Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-29
COAL|NGA DISTRICT TO
CLOSE MEMORABLE YEAR
Famous Oil Field Rounds Out Its
Cycle of Progress and
Development

COALTNGA. Dec. 2S-The year draw
ing to a close has been memorable
one Of the Coalinea field. The most
important move affecting tie field in
general was the signing of the Agency
Union Associated contract: it removed
the suspicion of an oil price war: II
has suggested hetter conditions for the
future: it has developed leaders in the
oil industry: II has been plainlv shown
to the commercial world that the indie
pendent oil producers of California
have within their ranks mon compe-
tent to handle the oil mems interests in
n fisht against corporations: it has de-
velOpcd n confidence in men rarely met
with in this dav of commercial strife
The effect of all these noints gained is
felt TODAY in the industry.
From November II to 30 the Produ-
GERS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY ran ?14-
600 barrels of oil to the coast. and tho
amount now passing through the pine
line is IS 600 barrels dav With this
movement on the mart Of the producers.
and the oil now being r,In hv the Asso-
ciated. the new wear will find al sur
pIrS storage and sump oil out OF the
field
There is vet some anxiety among the
operators on government 1and as To the
renedial 1egisla ton Of this winter at
-
Of the denartnent Of the interior and
DR. Otis Smith Of the eeo1o@ical snr-
vev. who have been over the oil ee'ds
and have token evidence Of conditions
at first hand on the ground affected
from the men most Interested in the
great Question. "'tha trea tment of the
locator who in good faith having fol-
lowed the custom as laid down hv
tha rrlinos Of the denartrert Of the
- Il. fGsn IF INA ~ n 10
courts. and those of the United states
supreme court for twenty years last
mast who have With faith in tho law
of custom SO STRONGLY established. and
who have gone forward with III" de-
velnDnent work. as 10 the traatr1ent
they shall receive at the hands of con-
eress" They hope for remedial teois-
lation al this short session of congress.
as with MANY opera tors this will mean
prosueritv or financial ruin.
This fold has been rroo 1ened Nv the
strife Of the Coalin % Mohawk. section
70, 20-15. made last March and also by
the strike of the Pu1varado on section
, o1-16. Inst reported. The south feld
has been extended nv the Bohemian
strike on section %. 2t-15 OF ii@ht oil
of an aspha1t base 20 DEGREES Y. Oil
has been struck alone the COalin@a
anticIine throuoh the ISot+lenan hills:
as to the quantity of production we do
not know at this hour. the wells not
having been finished. but the oil does
exist thereof that point there is no
room for doubt.
The conditions about Coalinra and
the field ore very PROMISING for 1e11.
The stability Of orr town and the field
is now an established fact. We can
Justly claim the fold tn be eighteen
miles in length. taking the swing along
the producing properties' on the north
from the Continental petroleum. sec
ton .. 1915. 10 the bohemian on the
south. section %. Pills and eleven miles
in width, from the Marion on the west,
section 6. Ellis. to the Prlvarado on the
east, section .. o1-16. The south field
has much promise for the new year.
the market conditions improving. trans
portation being relieved by the new
contract of 1910. all makes the year
1911 and those to follow look very
bright for Coalinga.