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Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-25

level valley, the drill has shown intri-
cate structural geology. In some of the
fields, as in the Kern River and West
Side Coalinga fields, the structure is
simple and there are no pronounced
folds.
THE OIL ON TOP
Oil usually collects in porous beds of
sand or shale, near the highest point
on such beds. It is presumed that the
tendency to reach the top of the re-
ceptacle Is because it is supported by
water, which, owing to its greater spe-
cific gravity, seeks the lower level.
Where the strata are in the form
of an anticline or arch, the oil is
usually found near the top, water being
found lower down on each limb OF the
anticline preventing the escape OF the
oil Where the beds are found in one
continuous slope or monocline, the es-
cape is probably prevented by the
heavier constituents of the oil sealing
the beds near the surface. Oil is found
in commercial quantities in California
in many sorts of folds and occasionally
in anticlinal arches that have oeen
completely overturned.
By far the most common occurrences
are in the anticlines and monoclnes. A
he'd of imperViouS shale or clay Is us
ually to be found above and below the
stratum which carries the oil, prevent
ing its escape into other strata and
preventing water from reaching the
same bed. In the Santa Maria field
the oil is retained in beds of f1inty
shale, which, owing to their brittle
nature, were fractured, while the sur
rounding shales were folded but not
broken. such conditions are neces-
sarily not so uniform as Al region
where the oil is in a sandstone bed,
as the finty shales will not be frac-
turing has often permitted the escape
some localities we have a great thick
ness of sand impregnated with oil, but
owing to the lack of an impervious
Gaping the oil is not concentrated suf-
ficiently to allow wells to produce
likewise too great a degree of frac-
turing has often permitted the escape
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-25
The Story Of The United Oil Company

property, where the gas is used for
fuel. The United expects to pipe this
gas to other of its properties and
supply its neighbors with fuel in the
same way, thereby realizing several
thousand dollars month income 10
the company.
The second well on this property is
down about 900 feet and third ana
fourth we'll on this same property have
already been started and drlliing VIII
be rushed as rapidly as possible, which
will give the United Oil company
total of six rigs in operation. Others
will be started as rapidly as they can
be made ready, and January l, 1911,
should see the United Oil company
with more than double its present pro-
ductiOn.
1t has been demonstrated that a very
prolific oil sand underlying the gas
strata can be expected at from 3OO 70
400 feet, and as soon as other Wells
on this property reach the gas 1t VIII
be cased off and the wells completeu
in the oil sand at a depth of from
220O to 240O feet.
Most of the newspapers have devoted
a considerable space to the oVerpro-
duction of oil, lower prices, etc. we
wish to state for the benefit OF those
who are not better informed that
careful analysis of production and the
demand for oil would almost prove
concIusively that there is no overpro-
duction either in the state of Califor-
mia or elsewhere. The fact of the case
Is that the light oil production OF the
state is totally inadequate TO meet re-
finine necessities, and should lower
prices prevail it will only refer to low
gravity oil and not to the better grade
of oil produced by your company. The
United States today are heavy import
ers of gasoline and high grade illum-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-25
WILD HORSE RANCE
ATTRACTS ATTENTION
Region Southwest from Battle
Mountain Receives Sup
port of New Capital

Wild Horse range over in Lander
county, Nevada, has number OF prop
critics that are attracting attention.
One of the most promising properties
in that part of the state is the Hlder-
Nevada Copper company, which mas
domain of over 200 acres of mineral
lands situated twenty-five miles south
west of Battle mountain and six miles
from the Nevada Central railway. he
Gently ]. j. Droecher started 1ofce
of men on the o. X. claim.
There is a ninety-flve-foo incline on
this claim to the 300-foot level. 1t is
figured that the splphide zone Will be
reached by the work now started. Inc
shaft as far as it has been sunk mas
been entirely in vein matter which
has shown from 21A per cent to as high
as 40 per cent in copper carbonates:
The formation is lime, trachyte ana
basalt. This is cut by system Oh
veins which have been opened up on
the surface in numerous places in holes
from ten to thirty-five feet deep, all
in ore.
on the Bryan claim is 1S7-foot
shaft in ore which assays we'll in cop
per. From this is a thirty-foot drift
with a seven-foot face of copper ore
which assays IL per cent, and four rect
of 1t runs as high as 1853 per cent
showing a black oxide secondary en-
richment. Already there are lndlca-
tions in the Bryan shaft that the sui
phides are coming in. 1t is thought
that fifty feet more will see break
ing into this new character of ore.
Disinterested mining men who have
seen the Hider declare it has all the
earmarks of becoming one of the big
copper producers of the state of Ne,
Vada, as the numerous wide ore-beaf-
ing veins crossing the property show
a rich naturalization seldom seen even
in the most famous copper districts.
At every point where work has been
done on these great veins, and there
are numerous places all over the prop
erty, high grade copper has been found.
The ore from the surface down and
for a width of many feet seldom runs
below 21k per cent copper, while the
average is much higher.
There are several carloads of ship
ping ore on the various dumps, but
the intention is to make no shipments
until the property is FINANCIALLY able
to keep q force of men at work that
will justify continuous shipments.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-25

This gives the stock book value Of
S1.19 per share, and it is safe to as
sumo that with a fair speculative value
added the stock is worth at this time
considerably more than the above
figure.
Five wells have been completed and
are now producing about 10000 barrels
a month; five other wells are partly
completed and II other rigs on the
ground, which testify to the fact that
the United Oil company is doing
things. The company's property Is
equipped with four complete camps,
Including all necessary buildings,
boiler plants, storage tanks, oil lines,
water tanks, water lines, tools, teams
and everything necessary to carry on
a great work The United company
believes in looking after the comfort
Of it's employees, and with this in view
has equipped all its camps with prl-
yate lockers, baths and all the con-
veniences that go to make model
camp. IL r-..t4
on Saturday, September 3, the Unit
cd purchased 400 acres Of additional
nroved territory in the North Midway
field. OF this purchase the California
oil World of Bakersfield has this to
say: Co.,
"The United Oil company on satur-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-25
Not a Romance but a Plain
Statement of Facts

about monopoly and immense
to d
splendid successa
enterprise not so nucn
experience Judgneh"
honesty confidence and support of its stock
of mohths hdue
this company a oil business of California
ampbe company wen
OIL under
shares par Vaue OIL
share
THE limited company promotion scheme but for the
dividends ana II was 'e ann
recors and of salary to make one
Just hVe months from
OF s
their property usu
a present po
dividends huch o
' the Stan
we'll it! Is not snort Oh
and in Ve months
annunn over
the statement that ue
United business popo9'o' 'u' "0 lN"e ~
the 0 statement
The beginning of month found The United Oil Company
with the following resources
improvements ........".'''''' 19S'4ooll
Cash and Accounts Receivable. lo232oA
Making Our Total Assets. ...........' .Sl5So75532
Liabilities:
Property '@II''o''''
Bills Payable Io4oo'of
Total (and bis) $3l73987
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-25

crushed and pulverized to an impalp-
able powder and only an occasional
recognizable fragment of a diatom can
be found. The shale is nearly pure
silica and is sometimes chemically al
tered to flint. The flint is usually con-
fined TO certain horizons of the shale
body and in at least one district has
an important relation to the petroleum
production. Diatomaceous shale Is
usually white and if often mistaken
for chalk 1t varies in color from white
to chocolate brown, and in texture from
a soft powder to hard flint. The soft
powder is used considerably for polish
ing.
OIL IN SHALES
That the oil of California has its
origin in such shales there is little rea-
son to doubt. They are made up in
such a proportion of these skeletons
that an immense amount of organic
material must have been contained
therein. What was the process which
altered the material into petroleum is
not definitely known, but there are
several ways it could have been ac-
complished by natural distillation.
The structure of the rocks has
most important bearing upon their oil
productiveness. The coast ranges have
been subjected to an immense amount
of folding, fracturing and erosion, and
were the rocks of sufficient hardness
to resist erosion the coast ranges would
far exceed the Alps for rugged grand
eur. The rocks are, however, usually
soft and between each uplift erosion
and later deposition have done their
work. and on account of the usual
cover of soil the geoogist must often
search in the watercourses and road
cuts for evidence of some of the tre-
mendous changes that have taken
place Often in a region where the
surface Is fiat the drill will show the
underlying beds to be sharply crum-
pied and faulted, to be later covered
by a formation which has not itself
been disturbed. An instance of this is
the Salt Lake field of Los Angeles
county, where under a comparatively
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-25

of the oil, thus accounting for the
fact that 1t Is often impossible to get
a paying we'll near great surface eXu-
dations. 1t was long considered by
early eastern biologists that a great
quantity of oil would not be produced
south of San Francisco on account or
the greatly disturbed condition OF the
oil bearing beds. 10 being thought that
the broken strata had allowed the es-
cape of the petroleum.
DIFFERENCE IN VALLEYS
It is often asked why oil is not pro-
duced in the Sacramento as well as in
the San Joaquin valley, as topographi-
cally they are a unit and 1t would seem
reasonable to expect the same geologi-
ca, conditions. To understand why
conditions are as dissimilar 1t Is neces-
sary to review the history of the coast
ranges and the twos valleys during
tertiary time, for it is to the tertiary
that we look for our greatest produc-
tion to come, though there are some
unprospected indications in cretaceous
rocks which may yet be developed
successfully.
During the early tertiary or eocene,
practically all of the San Joaquin and
Sacramento valleys comprised an area
of the sea which had connections with
the Pacific near San Francisco bay and
near Ventura. The coast ranges south
of San Francisco bay, which had been
a series of islands during cretaceous
times, were still islands, though upllft-
ed to some extent. At one locality,
Coalinga, the conditions were favorable
for the deposition of diatomaceous
shales during a part of eocene times.
over other parts of the eocene sea the
deposit consisted of conglomerates,
sandstones and earthly shales. Only
remnant of that deposit along the base
of the Sierra is to be found, but 1t is
probable that the eocene sea once bor-
dered the entire western base of the
Sierra Nevada, except the extreme
north end.
1t Is probable that, except in the re-
gion of the Coast range islands, the
sea was shallow and conditions favor
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-25

inants. and we do not feel that any
company producing oil of p gravity OF
above has any reason to worry ABOUT
the future price OF oil. A.,
Including their recent purchase the
United Oil company now owns anu
controls $40 acres of ground In tne
North Midway field, located in SIX an
ferent sections. OF this 54O acres ls
rieht in the heart of the big .gusher
section adjoining the American OIL
fields. the Pioneer Midway and the
Santa Fe companies.
Much of the success of the United
Oil company can be attributed to its
president, Mr.. C. F. Whittier. Mr..
Whittier is a pioneer oil man of the
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-25
ing Oil Sands and Formations in California

was probably dry land during this
period.
From this we can see that in only
two formations does it seem possible
that source of oil will be found In
Northern California, form the creta-
ceous and from the Monterey. From
the Monterey we have the greatest por-
ton of our production south of Car
uuinez straits.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-25
GOOD AND EVIL

Nothing is truly good to a man
which does not make him just tem-
perate, courageous and free, and moth
ing can be evil to man which,. Hoes
not give him the contrary disposition.
Marcus AureliuS.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-11
A|R-sH|P VICTIM
EXPECTED To DIE
Crowd Covers Track and Pre-
vents Safe Landing of
Machine.

ASBuRy PARK. ". T., August ii.
AT the local hospital It was stated
to-day that there u little hope for
the recovery OF George Barnett. one
OF the victims Of last nights aero
plane accident lie has 3 fractured
skull. dislocated hip and Internal In
jurtes. Walter BrookinA whose ma
chine caused the accident, and the
remaining six victims are rextinR
easily and all will recover. Brooktns
Is In the home of Archibald Fells at
Hayhead. His nose Ia broken and his
body badly bruised. but the electors
said to-day he Was mot Internally in
jured.
Hrookins repeated to-day that the
fall was due entirely 10 the fact that
sha tried TO avoid striking q Eroup az
spectators as he descended. He wnula
have landed safely had the field been
clear. he said, and he blamed the local
club for not protecting the syiators
by keeping the crowd under control.
His machine IL so badly wrecked that
1t cannot be repaired. but he has or
dered a now one from the factory and
win make other fjghts bafors the
present meeting enda
The accident has not worried the
other aviators. H0xey ana Johnptona.
who plan to go UP late hissafternoon
In race against time for ten miles.
landing within 20 foot square.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-11
MRS GATES CASE
GOES OVER AGAIN
Her Counsel Not Present the
Hearing is Deferred Til
Next Wednesday.

II
Mrs. l.. b. Gates who is charged
BY the police with being q suspicious
character, suspected Of defrAudipg
many merchants out OF merchandise,
was in police court Thursday morning
ana for the second time yne case was
continued. Attorney beverly T. crunip
not being able to attend. Mrs. Gates
has employed three lawyers. Messrs.
Crump. Pollock and Barrett, the first
named being tho senief counsel in the
case.
Representatives from mere than a
score of business firms in Richmond
were present ready to testify and 1t
was thought the case would consume
several hours. Mr.. III. N. Smith. Jr,
Is counsel for the merchants. indi-
vfdually, The Retail Merchants As
ISOLATION has taken a. determined ae-
ton against Mrs. Gates, all of tbs
merchants working simply AZ witt
nesses. The responsibility for the
arrest IS with the police dspa rtment
10 which complaint had been made
by many merchants.
Mira Gates was baiied for her ap-
pearance on the seventeenth. She
furnished the bond. Attorney Barrett
becoming surety for her. 1t is alleged
that She ordered goods from different
nr1ns and did not pay for the ar
ticles. sending them to her home G..
Q. u. and later moving from one
mousse to another. However. there
Is no specific charge against her.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-11
TRIES TO ESCAPE;
KICKS REPORTER
---a~-
Alleged Slayer of Alma Kellner
Tries to Get Away at
Alvey.

ST. LOUIS, MO. August IT,
Joseph Vending. alleged slaycer OF
little Alma Keilner. of Louisville, KY.
made an attempt to escape from Chief
OF Detectives Carney while being
taken from the train at Olney, Ill.
according to dispatches received here
day The train from ST. Louis
reached Oiney at & A.. NJ. and eHrnsy
had arranged for an automobile to
meet him therein which. II is sup
posed he intended to complete the
trip to Kentucky. When Carney
started to leave the train. Vending
resisted and In the melee kicked Dan
Walsh, reporter for the Louisville
CONFECTIONERY. on the platform OF
the car. Walsh was not seriously In
jnred.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-11
CONVICTION HANGS
ON HIS CONFESSION
DIR. Crippen Only One Who Can
Establish Identity of Body
Found in Cellar.
SIGNS OF OPERATIONS
Experts Announce After Five
Hours Conference That Re-
mains Are Those of Woman.

LONDON. Aug. 1i.--After a. five
hours examination of the evidence
that will be submitted when the eoro-
ner's investigation into the supposed
murder OF Belle Gilmore Crippen Is
resumed. experts have decided, ac-
oording Ito a statement by the press
association to-day, that the body now
being held at the coroner's ONCE ID
that OF woman, and that she had
undergone an operation before death
This conclusion Is In keeping with
the statement cabled the London
Chronicle by its Quebec correspond
ent last week. that Crippen had IN
timated TO the authorities that his
wife died from the effects OF an OPP
Grafton which he performed on her.
The experts found nothing in the
evidence to disclose the identity OF
the body. and the belief Is growing
that the identity can never be estab-
lished without confession from DR.,
III. Fl. crippen, the husband OF Belle
Elmore Crippen. who, with Ethel
Clare Leneve. his typist. Ia under ar
rest in Quebec.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-11
T|DENAIER CONVENTION
THROUGH WITH WORK
Officers Chosen With Mr.. IL.
Hill, of Richmond, Presi-
dent.
lSpecial 10 The RichIhond Yirginian

Especial to The Richmond virginian. J
HAMPTON, VA. Aug. 1.-THE
concluding days session Of the Tide
water District Convention Of the
Church OF Christ was called to or
der at 10 o'clock this morning, with
E. L .Groseclose and e. L.. Griffith
conducting devotional service and
President j. L. Hill presiding. Re-
ports Of the various committees were
read and adopted. The following Of
fcers We're elected for the coming
year. President. ]. l.. Hill. Of Rich
mond: Secretary, r.. c. Hawkins. Of
Richmord: Treasurer. S. E. Bates. Jr..
Richmond: Superintendent of Bible
School. Gerald Cuiberson; Richmond
Christian Endeavor. w. w. Ford. OF
Norfolk; J. T. 7. Hundley. Norfolk;
E. L. firoseclose. Newport News: w.
w. Ware. Richmond: J. c.. Neale,
Richmond.
Mr.. ]. L. Hill conducted a round
table tn Bible school work. Many
superintendents and teachers partici-
pated in the discussion OF the serious
problem OF their work.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-11
HELD BY FLOODS
MANY STARVING
Great Suffering in Japanese En-.
pire Resulting From Con-
tinued Rain.
TRAINS HAVE TO STOP
Hundreds of People Water Bound
and in Need of Something
to Eat.

TOXIC. August fi.--Reports from
all over the empire indicate that the
devastation resulting from the recent
unprecedented rainfall is growing
hourly worse and the casualties will
be very heavy. Thousands OF houses
have been submerged and railway
traffic Is practically parniyxed every
where. In many districts the tnhabi-
tants are facing absolute starvation
because supplies cannot be sent to
them.
Two trains on the Tokaido railway
fthe government national highway
raiiroad) are stalled at Kanaya sta
ton and their 700 passengers are with
out provisions and have no way oi
getting them. Three hundred and fifty
passengers are stalled In a train near
Horronouchi and the SEQ inhabitants
OF Shimada and Shidauoka are with
out food and shelter. In Hoshinki q
large number of persons have eough,
refuge from the foods In the Buddhist
temple and are actually starving.
worse fate awaits thirteen engineers
who were sent TO Karuiqua yesterday
An embankment OF the Rukugo river
on which they were working caved In
-entnuahing the engineers
The city OF Toxic Ia practically
fsolated from the rest OF the en- ptre
The region between here and Yoke
hama is one big sea OF mud while the
city OF Takasakia Is practically moth
Ing but a lake. Every house In that
city ts submerged.
In Toxic all the low lying district,
have been inundated and the water
to-day was rising a foot an hour. The
damage In Toxic alone viii be enor-
nous
Reports came from all parts OF
Japan to-day showing disastrous land
slides resulting from the floods which
have caught many persons In their
paths greatly increasing the lists OF
dead and injured.
To-day's weather predictions are
for clear weather.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-11
CHARLTON CASE
AGAIN POSTPONED
If Italian Demand is Not Forth
coming Commission Will
Be Asked.

JERSEY CITY. August 1l.--To-day
was the day set for the formal ar
raiSnment Of Porter Charlton. held
In the Hudson county Jail ~ . fugi-
tive from justice. pending extradition
proceedings by Italy. but under an
agreement Of attorneys the case has
been postponed until September 20,
Assistant Prosecutor Mccarthy In
timated to-day that the county ply
stefan has had Charlton under close
surveillance and that II Italy does
not press . demand for Charlton by
September 20. tho prosecutor will.
acting on tho report of the physician.
request the appointment OF an in
sanity commission.
1t In und erstood that the prisoners
relatives Will make no effort to- kspe
him out OF the mad house.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-11
INDIANAPOLIS POLICEMAN.
ON VISIT TO RICHMOND

Policeman Charles Straass,r OF the
Indianapolis ffnd. J" department.. spent
several hours tn Richmond Thursday.
He called at headquarters an fwas en-
tertained by the plain clothes men .un-
I'll the departure OF his train in the
afternoon. The hluecoat was return
Ing to his home from Norfolk. having
taken navy deserter from Indianapo-
lis to Norfolk. 1t was his first trip
through the South and he said ne
hope dhe would capture mora deHerters
and be able to take moreA trips.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-11
HANGS HIMSELF
WITH BEDFORD
Ends His Life While Family is
Getting Supper-Neck is
Broken.

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
RALEIGH, n. c.. August 1l.--C. w.
Young, general merchandise broker
OF this city. committed suicide yes
terday BY hanging himself. He had
been In III health for several years,
While the family was busy about sup
per he tied q BEDFORD around his neck.
attached the other end to the top OF
the door hinge and jumped from his
chair. Death resulted from q broken
neck. He is survived by his wife and
seven children.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-11
misunderstood THE LAW;
PHYSICIAN GETS OFF

Especial to The Richmond virginian. j
IYNCHBURG, VA, August IL
The case of Health Onlccr Perrow
against physician OF the city for
improperly fiiling out 4 birth csrtifi-
cate under the new health laws. was
dismissed this morning In the police
court.
The dismissal was due TO tech
nfcality based on Observation-Disclosures
or the law by DR.. Perrow. He a.
serted, however. that he proposes to
bring up every offending physician In
the future.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-11
GIRL Stays MAN WHO
HAD WRONGED HER

PITrsBURG. PA. Aug. 1l.--Alles-
ing that he had wronGed her, Cath
crime Botti. 10 years old. alipped up
behind Pasauale Bolpe, 10 years old,
and struck him on the head with an
axe here to-day. He waH almost de-
capitated and died shortly afterwards.
The girl was arrested.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-11
CAR CUTS HAIR OFF
PHOSPHATE MANS HEAD

TARRYTowN. N. r.. Aug. H.
Missing death by hair was literally
true In the case OF Charles Lewis
or brentwood, N. r, who fell while
running TO catch = tratns His arm
was cut OF by the wheels of the rear
car when his foot slipped on the step.
His head foil against : rail and the
whasls OF the car cut on the rim 81
his hat and Locks Of his hair. h
was ssnt TO the hospital aud WIN ~