on its
well No 1 and will carry 1t to
greater depth.
"There are six portable rigs at work
on the different properties, but we
did not learn Of any other strike in
the district.
Assessment Work in Progress
"There is considerable assessment
work going on in the fields between
town and the Kern county line, new
cabins being much in evidence, ana
we saw eight new stub derricks. This
is the same clear through to Tenn
plore, we were informed, and we I'M
derstood there were several companies
getting ready to start drilling.
"The Empire Oil company's well NO.
is doing about the same. The lum-
Der has been hauled for it's well NO.
2, which will be drilled in the south
west corner of the section.
1.-THE Muriel Oil company has started
up on it's well No. and will now try
to complete it with the log of the
Marion to go by 1t should not be a
difficult undertaking.
1.-THE w. K. OIL company mas ce-
mented it's we'll No. at a depth of 261O
feet in 6-inch casing.
1.-THE Silver Tip Oil company has its
we'll No. 2 down 1850 feet. No. Is
still doing nicely.
1.-THE Coalinga Mohawk Oil company
has cemented it's we'll No. and bailed
out $500 feet of water, finding it in
perfect condition. 1t will now drill
into the sand which is about 300 feet
deep at that point.
"The Deluxe Oil company has COM
pleted it's circulating process and isl
goiHng down. Well No. is being
sWabbed and will be on the pump
again soon.
Kettleman hills, is down about 600
feet. 1t expects to reach the sands
at about $500 feet.
"The Jefferson Oil company has its
we'll No. doing about 500 barrels a
day of light gravity oil.
1.-THE California Coalinga Oil com
pany has steadied down to''a steady
producer and is making about 300 bar
rels a day. 1t is $500 feet deep and
has about seventy feet of oil sand"
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