The San Francisco call., 1910-05-18
Lands JUMPED
IN OIL DISTRICT
Three Mysterious Field Parties
Make Locations in Kettle
man Hills


IN the hettleman hills, presuma bly, for
the Standard oil company Surveys
nave been instituted, maps prepared
and close study made of the formations
Much OF this territory is very highly
regarded by the geologists, and recent
government reports have spoken of it
as petroleum bearing. Says corre-
spondent, writing of the mthods en-
ployed:
Several sections of land that have
peen located by small parties have
been jumped or relocated by these al
legged Standard oil men,
Of the recent development in and
about Coalinga the correspondent of
the Fresno Republican says:
The Coalinga national petroleum
company section 820-15 is now $3.50
feet deep with 81 inch casing. The
contractor has been looking for a shell
In which to shut off the water and
expects to find one at about 2,640 feet
as shown by the logs of other wells in
this vicinity.
The Associated transportation COM
pany's pipe line in Monterey has been
IN splendid shape for the last few
months. Between IA 900 and 1000 bar
rels per day is being shipped through.
At its station "B" on section 18-20-15
a new 100 horsepower marine engine,
which is connected with a rotary pump
of a capacity of 1000 to 1900 barrels
per hour. has been installed. This
/! plant will be used to pump the oil from
the collecting station to the station of
the Associated pipe. lines company on
! section 1720-15.
| The Dominion oil company section
7-23-17 is $50 feet deep in it's 10 inch
casing in well No. 1. A slight showing
| of oil in the shale has been encoun-
tered and things look very promising.
A bin erected by Edmond Burke
on section 5-20-15 has been removed,
and the reports are that it was re-
! moved by the employees of the Kern
River trading and oil company on ad-
vice from the city office.
OFFICERS ELECTED
The Coalinga- Utah exploration com
| pany has elected D.. P. Walsh president,
Harry Eibe first vice president, w. B..
Perry second vice president, K. r. East
man secretary and treasurer and H. A.
Pitts field manager. These with Al
bert Lawless, w. d. Odom and E. NJ.
Lightner constitute the board of di-
rectors. E. M. Lightner and H. A.
Pitts will go to the field within the
next few weeks to take charge of de-
velopment work, which will, start. at
once.
The Best Yet oil company section
|
10 inch casing. The bit has passed
through five feet of red clay at 1880
feet, much the same as that in the
Boychester well at about 1000 feet.
The Associated pipe lines. company
has laid down about 10 miles of the
pipe on the McKittrick line. This pipe
is rifed and has been distributed all
the way from here to the McKittrick
end. Two gangs of men are working
and the pipe is being laid with the
least possible delay.
The Azores oil company section 26-
21-15 is 1886 feet deep with SIS inch
casing. A rumor is about that the weH
is in a good oil sand and considerable
stock is changing hands on the
strength of it. Robertson. the superin-
tendent, denies the report, but it seems
persistent and will not down.
The Bohemian oil company section
22-21-15 is $3.50 feet deep with 5-S
inch casing. AT this depth the shoe
became pinched, making 1t necessary
to pull the casing and repair the shoe.
The casing is back now, the well is
cleaned to the bottom and in good con-
dition. Drilling will be commenced at
once.
The Boychester oil company section
1S-21-15 is 2,200 feet in 10 inch casing.
The well was carried into the oil sand
about five feet and a good showing of
oil was encountered.
The Pacific States petroleum com!
pany section 6-21-15 drilled in its well
No. and put it on the pump last week.
The we'll came in very quietly, making
about 200 barrels per day. 1t has been
drilled deeper into the oil sand and
will be put on the pump again within
| the next few days.
The Coalinga Unity oil company
section 12-20-14 is down 725 feet with
| 121a inch casing.
| The Coalinga Security oil company
section S-20-15 is over 2,100 feet deep
with rotary rig. The we'll was spudded
April 4 and has made very good time.
having gone through several shells and
| formations that bothers a standard
| drill to get through.
| The Lucille oil company section g.
! 21-15 is cleaning out we'll No. 1. Well
No. is making about 500 barrels per
| day. Well No. will shut off the
water at $500 feet.
| The Coalinga Blue Moon oil company
section 6-21.15 is $3.50 feet in 81 inch
| casing in well No. 2. A landing place
for the pipe is being sought, and the
water will be shut off.
The Kern trading and oil company
section 19-20-15 is 760 feet deep in
well No. 5, with 121s inch casing. while
| the rig is erected for well No. 13, and
the lumber is on the ground for the
rig for No. IL.
WELL BROUGHT IN
| The British Consolidated oil corpora
! ton, Limited. section 1S-20-14, brought
| in its well No. s last week and has a
| good producer. This makes eight pro-
| ducers.
| THE American petroleum company
is burning a kiln of brick on section
1S-20-15. About 25O.o00 will be burned
| this year. On section 6-20-15 the COM
pany has put up complete camp and
erected five rigs.
| The Consolidated oil company of
Coalinga section 1S-21-15 is 1,545 feet
/ deep in we'll No. 1, and expect to reach
| oil sand within the next 100 feet.
| The Baird oil company, section "a
22-18, is 2.215 feet deep in we'll No. 1.
| 1t is in blue shale and expects to get
| the oil at about 2,400 feet.
| The Hawkeye oil company, section
| 26-20-14, well No. 1 (Netherlands) was
! cemented off last week. The plug has
now been drilled out and drilling oper-
ations will now be continued to the oil
/ sand.
/ The Traders oil company is forcing
| the development work in this field.
/ Eight new rigs have been completed
since March /, and IL more rigs are
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