The San Francisco call., 1910-05-25
OIL field bigger
Than SUPPOSED
Santa Maria Petroleum Sands
Seem to UnderIie Vast
Territory
Recent Development in District
Increases Production H.
900 Barrels Daily

by the Dome and the Palmer and the
discovery Of the same rich sands on
the opposite hills have created an ac-
tivity similar to that which followed
the opening of the famous Hartnell
gusher
Untl recently it had been supposed
that the old Palmer gusher indicated
nothing more than a petroleum pool of
limited dimensions. In quick success
sion. however. the Dome. the Union
) Bel, the Los Alamos petroleum and
: others have hit the same formation and
z heavy flows have resulted. Now the
! West and the New Pennsylvania have
3 proved that this same formation ex-
( tends over toward the mouth of the
( canyon.
4 Several new leases have been re-
2 corded recently in the Cat canyon
+ country. and others are pending. A re-
markable feature is the uniformity
I among the wells in this section. They
: are drilled from 2.7O0 TO $500 feet and
come in al first with a heavy oil and
: about 80 barrels a day. After a few
days they clear themselves of sand and
{ break loose all the way from 500 to
5000 barrels a day.
PRODUCTION INCREASED
AS a result Of the recent develop
4 4-AE4lNs the pEOQuCLlOn OF LlG santa MARIA
Held has been increased some $4,000
barrels a day. or at the rate of $50, 600
barrels month.
Dome No. in the Cat canyon section
is beginning to act in a gratifying
manner for the stock holders of that
company The well has been increas-
ing its production for a number of days
since going on the pump, and the oil
at the start showed less than half of
! per cent of sand, and it is predicted
that 1t will prove a big producer. The
well. like Palmer No. ,, has taken to
gushing al intervals. It is now flowing
500 barrels a day.
Palmer No. continues to produce at
the rate of 5000 barrels a day. When
the well began TO flow the company
was prepared for il with a 1000, 600
barrel reservoir. II was expected that
the well would be a heavy producer, as
the gas pressure was remarkable. In
testing the well on different occasions
the heavy pressure of gas sanded up
The tubing. II has freed itself and
continues TO send oil out in such vol
ume as TO prove that the Santa Maria
territory is just beginning to be de-
Veloped. Its production will be better
than 5000 barrels before it settles down
10 a steady producer.
Superintendent Frank A. Fether re-
ported that, while the gusher had
been got under control, IT is hourly
increasing. The oil shoots from the
horizontal pipe in stream and force
resembling that of large fire hose.
Fether stated that the flow of No
has in no wise affected its famous
neighbor and brother, No l.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC WELL
The Southern Pacific company has
well at the Casmalia. About six months
ago the company ceased drilling, and
since that time has been picking up
oil land rights in that vicinity. The
well on which it stopped drilling turns
out to be a producer of $50 barrels
daily OF high grade oil.
The Brookshire oil company held a
meeting at San Luis Obispo recently
and favorable reports were received
from the three wells which the com
pany is drilling in Santa Maria field
and three others over at the Midway.
Well No. ? at Midway is down 1,4oO
feet. Well No. has just been started,
and Well No. 4, started ahead of 3, is
down $50 feet. No. 2 is looked to for
a good showing Of oil at the 1000 foot
depth.
The Obispo oil company held a meet
ing al San Luis Obispo and confirmed
the sale Of part of its holdings at
Summit, in the neighborhood Of Mari
copa, for q good price. The Obispo
still holds 20 acres of the land and is
arrs ging to develop it. The directors
lDIeUQ 10 acquire 4EA0S III Cdn LUIS
Obispo county for oil purposes.
The Pierce oil company, composed of
Los Angeles parties, IS removing it's
three rigs from Price canyon, near San
Luis Obispo, and viii take them to the
Fullerton oil field. The company had
oil in all the holes, but not in quanti-
q ties 70 be of much value.
TO BUILD RESERVOIRS
The Producers transportation COM
pany has just purchased $50 acres Of
the Grant tract about two miles west
OF San Luis Obispo on the county road
leading TO Avila. and is arranging to
erect steel tanks for storing 5000, 900
barrels of oil. Concrete reservoirs will
be built TO handle q similar amount. The
place is close 70 the present pipe line
from the California oil fields TO tide
water and viii not require much ex-
pense to connect the storage tanks and
reservoirs TO II. The second pipe line
which the company will put in from
The interior TO tidewater will tap the
storage grounds.
=. The Standard oil company has bought
q small tract Of land from the south
?. eastern corner of the Lowe estate just
north OF San Luis Obispo, and is ar
ranging to put up seven or eight new
buildings and warehouses for handling
its products The company will put up
three tanks for storing oil in bulk. A
SPUR track Will De put IN 20 connect the
place with the main line of the South
ern Pacific, which is alongside the prop
erty.
New Pennsylvania has declared its
hrst dividend OF / cent share, amount
ing 10 $1,000
REFINERY Is ACTIVE
The Pinal refining company, the sub
sidisry Of the Pinal Oil company, is in
the field TO enlarge its trade in gasoline
and engine distillate. No market here
tofore has been sought beyond Santa
Maria and immediate vicinity, but now
the company will send an agent to the
adjoining counties and make the prod
ucts known to dealers and users else
where. The company has three stills
and are turning out high grade gaso-
lire for use in automobiles.
The recent change in the manage
ment Of the Rice Ranch oil company
gives promise Of considerable active
development with increased produc-
tfon. Already there has been a ma
.teriai increase in production due to
the cleaning out Of the oil wells under
the direction Of the new superintendent,
Guy Gregg.
REvoLvERs STOLEN IN souTH-Robert Nc