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Identifier: bulletin63cali (find matches)
Title: Bulletin
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: California. Division of Mines and Geology California. State Mining Bureau. Bulletin
Subjects: Mines and mineral resources Geology
Publisher: San Francisco (etc.)
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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h for-merly operated a number of shallow producers at Summerland, drilleda Avell near the center of the south line of section 14, 9-34. This wellwas abandoned at a depth of 600 feet, because of shifting sand. Santa Maria Central Oil Company. This company dug a 316-footshaft on their property, the northwest quarter, southeast quarter, section13, 9-34, but did no further development work. Santa Maria Crude Oil Company. The well of this company was inthe southwest corner of the southeast quarter, section 18, 9-33. It wasabandoned at a depth of 1600 feet, because of shifting sand. Radium Oil Company. The property operated by this company isthe south half of the northwest quarter of section 23, 9-34. Here thereare three Avells, on which operations have continued steadily since theyear 1904. Well No. 1 was drilled to a depth of about 3900 feet, and. got a verysmall production at the bottom of the hole. The amount of oil foundwas hardly enough to furnish fuel for later drilling operations. I
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SANTA MARIA, OR OLD FIELD. 359 Well No. 2 was abandoned at a depth of 800 feet, a spoiled hole. Well No. 3 was considered completed at a depth of 3500 feet, at thebeginning of 1912, but before it was tested, the casing collapsed some700 feet off bottom. . This portion of the hole is now being redrilled, thecasing having parted in swaging. Oro Water, Light & Power Company. This well is the farthest pros-pect to the east in the Old Field, and is about midway between the NewPenn wells, and the Ideal wells in Cat Canon. It was drilled in 1909to a depth of 2600 feet, and got considerable water, with some gas anda very fair showing of oil, but went out of this into salt water, and wasabandoned. Associated Oil Company—Lucas. The Lucas well of this companywas located on the southeast quarter of section 15, 9-34. It was aban-doned at 750 feet, in quicksand with much water. Union Oil Company of California. This company owns and operateseight tracts in the Old Field, these being the Kaiser

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