Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-19
OIL IN TEXAS.
The Lone Star State Possesses Large and Yalu-
able Petroleum Fields.

The Lone Star State Possesses Large and Valu-
able Petroleum Fields.
New York Star.
According to the statement of Mr..
Washington Mandel of Galveston, Tex.
who was one of the visitors on the floor
Of the Consolidated stock and petroleum
exchange yesterday, the state of Texas
will witness a boom in the development
of petroleum production within
the next few years. If half of what
MIR. Mandei tells Of the resources of the
Lone Star State is true, some very i'm
portaut changes may be looked for in re-
spect to the production in this country.
Up to the present time, Mr.. Mandel says,
oil has been found IN various sections of
East and West Texas. In East
Texas, so far, the discoveries have
been confined principally to st. Angus
tine, Jasper, Hardin and Andalusia
counties In the western portion of the
state oil has been found in fair quantities
in AstOsa, Brown, Mcclellan, Wilson
and Duval counties. In Western Texas
the oil so far produced is Of lighter
gravity and contains q greater amount OF
volatile substance than that in the east
ern portion. 1t is also found there at
greater depth and more closely resembles
the Pennsylvania product. biologists
are of the belief that the oil fields found
in Western Texas are a continuation of
the wells which abound in Old Mex
leo. and which have been pronounced by
the highest authorities 20 be of superior
Illuminating quality. In the Western
Texas fields the oil is not found in peck
cts, but rises up to the surface continu
allv, and the presence of gas is also fire.
uuentIy manifested.
Numerous organizations have already
been formed with a view of opening the
Texas oil fields, including the Petroleum
prospecting company of New Orleans,
the New Orleans lubrieatIng company,
and the Pearce petroleum company in
Jasper county. George Dullng, 4 lead
ing citizen of San Antonio, is
largely interested in the development of
the oil fields Owing to the long dis
lance from the Pennsylvania and Colo
1ado fields Texan operators are encOur-
aged with the hope that their state viii
eventually DE in position to produce oil
in large paying quantities, both for re-
nning and lubricating purposes. The
Chrystal ice works of San Antonio re-
Gently struck a gas well while boring
for water, and at Piedras Plntas ranch,
IN Duval county, oil has been found in
paying quantity. In Mcclellan county oil
has been discovered while boring for
stock water at Il depth of go feet. The
developments III Texas thus far have
been frequent and 81 comparatively slight
depths. Oil has been found III one sec
ton of Eastern Texas at a depth OF only
100 feet, from which $50 barrels per day
have been taken In Western Texas
generally the fluid is found at much
greater depths.
New York capitalists are being ap-
preached with a view of investment in
the Texas lands, which are favorably re-
garded in connection with oil production.
Texas oil is of heavy gravity, but 10 wlIat
extent it can be utilized for illuminating
stssseposes remains to be determined
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