180 
OIL DISTRICTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 
Log of well one-fourtli mile east-southeast of the corner of Temple road and Western avenue, 
Los Angeles. 
, | Elevation, 245 feet above sea level.] 
Thick¬ 
ness. 
j Depth. 
Soil.. 
Feet. 
50 
Feet. 
50 
“Adobe” or sandy shale. 
20 
70 
Yellow clay. 
20 
90 
“Adobe”. 
10 
100 
Sand and shale. 
135 
235 
“Adobe”.:.... 
75 
310 
Oil sand. 
40 
350 
Thin-bedded clayey shale and sand; artesian water at 390 feet. 
Thin-bedded clayey shale^nd sand. . 
40 
70 
390 
4G0 
Clayey shale; artesian water in fine white sand at 470 feet. 
10 
470 
Clayey and sandy shale and fine sandstone. 
30 
500 
Same as last, with artesian water in quicksand. 
40 
540 
Conglomerate. 
10 
550 
Sandy shale.. 
5 
555 
Hard white sandstone . 
70 
625 
Log of well one-half mile southwest of the corner of Temple road and Western avenue, 
Los Angeles. 
[Elevation, 238 feet above sea level.] 
Red gravel and sand. 
Water sand. 
Blue clayey shale. 
Gray clayey shale. 
Blue sand. 
Gray clayey shale. 
Hard sandstone. 
Gray clayey shale. 
Hard shale. 
Hard sandstone and clayey shale. 
Hard shale. 
Hard sandstone and clayey shale. 
Black and green clayey shale. 
Hard shale...•.. 
Black shale. 
Hard oil sand... 
Soft oil sand. 
Hard sandstone. 
Soft oil sand. 
Hard sandstone. 
Soft oil sand.. 
Clayey shale. 
Hard sand. 
Alternating clayey shale. 
Black shale.. 
Hard sandstone and shale. 
Black shale. 
Green clayey shale and sandstone. 
Hard sandstone. 
Clayey shale and sandstone.. 
Very hard shale or “shell,” gas underneath 
Clayey shale and sandstone.. 
Clayey shale and hard sandstone.. 
Soft shale and sand; some oil.. 
Stiff clay and hard sandstone.... 
Hard sandstone. 
Hard sandstone and shale. 
Hard sandstone. 
Hard sand, mostly shale. 
Hard siliceous shale or “shell;” “oil cap”.. 
Oil sand and clayey shale. 
Oil sand, good. 
Stiff clayey shale.. 
Oil sand and shade. 
Hard sandstone and shale. 
Oil sand. 
Clayey shale.. 
Hard shale or “shell”.. 
W ater sand. 
Clayey shale. 
Water sand. 
Clayey shale. 
Sand. 
Thick¬ 
ness. 
Depth. 
Feet. 
Depth. 
40 
40 
8 
48 
4 
52 
22 
74 
23 
97 
9 
106 
1 
107 
27 
134 
1 
135 
14 
149 
2 
151 
30 
181 
79 
260 
1 
261 
38 
299 
41 
340 
61 
401 
2 
403 
6 
409 
2 
411 
2 
413 
3 
416 
4 
420 
14 
434 
60 
494 
5 
499 
21 
520 
70 
590 
1 
591 
20 
611 
1 
612 
6 
618 
21 
639 
19 
658 
31 
689 
1 
690 
10 
700 
9 
709 
21 
730 
3 
733 
7 
740 
15 
755 
. 7 
762 
4 
766 
2 
768 
35 
803 
30 
833 
2 
835 
33 
868 
5 
873 
30 
903 
3 
906 
29 
935 
