Bulletin . Wells on Summerland Beach, Santa Barbara Summerland Wells, from K. T. & O. Wharf. SANTA BARBARA COAST. 409 It was soon discovered that the dip of the sands was to the south, thatis, toward the ocean, and drilling was rapidly carried in this direction,first across the railroad, then to the beach under the bluff, and finallyinto the ocean itself. The beach, of course, was government property,and was grabbed by the first comers, so that here there were a largenumber of very small holdings, as was the case on the land side, wherewells were drilled on town lots. At one time ther
Bulletin . Wells on Summerland Beach, Santa Barbara Summerland Wells, from K. T. & O. Wharf. SANTA BARBARA COAST. 409 It was soon discovered that the dip of the sands was to the south, thatis, toward the ocean, and drilling was rapidly carried in this direction,first across the railroad, then to the beach under the bluff, and finallyinto the ocean itself. The beach, of course, was government property,and was grabbed by the first comers, so that here there were a largenumber of very small holdings, as was the case on the land side, wherewells were drilled on town lots. At one time there were upwards of onehundred operators in this small field, though this number is nowdiminished to about a dozen, by abandonment and by consolidation ofproperties. The wells to the north of the railroad were soon exhausted, and thosefarthest north had been pumped out and abandoned some time beforethe last of the ocean wells was drilled. To both east and west the sandscontinued, but the productiveness gradually diminished, very graduallyat the east, rat
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