Bulletin . Whittier Crude and Home Wells, Whittier Oil Field, Los Angeles County. Central No. 49, on Apex of Whittier Anticline. PUENTE HILLS GROUP. 253 foregoing, being finished at 1820 feet. This is a larger producer thanthe average for this lease. In Well No. 19 an effort was made to find a lower sand, and this wassuccessful, as at 2412 feet this well had, it Ls said, 138 feet of productivesand. Difficulty was found in holding back upper water, and the holewas finally flooded and abandoned. No. 20 has now reached a depth ofabout 3900 feet (April, 1912), and is still being carried down. The
Bulletin . Whittier Crude and Home Wells, Whittier Oil Field, Los Angeles County. Central No. 49, on Apex of Whittier Anticline. PUENTE HILLS GROUP. 253 foregoing, being finished at 1820 feet. This is a larger producer thanthe average for this lease. In Well No. 19 an effort was made to find a lower sand, and this wassuccessful, as at 2412 feet this well had, it Ls said, 138 feet of productivesand. Difficulty was found in holding back upper water, and the holewas finally flooded and abandoned. No. 20 has now reached a depth ofabout 3900 feet (April, 1912), and is still being carried down. The oil produced from this lease is quite uniform, ranging from 18°to 20° gravity, and appears to all come from one set of sands, if weexcept the output from well No. 19. Some water is produced with theoil, but this appears to be upper water, and there are no indications ofwater trouble in the usual sense. Water settles readily, on standing,from all the oils of this field. Drilling requires care, because of t
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