INDEX 
Figures in italic denote illustrations of fossils. 
A. 
Page. 
Acknowledgments to those assisting. 1, 
102,138,203 
Acmaea pelta F.schscholtz. 27 
sp. 17 
Actseon (Rictaxis) punctoeoelata Carpenter. 27 
Adams Canyon, fossils near. 20 
oil wells in. 4,42,45 
oil of, analyses of. 209,211,212 
rocks in. 43,49 
Agasoma barkerianum Cooper. 147 
kernianum Cooper. 147 
Aliso Canyon, oil wells in. 4,42,45,49 
Amauropsis alveatus Conrad. 224 
Amiantis callosa Conrad. 25, 250 
Amusium lompocensis Arnold. 230 
Analyses of oil. 209-217 
methods of. 205-208 
Anatina sp. 11 
Angulus buttoni Dali. 27 
Anomia lampe Gray. 27 
Antisell, Thomas, explorations of.138.139 
on bituminous effusions. 140 
Area. 247 
camuloensis Osmont. 2 4,246 
labiata Sowerby. 2G 
multicostata Sowerby. 107,152,^8 
montereyana Osmont. 14G 
trilineata Conrad. 25,107 ,248 
Arnold, Ralph, bibliography compiled by. 199-202 
fossils determined by. 12,14,17,25,20 
on fossils of oil-bearing formations... 219-254 
on Los Angeles oil field.138-198 
on physical and chemical properties of 
southern California oils. 203-218 
Asphaltum, description of. 139-141 
Astarte sp. 152 
Astrodapsis whitneyi Conrad. 2G 
Astyris gausapata Gould.27,107 
gausapata var. carinata Hinds. 27 
richthofeni Gabb_.•. 26 
B. 
Balanus concavus Bronn. 13,27, 236 
sp. 14 
Baptist College area, oil wells in, geology 
of. 175-178 
oil wells in, records of. 177,178 
Bard Oil and Asphalt Co., wells of. 4fi 
Bardsdale Crude Oil Co., wells of. 10,78,79 
Bardsdale oil field, gas in. 79 
geology and structure of. 76-79 
location of. 76 
oil wells of. 79-80 
oil of, analyses of. 209,211,212,214-215 
Page. 
Barlow’s ranch, fossils from. 27 
Basalt, occurrence and description of. 150 
Basement rocks, character and distribution 
oil in. 5 
Bibliography of southern California oils.'. 199-202 
Big Sespe Canyon, location of. 4 
See also Sespe oil fields. 
Bison sp. 154 
Bittium asperum Gabb. 20,27,153 
S P. 147 
Bitumen, description of. 139,140-141 
Blake, W. P., explorations of. ]38 
on oil. 139 
Brea, occurrence and description of. 134, 
139-141,154-155,157,187,194 
Brea Canyon field, geology of. 120-121 
location of. 120 
oil wells of. 123-125,133 
oil of, analyses of.210,212,213-215 
structure of. 121-123 
tankage in. 134 
view of.. 120 
Brea Canyon Oil Co., wells of. 123-124 
wells of, oil of, analyses of.210,212,213 
Brea Ridge, rocks on. 106,125 
Brush Mountain, rocks of. 34 
structure at. 34 
Buccinum sp. 152 
Buckhorn Oil and Transportation Co., wells 
of. 69 
wells of, oil of, analyses of. 209,211,212 
Bulla punctulata A. Adams. 107 
Bulla wells, rocks near. 113 
Bulloid sp. 24 
Burrows & Sons, oil wells of, oil of, analyses 
of. 209,211,212 
C. 
Cadulus fusiformis Sharp and Pilsbry. 27 
Cahuenga Pass, rocks at and near. 150 
Calabasas, fossils near..". 147 
California, index map of southern part of.. 2 
oil of. See Oil. 
California Oil Co., well of. 98 
Calliostoma costatum Martyn. 107,153 
sp...2G,147 
Callista (Amiantis) callosa Conrad.. 260 
diabloensis Anderson. 147 
subdiaphana Carpenter. 24,25 ,250 
Camulos, fossils near. 24 
Cancellaria condoni Anderson. 147,226 
fernandoensis Arnold. 25, 252 
tritonidea Gabb.27,153 
sp. 24,107 
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