Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-17
CROWDS JOURNEY
TO MOHAWK WELL
GUSHER MAINTAINS STEADY
PRODUCTION =,
TEST SHOWS OIL TO BE 81
GRAVITY
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Property Adjoining coalinea Sensation
Sells for $too,ooo-strike Ee-
tablishes Status Of Erst-
while Doubtful Land

cOALINGA, March ia string OF
automobiles are keeping the road not
between Coalinga and the held' anu
the Mohawk property, where the DIE
gusher was brought In last PrluaS'
The we'll seems to be maintaining the
same gait at which it was producing
Saturday, and all the oil is belhS earcu
for MANY oil men and sightseers Wis
tied the property and all were OF the
same opinion, that 1t is one OF the pest
oil wells in the state. Instead Oh tiie
gravity of the oil falling down. IL Is
oimost as high as it was at first given
out. a recent test showing gravity
of 81. ,. 1,os
The coming in of the Mohawk mas
aroused the greatest interest in OIL
circIes where oil is on the boards. Fri
day the telephone and telegraph wires
were kept busy throughout the night
I'm sending the news to outside dlsIficts,
and many inquiries could not pe taken
for transmission on account OF the
deluge of business from this source.
II Is said c. G.. Wilcox has closed a
deal whereby he disposes of property
adjoining that on which the MohaWk
gusher is situated, for 100000. Parties
had an option on the parcel whlch nau
expired prior to bringing In the wen, put
The well is said to be doing some
thing better than 1900 barrels. Scrapers
are being rushed to the scene TO pre-
mare sunni holes to conserve the OIL
The strike is worth millions to the
Coalinga field, bringing in as II does
a tremendous amount of heretofore
doubtful territory.
FIfty-Seven Looks Good
The, I1iftv-Seven. 12-21-15, has pulled
it's eight-inch casing and Is preparing
TO put in the 10-inch lower down, Wheh
II will cement off the water with the
1O-inch, at the 100. 1t shut or the
water at the 1860. Zed Phelps believes
that the Fifty-Seven will prove Dig
producer and valuable thing for Coal
inga, as 1t brings in a territory which
was supposed to be outside the oil zone.
He saws that everything connected with
the Fifty-SeVen is such that there is
no doubt concerning the future great
ness of the section, and of the well IN
particular.
The Coalinga Royal Oil company, sec
tion s, 1915, has started well No. l.
De Luxe No. is being drilled deeper
and No. Q is down 1920 feet in 1215-inch
casing. -
The directors of the Good Luck OIL
company came over from Fresno Tues
day to inspect the property.
Lumber for four new rigs is being
hauled to the California Oil and Gas
company. section 6, and construction
will be started Immediately.
The Good Luck. section %, 1915,
cemented off water I'm No. 3 Sunday.
No. A is down 300 feet and the rig is
being installed in the derrick for No.
today.
No. of the X. T. and o. is again
free from sand. 1t started suddenly
last Saturday and has been keeping up
a 140-barrel gate since.
b. b. Ellis, on the Gem, 1S-21-15 has
been drilling for a week, and is very
much encouraged with the outlook. 1t
is to be hoped that Mr.. Ellis will sue
coed in bringing in the Gem as one
of the many good ones in the district
While cleaning out the Empire, 81
1876, a few days ago, the oil began
gushing and for few minutes shot oil
high into the air.
Saturday morning the Republic, 81
1915, spudded in well No. 1. Work
is to be pushed as rapidly as possible