Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-10-28
GREAT OIL FIELDS
OF CALIFORNIA
FORMER BROKER OF Salt
LAKE CITY TELLS OF
GREAT INDUSTRY


Bakersfield, located from few
miles to 175 miles north and west
of Los Angelse, is these days prov-|
ing itself one of the wonder oil
fields of the world according to|
Howard Throckmorton, mining|
man and petroleum engineer, who|
arrived in Salt Lake City this week
who for years was prominent
member OF the Salt Lake mining
exchange. He left here about a
year ago, and his interests are now
conferred in the coast oil belt, says
the neutrality-suspicious.
'.The oil industry of southern
California is a gigantic affair." said
Mr.. Throckmorton. I'm the gusher
fields of Midway, Sunset, Maricopa
and McKittrick there are about 40
flowing wells, and perhaps 400
pumping. The gushers run from
1000 to as high as $4,000 barrels
a day. They sometimes flow hard
for several months, then settle
down. The gusher oil runs from
liz to 23 per cent gravity. Other
oils as high as 33 gravity.
THE oil pools are struck from
$50 to 3340 feet. 1t costs from
$4,000 in the Kearn field, where the
wells are 1850 feet deep, and the
gravity from IA to a per cent, to
as high as $4,000 and $35, 900 for
some of the deepest and greatest
producers. Most of the oil has an
asphaltum base.
In the Kearn field the pumping
wells produce from 20 to 600 bar
reIs. At Lakeside the great 100000
barrel well was tapped This has
quieted down to $4,000 barrels per
day. Kern has probably 1900 pro-
ducing wells, outputting 1,250,0OO
barrels month. Coalinga field
has 400 wells, with monthly out
put, of b35S,OOO barrels. Lakeside
has marvellous storage, tankage
and pipe line system, to take care
of the great flow of crude oil This
one district has produced 5000, 900
barrels of oil since last March, when
the big gusher came in.
Pipe lines have projected over
hill and through valley all the way
from the California fields down
through Arizona and New Mexico
to old Mexico. Here some of the
old mines are using the oil for fuel
and other purposes, nearly thous-
and miles distant.
"A new field has just been
opened in the Lost Hills section
called Devils Den. They have al
ready made several important dis
coveries there and there is rush
for lands. Cost of lands in the
proven area runs from $3.50 up to
as high as $4,000 per acre Lands
which the Southern Pacific was SELL
ing less than two years ago at from
$3.50 an acre are now commanding
as high as $500 an acre. Mr.. De-
honey paid $4,000 an acre for some
of this gusher land.
The crude petroleum price six
months ago was 65 cents barrel;
it declined to 80 cents two weeks
ago, but is now on the rise and is
quoted at 81 cents. The consump-
tion of crude oil is increasing at
the rate of IS per cent year
The principal consumers are the
great trunk railroads, the steamers
and the refneries. The oil is also
pumped into Los Angeles and used
for heating large office buildings.
Some of the railroads use from
5000 to 5000 barrels day for To-
comotives and other purposes.
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army, where he served for several
years and escaped detection. After
his term in the army expired he
came west to Goldfield where he Sc
cured employment as a miner At
that place he was married to
young lady and was living a quiet
and upright life. The federal Of
ficers, however, were constantly on
his track and short time ago he
was arrested in Goldfield and from
there brought to this city.-Carson
News.
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