Hall & Hall, Foster Lease
Hall & Hall, Foster Lease
Hall & Hall, Foster Lease - Well #1 2700 ft. Three or 4 years old and still producing 40 bbls/day, has made money and company paid dividends. Oil density was 25 - 26 API which is considered medium crude. Well #4 rig ready to drill. Tool house, 5 or 6 strings of tools. Boiler for each rig. Camp in canyon below; 2 rm bunkhouse, 5 rm house, 2 rm house, 4 rm boarding house.
Hall & Hall Wells
Hall & Hall Wells
Hall & Hall Well #4 in foreground and Well #1 to right on ridge. Team of horses pulling a tank wagon at saddle in ridgeline. Orcutt Oilfield, CA, about 1910.
First gas test rig used in Calif, Santa Maria Field on Hall & Hall Well #1. About 1907.