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by Lammy 1534 days ago
Slightly off topic, but any idea where I might find any of the Union Mattole Oil Company well-heads that were apparently abandoned in place? https://ohp.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21420 (No. 543)

From the very limited information I've found they were somewhere along/above the North Fork, maybe somewhere near the underground Scientology base? The name of "Oil Ridge" seems like it might be related. There are a lot of private parcels up there though and I don't want to trespass :)

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I haven't heard of those! Sounds like an adventure for next time I'm up there. It says that the marker is on Mattole Rd in Petrolia, so there's a good chance the well-heads are on private land.

Definitely worth being wary of private land out there, I'm sure a lot of people in that area don't take too kindly to visitors. Somebody flew a drone over the compound you're talking about, it was up on YouTube for a while. Can't seem to find it now.