Imperial Valley press., 1919-11-21
.COBARSTEKECK
OIL COMPANY
TO SINK WELL

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| Formation of a local Gil company,
the Cobarsteleck Oil Company with
! capitalization at 100000 and offices at
SO Main street was announced today.
The officials are all we'll known local
men.
The company plans to drill a we'll at
once west of Brawley.
The personnel of the company is as
follows
Carl j. Cornelius, president, has been
a resident of Imperial valley for seven
years, engaged in ranching. During
this time he has made careful study
of the natural resources of his county
with particular reference to oil devel-
opment, and this qualification, together
with his business ability, fits him for
the office to which he has been elected.
r. A. Stevenson, vice-president, San
Diego, California, an extensive land
owner, has been engaged in ranching
in Imperial valley for the past three
years.
! w. A. Reams, treasurer, residence Ell
Centre, California, builder and cement
-. contractor. Has resided in Imperial
valley for a number Of years.
! G. L. Rowe, secretary; residence Ell
Centra California, Recently resigned
from the Motors Appliance Company,
East Moline, IlE, for which he was
secretary, having been solicited to ac-
cept the position as secretary of the
CobarstekecWOI Company.
J. L. Keek, director, residence Braw-
ley, California.
j. A. Shown, director, residence El
Centro, California.
JohnIJ. Laird, geologist and civil en-
| gineeY director, residence Imperial,
Caliyrnia.. Mr.. Bartley's exploration
WORK, together with his practical know
ledge proves of great value.
| Dohn X. Porter, present residence
! T11 West Sevent Street, Los Angeles,
Falifornia, is field manager in charge of
the actual drilling work. Mr.. Porter
is a civil engineer and practical oil de-
velopment man. Has been in the EN-
ployment of the English government
for the past five years, in charge of an
outfit drilling for oil in India. Prior
, to service in India he was engaged in
the same work in the McKittriSk fields
of northern California.
Extract from the geologic report of
RObt. Il. Moran the well known geolog-
list who has had a number of years of
practical experience as geologist on i'm
portant projects, part of which time
was in the employ of the sttae of Cali
fornia in a like capacity;
"The claims of the Cobarstekeck Oil
Company consist of three eighthundred
acre tracts, situated in a range of low
desert hills which rise to an elevation
of about two hundred feet, on the west
side of Imperial valley. The Southern
Pacific railway extends to Westmor
land, an agricultural town situated in
same township where one of our drill
ing sites is located. There is water il
the canal, a distance of three and one
half miles from we'll site. Transporta
ton of material and supplies by 1neanl
of caterpillar tractors present no diff |
Guilty.
THE depression occupied by the Gull,
of California and Salton Sink is a fault
valley. The structure is highly favor
able. Gas is found escaping from frac-
lures on the main trend of these struc-
lures, both northwest and southeast ofI
the locality.
important pools of oil have been2
discovered with less favorable showing|
than this.
If oil has been formed in Carrizo
Creek formation at ALL the structures
underlying this property are highly fav-
orable for it's accumulation"