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The San Francisco call., 1910-03-20
CALIFORNIA
Sierra Strikes

An excellent strike was made in the
Twenty-one mine at Allegheny recent
ly. The Twenty-One location covers
both the Sixteen TO One and the Tight
= er veins. The tunnel was run on the
sixteen TO one ledge and on that vein
a shoot 100 feet long has been discov-
mill an average of $40 per ton.
A crosscut was then run 10 the
Tightner vein. which was tapped some
go feet below the lower tunnel in the
Tightner mine. It was in this vein
that the latest strike was made.
The vein viii average Two feet IN
width with 10 TO is inches Of decidedly
high grade ore on one or the walls,
which are serpentine hanging and
amphibioite foot. The entire ledge Is
highly inpregnated with rich arsenlcal
sulphurets and coarse free gold ana
The rock IS of the ribbon variety.
Where the strike was made there is
fully 500 feet OF backs, according to
the pitch of the vein, and several for
tunes lie between the roof of the tun-
mel and the surface, 10 say nothing
z bout what is underneath.
The many croakers who have always
insisted that no ledge in Sierra county
went down" and carried its values
have received q severe jolt this week.
The recent strike in the Standard mine
$50 feet below the surface, together
with the rich strike in the Twenty-one
al Alleghany over 240 feet below the
2 doubt that the veins go down ana
carry at last equal values. The deep
est mine in Sierra county today is the
Alaska at Pike City, about 500 feet
from the surface. The county is credit
ed with a production of some S2OO,OOo,-
of the ground alone.-DoWnleNllIe
Messenger.
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Alamo Dividends

Inquiries for Goldfield Alamo better
known as the Lucky Boy, controlled by
stock is quoted at 70 cents without find
ing any Offering. II is reported that
the company is contemplating a second
dividend which may be raised to 5
cents The first and only dividend of
the company paid last month was at the
rate of cents share-Goldfield Trib-
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OIL WELLS IN CALIFORNIA
PROVING TO BE BONANZAS
Offers of Millions for Some of the Big Gushes in the South Are
Refused by the Companies Owning the Properties

There was from the O.
reports sof k here and theean and wa
o o o in
il
~ coming d barrels
H o d o interest amogh the oil wells ii
h refused sh for heehrehdc o lie company pn ere
OF IN re p wells o on
d proc wells
p las u uaqmrd Oo o oil Ian Pyramid
"
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These tunans lat H remarked edchvty heon nd
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Refners to Increase Price

Nine California oil refiners met in
Bakersfield recently at the invitation
of T. H. Liscomb of the Producers re-
ing the initial step toward organizing
along the lines of the independent oil
producing agencies. the chief object
being to get higher prices for refined
products than now exist in the state
A0ppleS Hera Id
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Whittier-CampbeII Purchase

The Whittier-C Campbell company pur-
chased 10 acres of oil land In the SOUTH
east quarter of section "A, North Mid
way, yesterday, and 60 acres in the Nc
kittrick field, which has a production
of 5000 barrels month from four
wells. Immediately after the purchase
the Whittier Campbell company incor-
porated for the purpose of developing
the ground purchased.
The 40 acres purchased adjoins the
United oil property on the north and is
In the section cornering section 3u
where the Mays well has made such "a
wonderful showing.
1t is said the Midway Central oil COM
pany will pay dividends of 1ac a share
Immediately from the production of
the McKittrick property, and in this
way stock holders will be receiving re-
turns from their investment while the
deep wells contemplated are being
drill led-I1nS Angeles Herald.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-20
Standard Wants to Buy

The ever increasing activity in the
Ventura county fields has aroused the
Standard oil company to the possibili-
ties of the district, and representatives
have been approaching operators in the
Santa Paula field and negotiating for
their production under contract
The Standard plans to put in pipe
line to the western part of the field and
take both light and heavy oils
Fortune still favors the Standard oil
company. Section 80 at Midway, whereon
is the biggest gusher in the history of
Kern county oil fields, is to become the
property of the Standard for S160O0O,
or $3.50 an acre. 1t is conceded the big
well has now made the property worth
five times that amount.-Los Angeles
Herald
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Midway Production

careful estimate has been made
of the production of the several COM
panies in the Midway field at the pres
ent time. and the result is 500 900 bar
rels a month. This does not include
any production that belongs in MARI
copa territory.
The Standard will probably bring in
a great producer soon in well No. on
section 80. On March l 1t made a
showing of 1900 barrels.
On section % the Standard has an
other well down 1000 feet that prom
ises to be a gusher.-Los Angeles
Herald
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-20
Big Bid for Central Oil

At a meeting of the directors of the
Central oil company Saturday last it
was stated that the officers had refused
a cash offer of S2,5O0,000 for the entire
holdings of the company.
This comprises . ,2S0 acres of oil land
in the Whittier field, on which there
are 50 producing wells. The output of
one of these wells, amounting to 1900
barrels of high gravity oil a day, is sold
to the Standard oil company at S1.15 a
barrel.
The company also owns its pipe lines,
water rights and all other things neces-
rigs have been purchased recently and
certain development work will be pros
ecuted. w. w Neuer is president of the
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Great Oil Stream

A telephone message from Superin-
tendent Hall of the United oil COM
pany,- North Midway, last night said
at the remarkable rate of $4,000 bar
rels a day. Hall says the stream
measured when he saw it 5 feet wide
and 1 foot deep, and is the greatest
thing that has ever happened in the
north Midway field.--Los Angeles Her
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OiIfieIds Flow 1000 Barrels

another big well last week. This is No.
So on section 27, 1915. 1t was esti-
mated to be producing at 1000 barrel
clip The oil is about "a gravity. Two
other wells of the California oilfields
nave been producing around the 1,00u
barrel mark for a long time, one of
them nearly four years.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-20
Asphalt Factions May Merge

At a meeting of the representatives
office of DR.. T. II. Liscomb, president
of the Producers refining company of
Kern river field, March l, at Bakers
field, selling agency was discussed.
The result was the naming of the Kern
river representa- tives as q committee
to devise a plan of organization sim
liar to that of the Independent oil
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Declares Dividend

The directors of the Twenty five oil
company have declared the first divi-
dend to stock holders, % cents share
and with the big contract with the AS
sociated, dividends are assured for a
time at least. The contract in ques-
tion calls for the delivery of 10000
barrels at so cents a barrel.-Los An
Id
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-20
Palmer Deal

What is probably one of the largest
and most important deals in the his
tory of the Cat canyon field has just
been consummated The deal en-
braces 160 acres of the Blochman lease
of the Howerton ranch, 40 acres ad-
joining the Howerton lease, four acres
of the Post property, and embraces in
all $40 acres. The company taking
over these leases was organized some
months ago and is known as the Palmer
Extension oil company. The company
has been successfully financed in Los
Angeles and these properties have been
bought outright.
The Palmer Extension will exploit
about 240 acres of the west end of
the old Mission holdings on the William
Rice tract, lying between the Los Ala
mos petroleum lands and the Palmer
gusher. The lands embraced in this
deal are considered by many as being
the cream of the remaining lands in
the Cat canyon district.
Already 100000 shares of the Palmer
Extension stock have been taken and
900 more bid for. AS soon as finan-
cial settlements are made the company
will take over half of the Blochman
royalties in the Palmer wells already
in existence and all wells to be brought
in-IOS Angeles Herald
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Florence Operations

The entire battery of 40 stamps is
pounding on ore, and the other depart
ments are now keeping up with the
work without a hitch. From $50 to 10
tons are being treated every day, and a
recovery of 20 per cent of the values
being made on the stamps and by
cyanide, the balance being shipped in
the concentrates.-Gold Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-20
American Acquires IA

The American Oilfields has taken
leases on the whole of section IA, the
southwest quarter of Is and the south
half of 10 and the south half of II, all
every quarter and a water pipe line is
now being laid from Santiago creek.
Derricks are being erected and rigs
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Strike at Mason

4 general stampede took place yes
terday from both Mason and Yerin gton
70 the scene of rich gold strike made
10 miles south of Mason.
Prospectors uncovered immensely
rich ore. both gold and siiver-lead- In
coming prospectors from the scene of
me strike last night brought in samples
Of rock carrying high values in all
three metals
The ore resembles that of the Lucky
Boy and Mountain King properties west
of hawthorne. Reports brought in b.
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.unIumne Notes

Five Of the 20 stamps at the recon-
sr1.llcted Dutch mill We're dropped yes
ferday on the ore stored in the bins.
This was done 10 try out the machinery
10 have everything in readiness Tor
continued milling which viii be begun
in a few weeks.
The Draper Is showing up a splendid
body OF ore in the 500 level. The good
rock was exposed in the south DRIFT
The brea king of a cam shaft has hung
irp the mill until repairs can be made,
prOba bly, for 10 days.
The Hite Cove mine in Mariposa
county viii shortly resume operations.
This well known property has in the
past produced fortunes. but has been
closed down for number Of years
Sonora Union Democrat.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-20
Standard Oil Company

Well No in section 30-32-S4 is hold
ing up well in production. At last ac-
of about 5000 barrels per day. 1t has
been going at this rate quite steadily
for the last week or more. This COM
pany Is starting number of new
weIlS-Oil Age Weekly
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CoaIinga Mohawk Is In

The Coalinga Mohawk well No. l, or
II. 2G-15, southeast of the w. X oil
company was brought in last week and
is gushing about 40 feet over the tor
of the derrick. 1t is as big a gusher as
the celebrated Silver Tip.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-20
Ore Grande Mine Sold

4 company of eight Stockton physi-
cans has Just bought from the Strobe
brothers the ore Grande mine on Cof-
fee creek Trinity county The pur-
chase price is over $4,000. and a sub
stantial payment has been made. Henry
/. Cleary- of Stockton negotiated the
deal and he viii take charge of the
mine on April 15.-Yreka Journal
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-20
THE OIL WELLS
Production in 1909

The United States geological survey
furnishes the following estimate of the
production of petroleum in the United
States in 1908 and 1903, by oil fields:
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Oil for the Navy

At the meeting of the California oil
producers at Bakersfield March | steps
were taken to have the government
buy for use in the navy the storage oil
now on hand in the state A resolu-
tion was adopted asking congress to
pass a bill providing for the purchase
storage in Oklahoma and to purchase
all or part of the storage in California
that might accumulate in the future
The oil held in storage in Oklahoma
end elsewhere by the Standard oil COM
pany is used as a club to effect low
prices and the producers believe that
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Red Ledge Strike

Word comes from Washington that
the Williamson brothers and Clyde
Cole had made another important strike
in the Red Ledge mine, which is situ-
sted two miles above that town.
The owners of the property are en-
gagged in ground sluicing the surface
groupings of the big ledge, and few
dsys ago they uncovered some excep-
tionally rich and handsome pieces of
quartz
It is said that the specimens are
fully as rich as those taken out during
the last few years. Some of them
run IS and $40, being small, but con-
tanning. more gold than quartz.-Grass
VALLEY 1-ninn
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Mascot Gets Large Bid

1t is reported that the Mascot oil COM
pany controlled by Timothy Spellacy.
has been offered s2,50O,000 for its %
steady producers.
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Majestic Deal Closed

The option recently given by the Ma
jestic oil company on 120 acres of it's
holdings in the west half of section
cepted and the initial payment of
$3.50 paid. The total price to be paid
is S142,000. The holdings of the Com
pany consist in all of 160 acres, but 40
acres is being retained.
By this arrangement the stock hold
ers of the Majestic oil company will be
paid dollar for dollar the money they
put into the company, besides the 40
acres aQd considerable cash profit-Oil
Age Weekly.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-20

General st, Clair A. Mulholland. who
died in his home in Philadelphia Feb
ruary Il, had an eventful and honor
able career. His record is too crowded
with adventure and duty well per-
formed TO be recited here.
At the breaking out of the civil war
he Joined the One hundred and Six
teenth regiment of Pennsylvania vol
unteers, which was attached to Mea-
gher's Irish brigade, in which he was
commissioned lieutenant colonel when
he was only % years of age. Among
the innumerable enga gements in which
he participated, winning promotions
and honors, were Charleston and Ash
bys gap, Va. and Fredericksburg,
where ne was severely wounded in the
gallant attack on Mareys heights.
In the battle of charlottesville he
led his regiment and distinguished
himself by saving the guns of the
Fifth Maine battery, which had been
abandoned to the enemy. In this cam
paign he was selected by General Han
cock to command the picket line of the
Second corps. and while performing
this duty he covered the retreat of the
army of the Potomac from ChancelIors-
vile across the Rappahannock.
In the battle of the Wilderness he
was again wounded. For his gallant
conduct on this occasion he was made
brevet brigadier general. In the bat
tie of Pc river he was wounded for the
third time. Again, at the battle of
Tolpotomoy he was dangerously
wounded by a musket ball.
He filled many positions of trust and
usefulness after the war up to the day
of his death. He was chairman of the
committee to provide for the erection
of a monument to Father Corby on the
field of Gettysburg.
Ho Wing Lee, Chinese youth of ex-.
ceptional ability and a nephew of WI
Ting Fang. the former Chinese minister
to this country, was received into the
Catholic church at St. Pauls Washing
ton, d. c.. a few weeks ago, taking the
name of Francis 4>avier.
The new convert was born in Hong
kong, where his father is a distin-
guished and wealthy merchant in
1894. and he has been in this country
studying for the last two years. He
was to return to his native city, and
next year he expects to go to Oxford.
in which university his father was also
q student.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-20
Ethel D Oil Company

After cleaning out well No. 3, which
came in gushing at the rate of several
thousand barrels per day, it started off
ability it will ultimately go off to
about the same production as No l.
The latter is now on the beam and do
ing about 400 barrels. No. is still
troubled with sand and produces only
spa pasmotlicallY.-Oil Age Weekly
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-20
Eight Oil Sells Land

Eight oil company has sold the south
half of the. south half of S231-23. Mid
way district, for S25,600. The pur-
chasers are William Capwell s. ID.
McGilvrey of Seattle, Clarence j. Berry
of Los Angeles, f. Burke of Dawson,
Alaska, and II. II. Hart of Coalinga-
The new property, which adjoins the
Crandall well on section 81. will be de
Welcomed dos Angeles Herald
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-20
Pyramid Deal

G. S. Johnson has returned after a
week spent in the Midway oil fields in
the interest of the Pyramid oil COM
pany. of which he is president
While in the land of gushers John
son consummatej one of the biggest
deals recently made in the Midway
field, acquiring for the Pyramid com
pany 1900 acres of ground in proxim-
ity TO the Honolulg gusher, which came
duction of 90 gravity oil.
While in Midway Johnson also ac-
quired for the Pyramid company, a 20
year lease on 20 acres of proved oil
ground in section 26-31-22, North Mid
way, between the Amber and Santa Fe
wells and about mile from the Mays
gusher, which came in a few days ago
with production of $4,000 barrels a
q A n
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Independent Oil Reaches Coast

Officials of the Produce transporta-
tion company and the Union oil com
pany gathered at Avila on the Pacific
coast last week to witness the opening
of the pipe line. The first oil was run
through the pipe, marking the COM
pletion of the pipe line and the begin
ming of the Independent producers as
buyers and marketers of oil
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Railroad Oil Investments

The Southern Pacific company was
interested in oil on large scale for
100000 acres of oil lands in Mexico,
described in a recent dispatch. This
railroad is producing several thousand
barrels of oil day from its own wells
and If has hardly. begun to prospect
Like the Atchison, it looks upon oil
the future. when fuel in the western
country may be even scarcer and more
expensive than it is now.
engines perhaps 10000 barrels of oil
day; il produces less than half that
amount, buying the rest.
A year ago the Southern California
region was producing 5000 barrels a
day in excess of consumption; now
consumption has overhauled produc-
ton and the latter has not greatly in
creasing steadily.
Probably the extent of oil deposits
on Southern Pacific's 100000 acres of
land is not very accurately known,
even to the management of the road
but it is getting the preliminary ex-
ploration done as cheaply as possible
scattered sections of land where oil is
supposed to be. Thus, with oil located
at three points of a triangle. there is
a reasonable. prospect that all the land
within the lines connecting the pro-
ducing spots bears oil.
Men who are familiar with the oil
deposits of California and Texas say
that it is probably conservative to esti-
mate the value of Southern Pacific's
oil lands at 100000 900.
Atchison has invested and is invest
ing an aggregate of about $1,000 900 in
oil properties and these are estimated
to be worth today between SIS. 900 900
and $50 100000. Like the Southern Pa
cific, the Atchison is buying the larger
part Of its fuel oil requirements, which
run up to 100000 barrels a year. al
though it could easily produce the
whole quantity at once if it so de-
sired it is said
To say that oil is the fuel of the fu-
ture in the southwest would be under
stating the fact. Today it is cheaper
to use than coal It's only real COM
petitor is water power, and that only.
within the restricted areas of its avail
ability. Doubtless much more oil land
Will be developed in the next ten or
twenty years than is now known to
exist, particularly in Mexico.-Los An
geles Herald.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-20
Oiai Pays a Dividend

The Ojai Valley petroleum company
paid its third dividend last week.
This dividend was l per cent and
makes total of 8 per cent paid since
last November.
The company is operating in the
Ojai valley of Ventura county, and in
section 81 of the Kern river oil field.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-20
MAYS Well Is Capped

The Mays well in section 80, North
Midway which broke loose last week,
startling the natives with flow of
oil averaging $4,000 barrels a day, has
at last been capped.
The sump hole at the Mays well was
filed in less than an hour after the
gusher broke loose last week The sump
has capacity of 5000 barrels.
When it could hold no more oil from
the great well it flowed a distance of
two miles down the canyon and was
wasted.
When the well broke loose the stream
of oil shot up 400 feet into the air.
The Mays company has sold its pro-
duction to the Standard oil company on
daily runs at So cents. The marketing e
company is laying pipe line to, the
producing will run off the OIL
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-20
Honor For Father Of
Americana EpiSCOp0tc
Monument for Bishop Walmesley to Be Erected
In Church of DoWnside Abbey

THE items which herewith have been pre-
the international Catholic Truth society and
furnished it The Call for publication in San Fran
Similar articles from authoritative
printed first and third Sundays of each month
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Evening Star Payment

The second payment on the s115, 900
purchase price of the Evening Star
mine in Shasta county was made Feb
ruary ,26, six months before il was due.
By the terms of the sale the new own
ers could do only development work
until the second payment was made.
BY making the second payment they
are entitled to stope out ore and mill il.
There is a five foot ledge Of good ore
Ia the shaft The working force has
been doubled since the new manage
ment took hold less than a month ago.
-Yreka Journal
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American Petroleum Company

The American petroleum company on
section 30-20-15, in what is known on
the lease as well No 2 on north 30"
last month, with a steady flow of 1000
barrels a day, or $4,000 barrels for Feb
ruary. Well No. 8, section 1S-20-15. has
$500 to 1000 barrels a day. The last is
a new well.
The great production of the Ameri-
can petroleum company is filing up
the big steel storage tanks and the
immense earthen reservoirs, piling up
large. StOra gP
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-20
Southern Oil Wells

At the end of January 1,416 wells
were pumping south of the Tehachapi
and 139 were in course of drilling For
the last four months Of 1909 the total
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Lakeview GuSher

$. G. Tryon, superintendent of the
Lakeview oil company in section 25,
Maricopa district reports a flow of
10000 barrels of oil per day from the
new gusher and says that the flow is
steady and that there is great excite
ment in the camp
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-20

southern output was as follows: Sep
tember, 45,4S7; October, 837,442; No
vember, S50,450; December, S17,450 bar
rels-LoS Angeles Herald
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Camaragibe is a model factory town
in Brazil. 1t was built by a wealthy
and fervent Catholic after a visit to
the great industrial plant of NJ. Harmel,
the French Catholic friend of the work.
ingman.
In the middle of the town stands the
factory. Around it are grouped a
church and schools for the children of
the employees, taught by the Marist
brothers and the Sisters of Charity
Model cottages, each with it's little gar
den, bakery. grocery, drug store, all
for the work people. make up the build
ings of the town. physician is en-
ployed to attend the workers and their
families when they are i'll. Various
amusements are provided to entertain
them during their holidays
Opposite the factory is a beautiful
shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes. A little
farther away is erected a bust of the
founder of this remarkable settlement.
This good man died about five years
ago. The work he established is con-
tinued by his widow. Maria Lacerda de
Menezes, and his sister Helena Ma
chada.
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returned. according to the ancient ira
dition. with the impression of his face
indelibly stamped upon it, is preserved
in ST. Peters, at Rome. where it was
brought about the year 100
The marble column of the Flagella-
lation, to which Christ was bound
while he was being scourged. is also
preserved in one of the churches of
Rome.
Portions of the wooden manger in
which Christ was born are also to be
seen in the basilica of st. Mary Major at
Rome.