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Long Beach Press Telegram in Long Beach, California

27 Jan 1955

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Long Beach Press Telegram

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Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 27, 1955

Page

10

Huntington Beach Council Grants Lease in Jones Zone Oil Boom

Huntington Beach allocates 46 acres to Signal Oil & Gas Co from Hwy 39 to Huntington Ave near the ocean front amid a rush of wells. A flat royalty of 3/4 of 1 percent is offered on drilling three wells. other operators seek higher rates and may pursue legal action over rejected bids. Local activity includes Signal pushing for offshore rights, Crawford and Associates drilling seven more wells, and several operators reporting production on the Jones sand as Bay Shore Oil begins work on 13th Street.

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Huntington Beach “Jones Zone Huntington Beach Signal Oil & Gas Co Hwy Huntington Ave Signal Texas Ocean Tidelands Jack Crawford Southern California Etroleum Ist Olive Cunningham 1St Walnut Huntington Atlanta 16Th St Bay Shore Oil Co 13Th St FOX Fox Hills Westwood Universal Consolidated Inglewood Studio Universal The Superior Blackwell's Superior Oil Co Long Beach South Mountain Shell Oil Guwarral Hills Union Oil Guijarral Hills Leda Sunray Sunset Beach Crawford Interests Neaves Petroleum Murphy Fee Midway Exeter Oil Chansler-Western Oceanic McKittrick Slick Oil Co Slick‘Buttes Corning Corning Monterey Oil Co Seal Beach Santa Maria
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Training Course Set for Black Mothers

A training course for Black mothers begins tonight at 7380 in Lakewood City. Instructors Capt. R. A. Jones and Joe Fox will also lead an air raid warden course at 7 30 pm in the fire station. Enroll at city hall or the fire station.

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Lakewood City R. A. Jones Lakewood Arbor Rd Joe Fox
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Union Shots Lake View No 1 Gusher Abandoned

The Lake View No 1 gusher in the Union Oil Field near Maricopa California is abandoned after 125000 barrels in its first 24 hours and nine million barrels in 18 months. Enron of California confirms the 98 acre lease life ends, a peak in American wild catting history. Charles Dry Hole Wood led Union’s takeover and dammed the flood to contain the spill.

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Los. Angeles UPI Lake View No. 1 Maricopa Calif Enron of Co. of Californias Lake View Union Nts
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Remnants of the Wildest Oil Well Ever Placed

An obscure account recalls a famous oil well known as the wildest of all time. It drew massive daily output, peaking around 50,000 barrels, then declined rapidly after a dramatic shutdown on September 11, 1911. A commemorative plaque marks the site as a historic petroleum milestone.

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Pak Ithe Pammer
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