California Oil & Gas Company
When Home Oil Company’s “Blue Goose” gusher came in at a reported 1,000 barrels a day near Coalinga, California, in 1898, a drilling frenzy soon followed.
Among those looking for “black gold” riches midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles was former California State Attorney General W.H.H. Hart, William Graham, and their associates, who incorporated the California Oil & Gas Company with capitalization of $2 million. (more…)
