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Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-13
ACTOR ACQUIRES
COALINGA LEASE
GOODWIN AND ASSOCIATES
ENTER FIELD
MILLIoN-DoLLAR COMPANY TO
BE ORGANIZED
East Half of Section Eight, Where
Theory of Light Oil Is Ad-
Vanced, Figures in Deal
of Local Men

COALINGA, Jan. PA deal has been con-
summated here whereby Nat C. Goodwin, the
comedian, and other Los Angeles persons
purchased the lease obtained by L. X. Nc
Cullom to the east half of section S, 1915,
from william Gray, Bert Williams and W.
w. Terrill.
The deal is an important one. in that Il
the development work is successful, the field
will be extended by the addition of miles Of
valuable light oil territory. The owners Of
the land have given the territory a close
study for years and, after the sinking OF
test well and the study of the outcroppings,
have concluded that light oil is to be found on
the half section, and they are enthusiastic
in their belief
The land lies a mile north of the famous
Home and Coalinga Oil company properties
Messrs. Gray and Williams advance the the
ory that the Home and Coalinga produc-
ing from pool which is supplied from the
edges Of the properties has encountered gran
ite, which is pointed to as substantiation Of
the pool theory The anticline is three quar-
ters of mile north Of these famous holdings
The formation has been traced north and
northeast without break
Give Indications Of Oil
The outcroppings Of sand and the test well
which was drilled about $50 feet deep when
the casing collapsed few months ago, give
indications of oil of the character az
obtained by the Home and Coalinga. These
facts have given rise to the theory that the
oil in the Home pool is forced the
anucline by the great pressure from the up
per territory, and that the real light oil ter
ritory lies undeveloped in the north.
This, however. contradicts the reports OF
Ralph Arnold, the government geologist but
the owners declare that the report of the gov
ernment man has been found at variance with
the conditions in this particular locality in
several instances, and they will uphold their
theory until drilling tells the tale.
McCollum secured a twenty year lease with
the privilege of a ten year renewal. The
property owners are to receive a one-seventh
royalty and ten wells must be sunk in Ave
years. The consideration obtained by the sale
of the lease has not been made public.
It is understood, $1,000, 900 corporation,
probably called the Nat c. Goodwin Oil COM
pany, will be organized to develop the prop
erty,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-13
COALINGA OUTPUT
SHOWS INCREASE
THE PRESENT YEAR PROMISES
HUGE RETURNS
NEW COMPANIES WILL ENLARGE
TERRITORY
Lease typical of Field, According To-
Estimate, Has Thirty-seVen
Million Barrels of OIL In
Sand Strata

1,be nreseut year promises to be lhe
Greatest in the history OF CoallIlsd,
where $50 wells are now proouClns
25o 600 barrels of oil a month, New
Wells are coming in almost dairy, tLe
ta,.,.ito1.v is being enlarged and colll-
NAMES are organizing to exploit tne
newer fields. A.. 100
The district passed out Of the pros
nactive stage and activity really began
In 1898 when the Producers ana CoIt-
s,lrners' Oil company started systenla NC
1,1o,lr In section 20. Three years later
+ha nronertv was sold to the Coallnsa
oil company, headed by Joe ChaIls4oi,
now president of the Associated On
connanv. and c. A Ganfield. Ihey
driiied a number of new holes, and af-
Ter many trials and tribulations placed
the company on a dividend basis. the
amount paid to date being Sl,1OO'OOO
From that time forth Coalinga has been
To the front in the production OF OIL III
California. = 4,,o
At the present time that part of the
field known as the west side ls ettract-
ing a deal of attention. Many operdt-
o,s have been successful in this part
ond therefore to pick one for type
"a difficult, but Allen G.. Nichols OF me
oil industry names the Premier on
company as typical Of the field
FTGn1IGT WANTS ONNN
perhaps" writes Mr.. Nichols, there
is no more typical company than tne
premier oil company. While a COM
1,arative1v new company, only organ
ized a. little over two years ago, 1t mas
already made good The geographlcal
location of this company's land Is al
most in the center of the field; the
denth of sand and thickness are about
an average, SO it will do admirably as
an illustration of what can be done
with a good piece Of land properly
handled and correctly selected.
1.-THE company was organized in Sep
tenber. 1907, by T, Spellacy, P. e. Spell
lacy. C. 7. Berry, J. D. Thompson and
w NJ. Wallace. Mr.. Spellacy has been,
and is still the president of the COM
many. while Mr.. wallace is secretary.
The capitalization of the company is
81 900. The company purchased from
the Union Oil company a one-stxth roy
altv lease on 100 acres of section "a,
20-i4. for which it paid 100000, one-hfth
of which was to be paid in oil. This
has been paid.
''The property is surrounded by such
developed holdings as the Claremont
on the north, the American Petroleum
company on the east, the Kern Trad
ing and Oil company, which is the oil
department of the Southern Pacific, on
the south, and the Traders and the
Inca on the west and northwest Every
foot of the ground is proven, and the
history of the ten wells already drilled
demonstrates that the formation is a
blanket one.
THE first we'll was started on Octo-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-13

ber 1, 1907, and was finished, belated
Christmas present, on December 26 OF
the same wear. Since that time the
development has been pushed on rap
idly as the finances of the young COM
pany would allow, until there are at
present ten producing wells, No. 9 and
10 having been brought in on the same
day in December last Two more wells
are now being drilled, and work will be
continued until forty wells are finished,
one for each four acres. The present
rate of production, including the two
new wells which are too new to be
doing their best. is between 10000 and
10000 barrels a month.
1T is interesting to figure what this
lease will produce when fully developed.
If ten wells produce $4,000 barrels, it
might be said that forty wells would
produce 2O0, 900 barrels, but this would
be wrong. 1t would be too small, even
though it sounds large. OF these ten
wells, seven are drilled along the west
line of the property, where the sands
are not so deep or so thick. so that the
proportionate production Of the wells
along the east side as against those
along the west side will doubtless be
nearly or quite two to one.
Some other way must be devised If
the possible, or even probable, produc-
ton OF this particular lease is to be
figured out and the consequent earnings
of the company are TO be arrived at as
since it has a perpetual pumping privi-
lege as long as oil is produced in COM
merciaI quantities, it has a right to en-
tirely exhaust the sand, IL possible.
OIL In Sands Vary
"some years ago the California pro-
motion committee, under the direction
of L. P. Crane, isued a circular show
ing the amount of oil in sands of vary
ing thickness and of varying satura-
ton of from 10 to 20 per cent.
Using this table as basis, and
figuring on an average known depth
of sand of 125 feet under this property,
we have the stupendous total of 30
296. 600 barrels for the entire quarter
section, figured on a saturation of 20
per cent. This may be a high estt-
mate of saturation, but 1t has been eX-
ceeded in the Los Angeles and Kern
river fields, also at Spindletop and in
Baku, Russia. Certainly not all the oil
could be saved. but most of it could,
and even If only half were saved and
that half sold at so cents net, the total
amount received would be 1924, 900.
FOLLOWING along this same line, 1t
would take a well pumping fifty barrels
a day, 300 days a year, 1853 years to
exhaust the oil in one acre of oil land.
If this quarter section is drilled up as
intended, with forty wells, there will
be four acres instead of one to exhaust,
which should take four times as long,
or practically sixty-three years"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-13
MIDWAY SIX ENTERS
SAND AT 400 FEET

BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 12.-The Midway Six.
operating on twenty acres Of land leased from
w. c. Hall and of which Colon Whittier Is
the manager, and which is located in close
proximity TO the Santa Fe's big well, has
gone into sand at a depth Of 400 feet. The
oil and sand was thrown over the derrick by
the terrific gas pressure but after the first
blowout further effort was made to pene-
trate the sand, the management preferring TO
wait until some storage is provided. The well.
from indications, promises to be big pro-
ducer, rivaling that of the Santa Fe.
The Santa Fe's we'll the same section is
increasing in volume, the output for the past
week being greater than at any former time.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-13

however the management expects to carry
the we'll down half way through the eighty
three feet of dark shale that shows gas,
which is the last formation noted on the log
of the Commercial Petroleum.
The indications promising for first
class well that the management announces it
will take no chances of running the well by
having any water in the hole when the oil
sand Is struck. The water rises in the pipe
about 300 feet and, as there is great pres
sure, to cement 1t off will be easy job
and that will need to stand only three
or four days.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-13

to twenty-five inches in width, and the ore
being extracted worth between SIC and $50
ton. This is a veritable bonanza, considering
the ease and cheapness attached to extracting
the ore.
The Union Hill ledge has also been cut. 1t
is between five and seven feet wide and pres
ent values 81 ton. but even this leaves
a handsome margin of profit.
Superintendent Graham is highly pleased
with the results so far obtained The Union
HILL in the belief of versed in mining,
will become one of the largest producers in
the state in time
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-13
WILL REBUILD CAPITOL

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-Elliott Woods,
superintendent of the capitol at Wash
ington, is in New York to discuss with
architects here plans for remodeling
the hall of representatives. 1T has
been determined to decrease the size
of the hail." he said, "by about third.
This will involve practically the recon-
struction of the house wing of the
capitol from floor to roof"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-13
CONSOLIDATED ENTERS
STRATUM OF SOFT SAND

The Consolidated Oil company, operating in
the Coalinga field, has reached a depth of 1850
feet, entering the soft sand characterized in
the log of the Commercial Petroleum Water
in small quantities encountered and this
will make it necessary, a precautionary
measure at least, to finish the well with 64
inch casing Before shutting off the water,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-13
PRICES OF METALS
IN NEW YORK MARKET

@ NEW YORK, Jan. 12-Copper, quiet; (.
q standard spot to March. S13.25 a 1885. {.
@ Lead, S4.671a 04.7213. Spelter, $6.1O@ &
8 6.25. Silver, so 3-Sc.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-13
UNION HILL CUTS
NOTED GREEK VEIN;
ASSAYS $16-$2O TON

NEVADA CITY, Jan. 12.-As has been ex-
pected for many weeks, the famous Greek
ledge in the Union Hill mine has been cut in
the 500 level. The ledge ranges from sixteen
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-13
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-03-10
SHELLS
FOR VARSITY
EIGHT
Coach Conibear Believes
That New Eight-Oared
Racing Machines VIII
Help Mems Speed.

Coach Conihear u the Varsity
crew ~ expecting a iot from thn
new shells this year They are
broader and shaliower than those
unrd lu previous years. and while u
ia never known what a bout VIII 80
iiii les been in the water. be thinks
that the new shells viii mean faster
time.
A flat staus viii skim over the
water faster than n stone can be-
thrown through the water. and that's
the principle used ia the naw boats
Last year washington leaf % the
California colleges. though puliins
"a mueh evener. stronger stroke than
tho winners
There are some who aHCribg THIS
defeat g. over training but the mon
in the boats point out that tlle deep
narrow shells we're half full - water
from the little rhnppy waves. ana
that TIA Washing fonians were pull
ing quarter II ton ~ dead
weight This knovn. Il 10 ~ wonder
Thar The nafivs sons beat them out
in tho stretch.
The new boats are built 10 correct
fhla. and when tita crew goes %
Madison in the spring. the vide.
broad shells vii be taken along.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-03-10

most AZ steady a. Nelson. whieh IL
saying a good deal
This main question IN the John
son irfffies fight 81 that 10 EN-
.duFaner. / have received the ppln
ION ~ eminent ph3 HieiAns 81 hp have
receHfly thoroughly r2amiurI fef-
fries They erneiudesf that he r. in
az good form az be- has ever been"
rhpnt yuu think Ieffriea ia zoo
old - have tbs Necessary cndur-
anrs asked him
No. NJ. Hau1s q fhe greatest
battles in ring history have been
BY men past se Tom Sayrru
Fought q draw with John = ufsnnu
IN 1850. when BE waa - and nrsnan
~, X went 90 rounds. ard WAS ans
- the most desperate fights In hin-
tory
"IrffrieH u a. ard a man ln NAT
urn@iF good physical condition AZ
that aEr " IN the very prime - iife
q 10 the time when. II he has cared
Cor himself AZ All he IL 81 hia hrat
-1cffriss o. heavier than johnson
too, and ihia weight viii help him
Moreover. tahnsau seems 10 D.
utainlF a defensive fighter and This
would not b. q his advantage Va this
uKnt fnr she nan eha defeats Jef
Tries must hfinE the fart e. hifr
"Iohnsaa VII find 8 different man
than krtchai and l1Hrns. who aro
much lighter. AMI - lnferiur ~
johnson that b. baat them a. VIII
II have given tliia matter careful
consideration. ard Nm Inclined fa
feel confident thAt TIRE supremacy u
fhr white man III tire ring IL EalnE
g BE- continued in the name ~ Jns
Ioffrien~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-03-10
BALL PLAYERS ARE
AFTER MORE
COIN
Stars Of 81. Louis Browns
Put Col. Bob Hedges
Up Against kno,ty Prob
lem.

tHf tattrd fsFeesl
ST LOUIS. Mo. March f0-Coi.
onsi pob Hedges. president Of the
81 Louis Browns q the American
league. Is facing the sane music
today ~ hna hcen experiences b.
Chubby ChawieR" Murphy at the
Windy City and others -Four OF
his best men to-day class them.
selves m holdoutg
George Htnns. who led TIE laagna
for swattinK hnnora "a 1907. Arthur
Grigga. tho young Texan eho found
a warm spot IN the hearts Of 81
Louis fans last year. through bis
stellar performances Ia almost
every position on the diamond. VII
bur Smith. a Young catcher. and
the Colt Olson. fresh from the
Louisville American Association
team. who Is touted as the regular
second baaemRn Of the Brownies
this year. are All insurElng fer
more money
Almost the entire squad ~ Jack
O'tonnor Nv In town at present aud
conspicuous among them are the
Hullen quartstie. who suik about
the lobby of the Southern hotel
waiting for something "a happen.
The Brown squad will depart To-
DAY for Houston. aud uotifug but
an eleventh hour decision on the
part OF Col Bob 20 come across
with the coin can cause tie -four
ambitious ones 90 go aiofhz with
their comrades
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-03-10
GURBOAT SMITH Is
KNOCKED OUT
by BARRY

OAKLAND. cal. March io.--
Catching his fnhn FebouuflnT from
tho ropes q the fsHR. Jim Barry
Chicago aeTt a ripping right upper
cut e. 'GunbuAt- Smiths chin IN thu
ninth round u their fight here last
night. and the sailor lad whs knocked
out la hia o~iu naFnsr A blg crowd
witnessed the contest
Barry seemed nervous wh%n the
fight opened. and kept away from
Smith Tire navy Fighter mMrd a
straight iefs 90 the faen during the
earlier rounds. and aeHi the Illinois
man worried They fought about
evenly % the seventh round. when
usfry opened battery ~ blows
that hexildered hia opponent In
the eighth round Smith waa badly
punished and Barry began o. show
himself q fighter q clssa Tho ninth
round waa minute aid whom Barry
rushed Gunhaas % the ropes. smooth
ering him with riEhfh and isfta 60
the head - Nmlth recciird Harry
landed ihe kuurkuat blow
Eddie Smith ~ Oakland referred
the contest
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-03-10

au Long island proved q Donovan
That b. had a world heater lie
taught tltA8imm1nM tha now famous
shifs. ending Ia the solar pleK8a. and
told him
n yuu rerfecs this, you can beat
Jim Corb. it"
Then Named Fitx.
Whsa this conversation occurred
fttzsimri0ns. although he hssa eaus
au~rod Jafk Bernrneg aud Peter
Nahrr. was not regarded As danger
Gus 20 the hraTY weight champion.
bat that mrmafahis day a. carson.
whrn Ia the ifth Fauna. he aseea9ed
the shin AMI landed IA gafbeft :
midsection. ~ Aaf6nishea the weird
sud became upnoNan'a third cham
plon.
iDonnvaa saw Jim texraea box
once and declared hifnsaif BE pre-
as eel she DtR fellow WaHta defeat
r1tEsimmsna. and in hire pas kad asa
fourth champion
And nos another fiaht Is pending
Tor the cFown Logically flEr Don
neaH D. fhe man - auawef ne aaFas
tinN. can Jrffriea ship fahnsou y
And that is Nhaf ! asNeH nfgs
Tie two must iExei headed nseu
n tha ring tDIfAF h. replied ARE
Battling Nelson and 1fm Ieffrtrs
They DO not fntrr intu aeiaaltehrf
trA Jaffri~a 10 THIS respect - al
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-03-10
VARSITY ATHLETES
IN TIE ARMORY
CARNIVAL

Track athletes from the university
will b. entered in the big indoor
carnival az tho Arm0ry of the Ma
honal Guard Athletic Association
Friday. March is The track pros
poets GAG Che var ny have not boen
particularly snowy no Far this sea
son. and Coach Hall hopes 10 get
a definite line on hia material In the
meet
The hammer throw has hceu ab0i-
ished. and the involln has been sub
Htitutsd This lH not "a recognized
Intercollegiate sport yet bat Dr. Hall
believes 10 win como into lts own
shortly Tho hammer throw has
been on the ragged and tattered edge
lately in college circles. because Of
tho danger 10 spectators. and II Il
thought likely that the isveiln will
be substituted.
Bradley gieh, a Seattle boy. enoe
held the record fOf this event, and
f. practiclug now FOR n.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-03-10
FORTY TWO VARS Of BASE BALL
WONDERFUL LIFE STOpY or, JIM O'ROURKE

piees Of soft rabber N their mouths.
ard whenever the ball vas pitched
they would screw W their faces ard
bite en- tire rubber NJ hard aa they
could 10 offast the pain.
~pu 4 warm day ! have heard a
catcher say broadly. along about the
middle nf the game. on ! am set
ting along fiue--us hands are aw ELL
iuw up in great shape
In those days there we're few
players who ware not SCARED r.
used 10 be part Of thu pitchers duty
% try 20 hit tha batter with the hali
= have seen men knocked sense
less many times. and you must re-
member that at this tins the pitcher
stood ~ feet away instead % e.
feet 5 inches a. today Then they
passed the rule that a batter hlt by
a pitched bail might 20 % first and
stopped the murdsr0ug pitching
Talk about the rouKhness % foot
bail ia these days. and Tho hopeless
ness Of trying % stop %. but 1t lH
nothing compared 70 the brutality ~
baseball during the constructive
period
MY head has been 20 sore from
being hit that ! could not think and
my hands 80 sore from catching that
could not hold an orange tossed
from q distance 81 six feet
Tbs greatest catcher ! ever knew
vas Buck Ewing Of tbs Gianta. He
lad N batting. running, catchinu
fielding ard base stssiing. and he
could think quicker than any other
mwa ! ever saw IN a game.
"Of TIE pitchers ! have known
Amos Ruale leads them nu. and he
prQmiHed 70 make n record no pitcher
in baseball unless he were a genius.
could Guido, but poor old Amos dia-
appeared ! think Tim Koffe was O.
great curve pitcher bat Tor en-
durluee ! have 20 hand the laurela
20 Chas. HadbouFne NJ the prow
dence Nationals. Ia 1851. when hts
team was altar the pennani. Rad
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-03-10
JOE CARROLL AND BERT
WARNER PLEAD GU|L11
Arraigned in Federal Court at Council Bluffs, Ien
for Fake Footracing Scheme, Ex-SestIe Sportn,
Lights Make No Defense.
(By United Press.)

COUNCIL BLUFFs Iowa. March ioBert schores Bert wr
ncr wrestler W y Harris and George n Marsh Zoe Carroll
Bwindng In connection wiih the fired borh
bouts and wrestling Of the Hoeaed ayby rss
"a guilty ii United States district YESTERDAY
Of Maybrays alleged assistants arasrd
the same and pleaded not guilty.
John G. Maybray. the leader who pleaded not guilty skm
arraKuea September not 10 court today when
ieHtnnanfa themselves the
trial The alleged operations Of the
tended Pacific the Atlantic coast Il
organization Government officials
that hundreds Of police officials in various cities d
States viii be involved befon the trials end Tey
that MaybaYs worked under police protection nearly
city where on. alleged indies oonsuumased
those arragued yesterday. there sl
members the first MS
naeut whch being conpirsson the
fraud They will b. arragned later
number ~ EVIL suits aggregang oee0 l
are soon to The defendants benjamin Marin
wealthy politician ard the officers Of the First National m
who are alleged assisted financing the alleged suz
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-03-10
DR.. ROLLER and
COTCH FALL ON
Quit Your Fourflushng" Says Iowan to M.a..
'Tll Take You on Any Time, Winner TAX. A.
They Almost Fought

complimentary remark ~ -.
became peeyed. Aecwf M. ~ !, NOW
story, Roller was sel,e.,ss Z ias
npot 20 swing on 0o,tes !. no !.
loWan was getting reasy \ =
the physician through 49,. ~
when friends lnferferea u ~ y
lw and Gotch don, spsst ~. =
A. be was leaving Ne soan :.
marked That's ali ress 80 = =
! haven't been four-fIns5ins - ~
will accept your little bros.. ~
and wont walk back 10 sss 49,. !.
er ita over, either"
Roller has always besa
yorite IN Kansas City TsIss y.
leaked into town n E,svless., y. \
cumsiancea In several GeteA ~.
matches. but KaLaas Civ M. M.
% believe them. and has ~ d, ~ J.
up on a pedestal a. second al, .
The iowan.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-03-10
JAUREZ HORSES

Tho late arrivals from Juarex AZ
Oakland do not seem "a be doing
yetY much. ssrgilc. Who waN =
handicap performer ~ the Mexiean
course recently. flushed outside the
MONEY with a bunch % mediocre
performers. while Right Easy. Nlsa
was a star AZ TcraHaa Park. nuiah.
ed outside the money IN the handls
cap on Saturday Acquia L. another
performer that has failed 10 make
good