Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-04-13
MAMMOTH WELL
Is Number Three, Struck at Beaumont
Texas.

field now contains a third we'll in every
way the equal of the other two and in
many respects a better well. Though
it did not come in with such dramatic
flourish this third gusher may prove a
better proposition than the Lucas
spouter.
Beaumont is in the third throes of
an oil excitement seen here twice be-
fore, and while it is very improbable
that the excitement will reach the wild
stage it did before, yet there is now
to be more substantial development
than followed the first discovery of oil.
The second gushers was discovered on
ten-acre tract of land owned by E. H.
Adams and leased to the Texas West
ern Oil Company of Corsicana, former
ly the Southwestern Oil Company, o.?
which Mr.. D. r. Beatty, a Galveston
citizen, is the Beaumont representative
and the fountain head from which
flowed all the energy which served to
bring the wealth of oil to the earth'S
| surface. Sturm Bros. of Corsicana, are
the lucky contractors who drilled the
we'll.
well is a better one than the Lucas
we'll, and yet did not spout as high and
as forcibly. 1t will be remembered
that the Lucas geyser blew out about
600 feet of four-inch pipe which was
being used inside the six-inch casing
as rotary drill. In the welt
Beaty's well, the pipe was not forced
out, and consequently the oil has not
a free escape The four-inch pipe with
in the six-inch was closed at the bot
tom by the drill and the only escape
for the oil was around the sides of tn 2
pipe, space of about three-quarters Of
an inch. Yet with this impediment the
oil spurted through this small opening
with tremendous force against the plat
form in the derrick, fifty feet above.
The town was aroused by this time
and buggies soon began to speed to-
ward the oil field. The morning was
beautiful and a three-mile drive was
not an unpleasant excursion. Thous
ands of people were at the well by
o'clock.
Before the valve reached the well
Messrs. Sturm Brothers had secured
one from another well driller, and by
$50 o'clock had placed it on the pipe
and securely shut off the oil. By this
time thousands of barrels of oil had
escaped and the odorous fluid had filled
all the bitches and was passing down
the ponds and other depressions as il
went with the overflow and there
stood the majestic derrick like a con.
scious being dripping with oil and
towering apparent pride at the achieve
ment which meant SO much to the
faithful who had toiled meath it,
height.
w, P, Sturm, senior member of tho
firm, gave the information following:
The well is 1,050 feet deep and the only
formation which he speaks of is that
sixty feet of sulphur just before reach
ing the oil. There is no sand whatever
at the end of the pipe. There is 35(
feet of l2-inch pipe at the top of the
well, about 800 feet of S-inch, ther
the 6-inch pipe extends the rest of thr
way to the OIL Thus this we'll is G.
incn well completely cased to the bot
tom, whereas the Lucas we'll is a !
inch without any casing in the depths
The oil is identically the same as thu
Lucas product. The well, if permitted
to flow unconfined would force six.
inch stream into the air as high, if moi
higher, than the Lucas well. 1t will
do at a conservative estimate, 20, ,O0C
barrels per day or as much as the Lu
cas- well. Mr.. Sturm thinks the Luca.
we'll is only good for 10000 barrels.
The well is located one-half mile
northeast from the Lucas geyser, anC
thus determines the extent of the oi
lake, if such it is, or the direction o
the oil stream, if that is what it is
There are several wells between tn
Beatty we'll and the Lucas, and thes
owners are as delighted over the dis
= covery as those who own this one.
The well proves the field and make
the Lucas geyser discovery a more sub
stantial thing. Heretofore there wa
no proof that the first well was not
freak; now it is certain that there is
tremendous oil lake or oil fountain un
der this county and He who put
there only knows how many othe
, counties in this section.
, Here is brief history of this well
, The Southwestern Oil Company, nov
+ the Texas Western Company, has bee
. operating in the Corsicana field 10
. some time, and was just preparing t
look into the oil country about San An
tonic, when the first well was foun