Weekly journal-miner., 1918-05-01
(From Tuesdays Dailv.)

United Chino Oil Company in Sec ton II, Township IS, has been sunk sufficiently deep to demonstrate be- yond a shadow of a doubt the fallacy of the theory often expressed that any oil which this part of the State may have at ono time contained has been burned out by volcanic action. On Thursday of last week the drill in the United Chino well, having reached point approximately 400 feet below the surface of the earth, cut through formation of shell and good show ing of light oil was obtained when the we'll was bailed out The oil could be plainly seen in bubbles of about the size of peas, the oil being rather light and cvaporating and spreading a few moments after 1t had been raised. There was also pronounced odor of gas, and much excitement was caused in the camp when the discovery was announced.
 On Sunday last, representatives of the JournalAIiner journcyed to the holdings of the United Chino, To- road station of Puntenncy, for the purpose of investigating the reported discovery By the time the news paper men had arrived at the camp, the drill had cut through the strata of oil shell and was already in the harder formations which had charac terizcd the earlier borings. The oil shelf belt appeared to have been two or three feet in thickness, and in spite of the fact that the drill was con- sidcrably farther down than it was on Thursday, the pronounced odor Of illuminating gas pervadcd the vicin- ity of the workings, and the bailing of the bottom of the well revealed the presence of countless gas bubbles. According to the statement of II. NJ. Johnson, head drillcr the condi- tions for the discovery of oil at a point approximately 1000 feet deep are unusually good Johnson, who Is an old-timcr at the business of drill- ing, informed the party which visited the camp on Sunday, that the show ing made on Thursday was one of the most encouraging ones which he had ever seen in any property at that depth, and that in his opinion, the discovery of the light oil at the 400 level was forcrunner to the bring ing in of a we'll which would yield crude oil ~ commercial quantities
 Oi ;Ic five compan1cs which are now actively interested in the Chino field, the United Chino organization is the first to encounter any sem blancc Of the black fluid which is be- ing so eagerly sought after. A. Af Mcclellan, head of the organization, was up from Phoenix on Sunday and accompanied the party to the com- pany'S holdings. In an effort to get number of sworn statements from the workers regarding the strike oi Thursday, Mir Mcclellan took with him on the trip a notary public, who secured the dcpoSitions of a numbc, of the persons connected with the camp, this procedure being taken for the purpose of offsctting talk which came from certain quarters to the cf- feet that the reported discovery of oil on the United Chino property was fake pure and simple and that it had been announced merely as d stock-sclling scheme. ,
 Mir. Mcclellan secured the signed and sworn statement of ]. ]. Pearls, superintendent of the company, the statement being as follows:
 'On the 24th of April, 1918, at the noon bailing, noticed remarkable showing of oil coming from the we'll Before giving any report or call ing anybodys attention to my discovery waited until the next day when the same oil was plainly 10 be seen in our bailings. We immediately cleaned out the spillway, and upon the raising of the next bail ing I had a portion caught in pail, the balance dumped in Spillway. The oil could be plainly seen in beads as large as peas which cvaporated very quickly, and l also noticed consider able gas at the same time. Gas had also been noticed previous to the oil for several days. i
 This showing leaves no doubt in my mind that we will bring in a we'll of commercial quantities. This is all the showing | want to sec at this depth, and shows that the oil lies below and that with sufficient depth VIC will get d commercial well.
 "J. ]. FEARS. STATE OF ARIZONA
 County of Navapai-ss |,
 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of April, 1918. 4,
 "A (. JONES,
 (Scab Notary Public
 My commission expires Novcm- Der ., lolS."