Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-04-25

water that is necessary for the use
OF drilling. In regard to water for
the Humauma Oil Co., was speak
ing to Mr.. White of the Associated,
and he told me that I could have
all the water from them necessary
for drilling at little or no expense.
Besides this, learned that only
three miles further towards the fiat
there are a couple of water wells
that Miller & Lux have which they
use for driking purposes for their
cattle and sheep. To give you cor
rect idea as to how much water they
give, one of these wells, which is
only seventy feet deep, supplies
enough water for 1000 head of cat
tie. IL 1t were decided to drill a
water we'll instead of piping your
water from these springs, 1t would
only mean the outlay of little bit
of money for the putting in of a
pinch line and the installing of a
small gas engine.
Looking at the district in gener-
II, u mas All Tue thi maj ND VI " bNON
field. The indications are, perhaps,
little more favorable than they
were in the Midway field. l might
further say that on my way over to
the Elk Horn district was shown
the sands and shale In the outcrop-
pings of the Midway field, and COM
pairing the showings made on the
other side of the range with the
showings on the Elk Horn district,
the latter are little more favor
able, hut you will realize that going
into this district 1t can be classed as
nothing more than gamble, but at
the present time, from all | have
learned in talking Il over with men
well posted in the Midway fields,
they all say that, without a doubt,
oil will be found in this valley. or
course, you can easily understand
that IL it were proven land the land
could not be got at any such figure
as has been put up to you. There
is one great thing in its favor. and
that Is the fact that It is all patent
ed land, and there is no fear of hav-
ing any contestants in the way of
locations.
Now, as to the getting of mate
rial into this district, McKittrick Is
the field that all supplies will be
shipped from, and you will have to
understand that II will be some lit
tie expense in the hauling of lum-
Der and material into this valley on
account of the distance, but 1t only
requires q couple of teams that will
be purchased by the company, as
you can understand that all hiring
of teams for the carrying of mate
rial into the district is not to- be
considered at all, because all these
| teams are receiving anywhere from
$40 to SIS day for this work.
ITalking with Mr.. Howks, we came to
the opinion that they would be able
to make in the neighborhood OF
| three round trips a week. and pos
sibly four. Another : thing that
would be absolutely essential would
be the purchase of machine, and a
good one at that, as you can under
stand that II anything was needed
! that the short time 1t would take
for machine to go into Midway
as compared with the time 1t would
take for a rig, the difference would
soon pay for itself To give you an
idea as to how long 1t would take Il
get to the town of Maron, in Mid
way, where supplies OF every de-
scription can be got, | would say
we left the Elk Horn district al
4:30 and arrived over at Maron al
6 o'clock. 1t is, according to the
map, about fifteen miles, and re-
quires a great deal of hill work in
getting over from the one valley tc
the other m
las for the dispensing of our oil
IL 1t should be procured in large
paying quantities, this | do not think
you would have to consider, because
Immediately upon getting oil there
would be an influx into the district
and the land all about would imme'
diately rise in value, and this Il
where the large profit would be
made. Of course, II oil was struci
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