The San Francisco call., 1910-06-15
kern COUNTY HAS
RECORD OUTPUT
No Region in World Exceeds
Output of Sunset-MaricOpa=
Midway Fields
Storage Reservoirs Are Sought
While Markets Are DeveI-
Oped by Independents

The oil Industry OF California has
passed into its second stage. The
problem Of the past has been produc-
tboh The question for the present is
storage. The pressing issue for the
future is marketing. Romance and
commerce have blended in the indus
try. Fortunes have been drawn from
forbidding areas But the wealth that
has. come from the oil fields of Cali
rornia bears but small measure to that
which remains to be won.
:On drilling and developing is a seri-
: Gus business, hazardous enterprise. as
. has. been stated often and emphatically.
Not every drill hits the oil sands. The
=. long cable does not always twang a
ditty Of success. Its rattle into the
depths may bring an echOing knell-
Good fortune has been the hand
d. maiden Of the California operator.
There have been many failures, but
they are Of small number compared
TO the successes.
WELLS COST MONEY
1t is q special Characteristic Of the
formations in California that oil may
be found almost any place in the state.
ind. Oil II must be discovered in
commercial quantities. Obviously a
well drilled at a cost of 100000 would
not be a profitable investment If the
Yield were only S or 10 barrels day.
q In many districts, not known as oil
territory, may be found pockets Of
petroleum too small 10 warrant the eX-
pense Of drilling.
The stretches Of oil bearing land in
California have now spread over such
Il vast area that a great eXpanse of
proven ground has been mapped out.
II lies awaiting the drill.
Nowhere in the state, or for that
matter. nowhere in the world, has
such a rich belt been struck as that
which extends from the Sunset fla IS
on the south to the hills OF the North
Midway Across this stretch for so
miles derricks cluster like redwoods
on the mountainside. And in this long
reach OF towers nearly every frame
marks good producing well. Here
and there a gusher proclaims itself by
blackened masts- Time and again the
drill has gone down in the great Sun
set-Ms ricopa Midway field to tap the
rich pool Near the center stands the
I.skeview, a well without equal. For
three months 10 the day il has been
pouring forth its riches from 10000 TO
10000 barrels a day, maintaining an
average. in excess Of 10000. OF late
1t has been yielding $4,000 barrels
daily.
With full safety it may be asserted
that no section Of the world is so rich
in petroleum as Kern county. Califor-
D. mia with the steady production OF
the Kern river field the regular out
put Of McKittrick and the remarkable
performance Of the West side proper
ties. 1t has given a new meaning and
fresh significance to the term pc
.troleum-
100000 BARRELS DAILY
With the big production at the pres
ent time, with an ever expanding ter
ritory and further development I'm
pending on a large scale, the oilmen
have been brought TO face the neces-
sity Of a large market.
The daily production amounts to
about 220, 600 barrels. This exceeds the
present consumption by some 10000
barrels daily. This situation has been
'grasped by the independent producers
who have mapped out elaborate plans
for the storage and disposal of the
product. When assurances can be given
OF a plentiful supply in reservoirs, the
Independents will reach out into new
nelds and contract for the sale of the
OH where coal now rules as fuel.