Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-19

The Lake View Oh company VI -A
coma. whose well in fractional sectloh
Ok snnset-Midway field, broke loose
,as+ Monday at the rate of 1000 barrels
- dav is throwing up temporary res
ervoir with a capacity OF l,0oU,UUo lI ual
rels in order to accommodate tle IlFol
of oil that is now hoWlng Iroiil nv
well. -.-.o.ao,. 70
he aowing $4,000 barrels day ana
tha suneTintendent at the property
cows he will be able to take care or
The production with present tacllltles
for about seven days, after Whlcn lilile
he thinks the big reservoir VIII DC
ready for further storage.
A party of stockholders in the Lake
View company returned yesterday
fro,,, the field. where they went imme-
diatelv after learning that the well
had been brought in. In the party
we're Charles F. off, r. D. Wade,
George Stafford, r. P. Wells, Horace
Demis, w. B. Ambrose and DR.. Car
ence White.
MIR. Wade said yesterday that the
reservoir would, he was informed
while at the property, hold l'OOO'ooo
barrels and was being constructed IN
the form of a huge sump hole by
scooping out and damming a canyon
between two hills near the well.
II is believed that not over per
cent of the oil will be lost through
waste. as the ground in the vicinity of
the we'll is very hard.
First reports were that at least 10
per cent would be lost, but expert
opinion and precaution reduces thls
estimate one-half.
Pumps Into Tanks
They are now pumping the oil from
the gIsher into the Independent tanks
located on the property and the tale
race is flowing into sump holes when
will hold the accumulating surplus
for at least seven days. The well is
situated on an elevation which makes
it possible to handle much of the Oil
Mr.. off saws that when he and party
were there Wednesday the flow from
the well resembled a string of casing
reaching to the crown block, so bright
was the oil reflected by the sun. The
pressure was such that the oil shot
forth without much noise and the
sand and other particles OF formation
in passing through the casing caused
friction that let off a fountain of
sparks as the oil and sand shot up
ward.
These sparks, which were plainly
visible at night, caused some appre-
hension on the part of the management
as it was feared they would set fire
to the oil and gas. But up to the
last report no trouble had been ex-
perienced.
Both the Standard and Independent
gaugers were on the ground Wednes-
day and estimated the flow at $4,000
barrels a day. between II o'clock In
the morning and o'clock in the aft
ernoon.
n41,o,a 1,avo ,,aptura5 tho opiviop
that the flow was even better than
10000 barrels. but Messrs. Wade and
off say $1,000 is good enough for
them.
Reservoir in Canyon
1t is said the construction Of the
/ ,000, 000- barrel reservoir will be an
easy task as the conditions for quick
work are just right in the canyon.
Here the OIL can be stored without
much trouble. The canyon will be
closed at one end and the oil run into
the improvised reservoir by gravity
from the well located above.
The Lake View Oil company. orig
inally financed by Messrs. Wade and
off and F. e. Dunlap, has heen work
ing in the Sunset Midway field for the
past fifteen months. Last August
a one-half interest in the company
was acquired by the Union oil com
pany, but the Lake View company is
stin intact and for that reason the
frequent references to this we'll as a
Union well are not correct.
The Lake View on company now
has $40 acres Of land in fractional sec
tions % and "a, and three strings of
tools are drilling. This number viii
be increased to five strings immediate
lv. Rigs are on the ground for wells
Nos 4. 8 and 6.
The present gusher is from 65s-
inch casing and the oil is said to
reach at times a height of twenty
five feet above the derrick. This well
is the largest to yet come in the Mid
way field and proves up several thou
sand acres of land.
When the well came in the gravity Of
the oil was "a degrees but with the
increase in production it dropped to 10
gravity.