Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-15
CASING IS SHIPPED
To SUNSET DISTRICT
After Failure in CoaIinga Well
Operator Will Seek
New Field

COALINGA, Sept. 1.-THE crew of
men working on the Ell Cerrito we'll,
14-2S-17, are shipping material and
casing from here to Maricopa for
Capt. Barneston's interests. The 6A-
inch was loose, so all that was re-
moved to 4105 feet; the 81 Inch, 2972
feet in the well, 2S70 feet was pulled;
there was 2520 feet of 10-inch in the
well, this was shot off about 1000 feet
from the bottom, the remainder was
pulled out and will be shipped to the
Sunset district, where it is hoped It
will do service in an oil well.
The Southfields, 33-22-16, is 2170 feet
deep with well No. 2; the bit went into
the oil sand about Go feet, when the
manager determined it was time to
shut off the water, as they have passed
the last water sand; they. are now
trimming the hole down to q big she'll
above the oil sand, a bridge will be
put in and the water will be shut off
on the big shell; this done, the tools
will be drilled through the oil sand.
The indications are good for a well
of light oil, about 80 gravity or better.
PRODUCERS HAULING MATERIAL
The Producers Transportation COM
pany has a 35 horse power auto truck
hauling material and supplies to the
stations south of town, the terminal
being fifty-one miles from town. Dur
ing the early summer, before the
roads were so badly cut up, the trip
was made in nine hours with three
ton load-with animals it would re-
quire three days. Not only a saving
in cost over animals, but a great saw
ing in time.
The Boychester, 1S-21-15, bailed out
the water last Monday. The hole
stood dry for twelve hours when the
water came in. 1t was found that the
cement had not set on the outside of
the pipe and a considerable amount of
mud was in the bottom of the hole.
The pipe has been loosened and will
be carried deeper to get away from
the present conditions and rece-
mented.
The Patheon. 32-19-15 is 2520 feet
deep with SA-inch casing; the water
was shut off at about 2550 feet. The
rotary rig on we'll No is making
good progress and is now 1850 feet
deep. The formation follows that of
the Empire we'll on the same section.
The Dominion, 7-23-17. is 1880 feet
deep with 10-inch casing. The for
nation is changing from brown shale
with oyster shells mixed through it
TO oil sand shale. The water will be
shut off at about 1900 feet.
SHUTS OFF WATER
The M. X & T., S-2o-15. cemented
off the water in well No. 2 last week
at 2765 feet with extra heavy 75sinch
casing. This was the last job of ce-
menting that Expert Tom Hayes did
before leaving for Egypt.
The Coalinga Metropolis, 26-19-15,
we'll No. l is on the beam, working
the water out of the formation; the
80, 80. ,rlNHl TOW
150 barrels or better; gravity 21.S.
The British California Oil company,
Limited, 16-2O-15, has started to build
a combination rotary standard rig for
we'll No. 2 on the east half of the
southwest quarter of the section.
The Berkeley Coalinga, 2-21-14, COM
pleted the well and now has sup
ply for boiler and drilling purposes.
Well No. l was spudded in last week.
The South Pole, 1S-21-15, has levied
a 3-cent assessment to raise funds to
enable the company to resume oPer-
ations.
The Queen, 14-2O-14 finished we'll
No. 5 last week, now on the beam
making seventy-five barrels per day,
IA gravity.
feet deep with 41s-inch casing loose
in the hole.
The Pluto, 1858, has passed the
1900 with the 121a. The Pluto, re-
sumed sinking about ten days ago
after shut down of eight months.
Everything is running smoothly, and
the indications are that in a short
time there will be news of an oily
nature from the property
Last evening the Valley finished put
ting in it's Az perforated at the 3436.
There will be something doing on this
we'll soon.