by sabredance2 » Wed Nov 20, 2024 10:54 pm
It would appear Forum members haven't been able to put their hands on a copy of the 59 edition of Town and Country. It's a good illustration of how in pre internet times much knowledge has become very difficult to access. So lets rap up this thread. Here is an excerpt from the featured article:
Mosher's acquisition of Dos Pueblos is but a half told story unless the amusing irony of its acquistion is revealed. The ranch had previously been owned by one of the most brilliant and successful geologists of the time, famed oil tycoon E.L. Doheny. He had spent a fortune developing the ranch property, including houses and constructing roads, yet it never occurred to him, oil geologist that he was, that through his ranch ran a geolocical fault that led to off shore oil deposits snugly hidden beneath kelp beds in the Pacific Ocean. Thus Sam Mosher snatched a plump oil plum from right under the nose of a renown oil expert. Further evidence of his bold perspicacity is reflected in the fact that when Standard oil Company of California rejected his invitation to participate in the purchase of Dos Pueblos because they thought it too much of a wildcard proposition. Mosher, unperturbed, went it alone.
This explains the need for whiplash drilling, why wife Leedja, one of three, stated she had many lovely children, beautiful little oil wells, and how the ranch was further developed into Mosher's Orchid Shangri-La. Imagine too Englishman Lord Rothchild's delight whenever Mosher visited on a buying spree.
It would appear Forum members haven't been able to put their hands on a copy of the 59 edition of Town and Country. It's a good illustration of how in pre internet times much knowledge has become very difficult to access. So lets rap up this thread. Here is an excerpt from the featured article:
[quote]Mosher's acquisition of Dos Pueblos is but a half told story unless the amusing irony of its acquistion is revealed. The ranch had previously been owned by one of the most brilliant and successful geologists of the time, famed oil tycoon E.L. Doheny. He had spent a fortune developing the ranch property, including houses and constructing roads, yet it never occurred to him, oil geologist that he was, that through his ranch ran a geolocical fault that led to off shore oil deposits snugly hidden beneath kelp beds in the Pacific Ocean. Thus Sam Mosher snatched a plump oil plum from right under the nose of a renown oil expert. Further evidence of his bold perspicacity is reflected in the fact that when Standard oil Company of California rejected his invitation to participate in the purchase of Dos Pueblos because they thought it too much of a wildcard proposition. Mosher, unperturbed, went it alone.[/quote]
This explains the need for whiplash drilling, why wife Leedja, one of three, stated she had many lovely children, beautiful little oil wells, and how the ranch was further developed into Mosher's Orchid Shangri-La. Imagine too Englishman Lord Rothchild's delight whenever Mosher visited on a buying spree.
