The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-12
TEXAs or. WELIs.
Nrooa flow at Sour lake-The Work TO
Pushed


Good Flow at Sour Lake-The Work to be
Pushed
beauuont, Texas, March e--sunday The
toSt correspondent. is ;Ne gIcs: OF Mcssrs
L. L. Nash and Smell. visited Sour Lake
ihe famous health resort. and made per
soHai Inspection OF the oil well which has
recently Oeen dug BY the West V.rsini,
oil men VINO came into this country SOM.
'A'rs more than a yea- ago and after An
Investigation decided that oil could he
icUn-i' not only at Sour Lake. but at sew
oial ushcr points where They have e.,ired
land leases. The prosreotors began Their
ialiial .nVcs.isAton al Sour Lake , feo.
-, Nse' "et lr'cafdea With their Norh
~ tH' +4 taat the announcement In The
1si S-f'ta DAYS ago That they had struck
Nit cane as plcAS4E- surprise
NHlle samples OF thc OF round were sent
-H's say AHl the quality proved by
Tess inetc t:e many who Ioibted thar
Sal"tieNt quantity existed 10 nav nm
'orS iN their truuhic and expense.
1c fo-t correspondent vas among I'M
1"-o,tis. nHf personal Investigation has
.'HoHea the doubts, and u VIII remove ihc
..toS ., any one who Will take The
l'+n.' 70 MAKE personal iuNrstigntion
la't' me Wen rs marvel. u is actu-
"itg " EuthnF, lhe valuable fuid flowing
i.ltrSt constantly without other a.etstnlir,,
u an eas pressure furnished by nature.
nr fnsi correspondent Is not an author.
lil 3n oil, but j. W. Gtley of the firm of
-
gentleman is d groloftst III almost IA tir I''
al reputh ion ana spent twenfv-six xters
30 the OIL regions 'of pannl,.i,,a,,'Nt ,"t tJ
West Nireinla He was assSd a. ~ III iia
quality 81 40 al " -, nNNvI as 70 we
obainet fr0m ~. weis ~ ~ WIN ma ,
ana PENNSYLVANIA ana renItel a.. foiin,,g, ',o
"THfe Sour slt, ali a., irtiti, II ~ " ..
Virginia and Prunsvlynnie nrti.,e in ,,,,,h
pariIe,ilat1 -rra nifs ~ 49, Va 7p4tN
u parafnne while The oil nero bss nv .' ,I
rhal,un basis. /. Is OF Tho netroie,,, ,,' sc
cIes. haf an rD5i1.f.s,a know, 49, III Pin, "t
an alphalt.u. ltsi, make. ~ t.hTi.Sn, MI ~
H. far stuet1of To- TIC uarart,e 49,. 80 ~
I WIN saw 700 thar fb{'s IN h. Ia, Ga,,,,,. -
or gravity. with "A natural fr,. tre, ~ ~
tween GG ;,nd -a1 81 T., ,,.fii i So,
tha. rafft-e hns dom, ~, th5s Iii ~, eeit
ouce has 10 90 Tor mo Vast Vircini, "a
pcuusrlvaria MS. ma yiu fi,,, ,i i" a Nv.
thai rr{s h. ,h. 49, To-" t ~, ~ ~ ~ soy
Of OH VOLS that iii of ieiI ,rn,itt ~
flowed from "A ven y,'i,Go,t Ma, ~ ~
.l.-ar.I..- 49, a.
asked bv I'hr pos ,nnf' Va '"' wei was
.'rh,+ ,r.. ra,t ,rt aaa,t,.i,. go, .a,
r-li. rt t,r,I Go,. az 80, ~ ~ ~ as ~
roi4 Gf N6 ali - 40. , ,1 81 49,, 1lei uu a
h. -,tr ,fn a., Xxx, - 81 EtetL il'Ie ~ ~
ii.., gf ,,t,,,,t. i,Jp' ~ - " ~
SECOND tid r,,i ,n ~, ~ oStye w., Nh
r., ,,e, ~ 49, ~ go w WI
49,. Iii - 90 Noi et, ~ tle
x. ,ra ,nt a t,,,s',i, ~ 1T frc -, i
Nara ~ ~ ali , '9'' ~ ~ 80, 10 t.lko
inc Iii ~ 10, l" ~, tts now now rom
al rcCSit P ~, q ie. . IS nellg c9nsttnet
,,r',tbe, 49,. ,.i SVl " "Ut tH ulp wl'nin
,,t.rt.' -. 80, " WI platu on Inc
I,, IN d., - ,,t -, ~ "e ''N iii'''t Sym
"ean IN" iii t w. cor,.o~.o, t,,. ,u,,,.,t
min al ~. ''i 'D N"H'r'teu INTO hlu'm-
w. t,, al %, ,,.,.o,e-,. ,.,s,.