Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
CENTRAL PACIFIC To
RETURN LAND, REPORT
Government and Railroad Reach
Agreement, the Latter to De-
liver Deeds Next Month

CoALINGA, Doc, a.-A creditab1e report
| given out by n from the state of
Nevada is that settlement has been
reached between the government ON one
side and the Central Pacific company on the
other side. with reference to mineral lands
claimed by the government that are within
the railroad grant. The Central Pacific
Will restore by deed all mineral lands TO
the government under contention, with a
very few exceptions where tho railroad Is
actually using the same with buildings and
track to conduct it's business. Also. the
Central Pacific will return about Sl,75o,OOO
to the settlers who in good faith purchased
the lands from the railroad company in
which tho company had valid title. The
settlers Will now purchase the same land
from the government al the old prices. In
many cases. il is said, the railroad company
had sold the land to settlers as high as
$500 per acre. The deeds from the. rail
road company to the government the in
formant states now being written and
Will be delivered next month.
The Creme Petroleum company, section
90 20-15, has well No. ! completed and pro
ducing. The well is making from 300 to
400 barrels per day. Several flows have
been had as gas accumulated, when the well
would make oil at the rate OF 500 to 900
barrels & day. The sand has started to
move, which will give a chamber for the
oil and gas to accumulate and will increase
the production of the well Well No. =
was drilled to 1900 feet with the rotary
rig and has been changed over to standard
tools. Well No. will be drilled in to about
1000 feet with the rotary. which Is now
rlgged up. This property is well equipped
and has a floating water well which sup
plies the boilers two 40-horsepower and one
10 horsepower boiler plant. two 500 barrel
galvanized corrug gated iron shipping tanks
and one 12-4-l2 line pump connected up
ready to deliver oil to the purchasing com
pany. There are about 10000 barrels Of oil
IN the sump hole at present. It Is the IN
tention of the management to drllI in the
property as fast one rotary rig and one
string of standard tools can do IT, both
running.
The Boychcster oil company section IS,
Ellis. at about 1900 feet has encountered an
oil sand that Phil Daubenspeck well
known drlller states is the same sand en-
countered on section 6. 2l-15, in the DE
Luxe well. s A. Guiberson. ir, has com
pared the two logs and states in his OPINION
thew are the same. Mr.. GUiberson LETT a
copy of the De Luxe log with the drillers
on the Boychester to assist them. Inc
sand Is very promising. Tho bit is IN tae
sand eight feet which is showing a 'Ie nIiIe
oil The flange on the crank SHAFT broke
and cut the casing line. letting the casing
drop. the friction Of the formation heIa
the pipe from dropping and eased 1t down.
There no damage done.
LETS CONTRACT TO DRILL
The Canadian -Coalinga Oil company, sec
tion : a1-i5. has let contract to Johnson
& Aclxin rotary men. TO drill In well No
/. The start will be made soon ne
showing now had in the DORCHESTER well mas
stimulated land owners south of Warthan
creek In fact, the pessimisttc assertion
made by q few that the railroad track
marked the cutoff Of the oil from the South
side field has dried UP" and Is nkely 10
fade away with the present development
along the south side.
The 2. c. Oil company, organized 10 op-
crate in the Lost Hills, has purchased slN1y SIM,
acres from Martin & Dudley. The com
panv Is capitalized for $4,000, with 5o'oup
shares. The organization was perfected py
Henry c. Kerr Frank Cheney ana Hep -
Phelps. \ standard rig that was USED 10
exploit claim in Antelope valley Kern
county, has been purchased and is now be-
ing hauled to the new camp.
The Fresno-San Francisco OIL company
section l. 2O-14, has contracted with }. g
Ferguso0 10 redrill some Of the old wells
We'll No. 3 is now being worked upon me
last we'll drilled in, NO. s. IS makihB apo"'
4Og The &c Corey oil company section IS, 26-91,
Lost Hills has well No down $50 teet %
with twelve and half inch casing AT tIe
recent meeting Of the stockholders the Iol-
loving directors were elected: Marve Corey,
Riu REILLY, Claud Barnes, Frank Cheney and
w. Cline. ....,,,. -,
The Medallion OIL company, operating or on
the northwest quarter of section ~ ---lo'
evnerienced some trouble with the fifteen
inch screw pipe. The company Is no"
drilling up the bottom Joint and at present
the bit is working away $40 ieet III 'Ne
The walker oil company, section 30 35-l9'
Devils Den, will resume work after Jahu-
arv /. An assessment has been levied to'
that purpose. ,,, ~, oo,,,-
The Devils Den c9nsoiidat9d no,Gnrs 0 eom1 IN
pTa.iIs Den district The latest lease is for
sjxtv acres, made to D. L. Peters Of Los
Angeles , ~ "a
The octave Oil company, section l9-4S
(Nerced leaser. is running twh strings oI
tools An additional string will be added
this week. d, -
The Blair oil company. section a. 1-l2'
has the drilling well $50 feet deep with
twelve and a half inch casing gong hlrt'S'
Tho formation is a gray sand az present
The Esperanza Consolidated Oil company
has a large holding. ~ the Kettleman HiiS'
A water we'll is being drilled on the SoutH-
west quarter of section IS, 23-l''
The Lake View oil company on {7' SONGS %ines
,e,,r+9 Is reported to have the well again
cemented. cement The last job did not hold.
The Dominion oil company See'lon =,
oe17 is 1850 feet deep with eight ana
quarter inch casing. The drilling is no" !"
a very sticky blue shale'