Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06
OIL MEN STUDY
WATER PROBLEM
WILL SAFEGUARD AGAINST
DAMAGE TO WELLS
SECTION SIX, coALINGA, NEEDS
PROTECTION
Committee Is Instructed to Employ a
GeoIogist, and Logs Will Be Made
PubIic-creditors Attach
Esperanza Property

COALINGA, Feb. 5.-At the meet
ing of the oil men interested in SILL
it was decided to appoint a commit
tee of three to study the water ques-
ton and report at an early date. The
committee comprises James Robert
son, Clyde Martin and Jack Brown. 1t
was decided to hire a practical man
as an adviser, and it will be his duty
to go to the wells at any time called
and if necessary help shut off the
water for them.
They also decided to have made
double cross section and are making
arrangements to have it made by
competent geologist. 1t was decided
to make the logs public for any one
operating in the section and to give
them all the assistance possible.
The matter of shutting off the water
is very important question here, ana
this movement will mean more to this
part of the field than anything else
that has been done, and it will prob
ably mean the saving Of a good many
wells.
E. E. Calvin, general manager of the
Southern Pacific and president of the
X. T. & o. company; q. L. Dumbell,
vice president of the K. 7. & O., and
Mr.. RhoadeS of the Southern Pacific
are in the field looking over the inter-
ests of the company.
The Little Jumbo Oil company, 81
20-15. is down 725 feet in SiXteen-lnch
pipe and reports everything in first
class condition. The Little Jumbo has
taken a lease on about ten acres just
south of the schoolhouse in the south
ern part of town for twenty years.
The lease calls for a one-eighth roy
atty and drilling will not have to start
until next year. Two years to drill
the territL after work is actually
begun is one of the requirements.
At a meeting of the creditors of the
Esperanza Land and Oil company
Thursday afternoon it was decided to
file a joint attachment against the
property of the company. Claims
amounting to $4,000 were placed with
George K. Anderson.
1t had been known for some time
that all was not well in the circles of
the Esperanza Land and Oil company.
Reaches $50 Feet
The Goodluck Oil company, section
22-19-15 is $50 feet deep on well No. 3.
This company has two producing wells
and is under contract to the Asso-
ciated for all of its production for
some time.
The Azores Oil company, section 26-
21-l5, is 3175 feet deep in sandy shale.
The indications are not encouraging at
this writing. This well is on the west
slope of the Jacalitos anticline, and
well within the measures, as delineated
by the United States geological sur
Vey The well will be drilled to $500
feet if necessary.
NJ. L. Requa of the Nevada Petro-
leum company has Joined e. E. Stowe
and a syndicate of San Francisco and
Oakland bankers in a lease on 800
acres of probable Oil land in the east
ern edge of San Benito county, about
six miles northwest of Coalinga.
The 800 acres leased are on the As
hurst ranch, and the syndicate is said
to have secured options on 1900 acres
additional, which will be exercised if
oil is found in payable quantities.
The Union Oil company has oper-
ated some in this section, without sue
cess but the syndicate is willing to
take a chance on the land described
after a thorough examination by ge-
ologists.
S. A. Guiberson, jr., will organize a
company to operate the north eighty
acres of section 32-19-15, lying north
of the Empire property. H. A. Whit
ley and Mr.. Guiberson own the land.
The plans for the new company have
not been fully cryStalliZed; the owners
may decide upon a close corporation.
The Hub Oil company, section %
21-15, is over 1900 feet deep and has
gone into about fifteen feet of sand
that shows a little trade of Oil under
alcohol test.
The Elsinore Oil company in the
Kettleman hills is down 600 feet and
expects to reach the sands at 2S00.
The Silver Tip Oil company has
made out the checks for the third di-
vision of 10 cents share, amounting
to $7500. Well No. 1 maintains its
usual production, and the company is
making progress in drilling No. 2.
The Nevada Petroleum company has
rigs for wells No. and No. COM
pleted on section 30-20-15; is in the oil
sand with we'll No. s, section 30-20-15;
has completed rig for well No. 2 on
section 1S-2O-15. This property is kept
up in a businesslike manner.