Bulletin . a different forma-tion w^as penetrated in the Canadian Queen well. That the latter is thecase is probable from two circumstances, one that the shallower wellson both the Whidden Double and Sobra Vista leases were the mostprolific, the other, that lighter oil was reached in the deeper wells. Bothof these facts would seem to indicate that these wells were drilled intoa small fault block, the more porous layers of which had been bitumen- PIKU:, SULPHUR MOUNTAIN AND OJAI WELLS. 43 ized by seepage from the west, and probably fnjin deposits Wing onthe west dip, and at a greater depth. No
Bulletin . a different forma-tion w^as penetrated in the Canadian Queen well. That the latter is thecase is probable from two circumstances, one that the shallower wellson both the Whidden Double and Sobra Vista leases were the mostprolific, the other, that lighter oil was reached in the deeper wells. Bothof these facts would seem to indicate that these wells were drilled intoa small fault block, the more porous layers of which had been bitumen- PIKU:, SULPHUR MOUNTAIN AND OJAI WELLS. 43 ized by seepage from the west, and probably fnjin deposits Wing onthe west dip, and at a greater depth. No drilling has ever been doneon the west dip, by means of which this point could be determined, but,however this may be. the practical failure of the deeper welLs to theeast of this group, and the entire failure of those immediately to thenorth, bars any extensions in these directions, and there do not appear V^hldden-Double ,3 - 160 feet !< - 500 feet-rihldden-Double :; -1005 feet. Figure 13SUGGESTED STRUCTUREEast and West line acrossSection 11-4-22 /bu//frh/.i/nar>h V to be any great prospects to the south. A well somewhere in the neigh-borhood of the old Santa Paula wells, but somewhat to the west, andcarried to a considerably greater depth, would be an interesting experi-ment. Gates Oil Company. The abandoned hole in the southwest corner ofthis property was probably drilled by the Chillicothe Oil and AliningCompany in 1902. The depth is reported as about 700 feet, without adiscovery. The well of the Gates Oil Company in the southeast comerof this property had not. when visited, reached a sufficient depth to beof interest. Canadian Queen Oil Company. Xo information can be had as to theold abandoned well near the east line of this lease—it appears to beshallow. No. 1 of the Canadian Queen Oil Company was in whatappeared to be ;i prolific oil sand ;it a depth of about feet, in thefirst part of 1911. So much water had been let into the hob^
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