The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-15

uoiee or eaten ua-lnN, blt Nltnlu lew
moments after the last screw wus holteo
the oil boiling up from hcEsatb. hurled
on the top timbers OF the crib a. though
they had been 40 many tOOthpicks 40
the present time q second attempt h being
made 10 cap a.
Tho well eau he heard roaring for more
han mile Spray from the g,:rher have
been carried ~ FAR NJ two aud lnc-half
niles ~ a high wind Hundreds IT auto
mobiles have carried pghtseers from
NJ kersiield 10 witness the sIght The spec
tacle IL well worth a visit The gtsher
sends high into the AR black -0iImes Of
OIL which roars and r'Ishes up through the
timhers of the derrick and finally ~ great
height spreads into almost misty flminass
aud falls IN black clouds and layers upon
the ground beneath
An odd feature OF the gusher b the fact
that except az midday from some point
Of view Il always presents a rainbow e1e ct
THIS led some wag 10 speak Of the pot "
gold a. the foot - the rainbow. vii "a is
true enough The rainbow and the falling
clouds 81 oil VIII On descend In irregular
folds and black iraceries are perhans III.
most picturesque feature from . scenic
viewpoint 10 an otherwise prosaiC com
mercial industry The sage bush for
distance Of hall a mile around the well h
coated With Oii. and when Oh vas hr-t
struck several iackrabtitz KILLED bv the
how were brought into Marcona by small
bows
To utilize the oil from the ru-lc- was
a task There was no ade1u4fp nreplra-
ton The overflow has lIad r,.e SUNNI
holes or catch basins. has created q axe
OF oil more than a quarter 81 o mlo long
aud has taxed the utmost effort 70 care
Tor the oil even after u has reached I've
catch basins over two hundred men
being az work ~ one lime 20 create these
reservoirs Tor me reception nf the oil
shortly after The great stream anna laH
the drillers three pumps with q combined
capacity ~ ?5Jol barrels a day started
working az top speed pumping the OF
out 81 the ztimp holes and the of from this
gusher was III" first ~ enter Tho tanks
Cuilt nv the l35 independent Producers
u California. who have constructed their
own pipe l'u"r tO -ea Boz Gghf agafr.t
Standard oil.
The big we'll - due % mo ns-s,Stenry
~ a single mar 4 Discouraged bp4frl Of
directors three days hafors tha ctl,E.r
was struck decided 20 nut di1llIur
The order was given. bur the sIaerintaH.
dent. who had oOn lotions ~ n own
conveniently forgot q &c. drilled forty.
seven feet and the hit entered tuo Oh
sands
The drilling II the Ilseview gu.h.r
was started -oTcfhIng uyrs % year AGO
u was sail that th" drillers tUok stock q.
part pavmolt fo- tha,r work In any
event. when they had conc 10 Far % their
hnanoes woui carry 'h'm fusy turned
over half interest o. ne Union Ga
Company. the urges independent ON.
Germ IN california fu order 20 Est money
To finish the we'll and even then the worE
was finally ordered Discontinued That
half interest. Ohtsluoi ~ an expenditure
81 prOliably less than $3.50. j. TO-DAY
very value boz
A. has heen said. uith tho sxcaptlon ~
the famous Dos BoCas rusrDr ~ Tamp 20.
Mexico. the lnkeview well n hs..evod
10 ba 'hs greatest rusher he world has
known. When the TamuiC1 Rushsr came
n Ia a roaring volcano on july {. iVa
the gas almost immeditt"ly caught 4rc
frora the engine that Furnished tbs n1var
for drilling. The burning of oil aud clz
made a pillar 81 Gre about i0O rr,.t hieh
that was visible Tor more tuIn Igr rl.iss
At sea and burned c.ns'Iutl; frr af'v-
four days
The outpcur Of 81. uas tremendous
n bored n great hls q The earth into
which the boiler 10 o.. engine end tl.
iron tools Of tho dcrr.cs '''I Ultimately
the Tampicn gusa0' vas rIf out h~ orn-
trifugal pumps which hu.. let vast ..iaA.
titles ~ mud md water into the h4r,u~
volcano. tHu 10 ~ f1id t1 huv. cot more
than 81 80 90 ~ Dgr ON rAr rr.
The expense nav have lgru usoiass
long heio-H the famrs we're subdu.d
the well commenced f0 PRODUCE salt
water m great quantities. and whom fn.
FIRE was finally eNtmRuish-d the we'll
instead ~ houg n ten inch hole vac the
crater " rulcuUp four hundred
yarcs aCrnsa. producing 40 amount If
salt water estimated 10 800D O0O barrels
a day. There has been practically no
oil saved from this vel. aud several wals
drilled since in the immediate vicinity
have been laiiurna