The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-04


they have permanently IN their employ
chile gcologisls and caplble oil experts TO
locate au their oil lands aud wells.
II Is not known generally but II Is a
i,SeSt t9at lRrgfn 9a tune a., con nppSspeS
IN the oil industry throughout the United
states, haNe sent several geol0glsts ana
and had them widely advertised through
the daily newspapers for the sole purpose
OF having these men become prominent be-
fore capitalists and thc people Of Texas
The dulles OF these 90 called experts are
to mislead the public by reporting certain
districts as being oil lands. thereby caus-
Ing excitement aud operations by capital
lists and independent companies In the
district pronounced by them to he oil
lands, when az the same time they wei
These companies even 20 So FAR as to dtt'i
2 we'll which Of course causes many more
local capitalists to begin operation
II Is even asserted, and 81 good author.
itN. that the department of the geological
survey OF the United states at Washing
ests in the United states; that certain oil
companies have purptysly located wells
In maAy sections Of the state OF Texas.
where they we'll know that they viii not
strike oil. that in other Instances, one or
two prominent companies have done every
thing in their power TO keen from bringing
Ia oil wells IN dinercut scciious, even to
tn extent OF running the wells, In other
Instances, they purposely kept reducing the
size 4 the casing SO that u was impoS.l
bic to reach the proper depth with ne
we'll still other instances where they
stopped drilling aud pronounced the we'll
DRY hole. when they well knew that "
going down to a greater depth theN Wouid
strike oil IN paying quantities. some Of
( our best oil pools IN PcuuSylvauia and
1 West Virginia are between 2o0e aud 1000
feet deep. These are what are known as
the Gordon sand and the tifth sand.
While investigating the different oil ais,
I tricts Of the state OF Texas | nave iGuni
| instances whore the dHllcrs Of the local
Independent companies have been bought
+ by the agents OF the larger oil companies,
( the result hcipg rulucd wei, or an al
/ You ASK what motive any oil company
{ could possibly have liz using the above
| tactics ThW are simply dom. oyervlhinI
/ In their rover To discourage nome ot
I local capitalists independent companies
aud land owners from drilling and dNNel'
J oDiuC lands for OIL hy ci dean oriug TO shaw
/ M div holes and Inv Keeping tho public in
/ tbs dark regards the true facts iheSr
are the tactics followed by tCSe coW,
pHnics in every OH htld Ia the Tinted
/ States They have spent millions OF dot
/ lars in successfully carrying out those tao
( ties. hut IN the end thcy are winuprs. fhC
I local capitalists and independent Cunpa.
/ pi,s become discouraged aud djsnclrtcnpd
through lack W succcs2 and after losins
/ small fortunes hnally 60 out of the hnsi
companies securing their holdings for q
/ small sum. Then throj gh failure To de
! develop IN a Sp"rlhcI tlmt, hosl oi rnN
/ leases revert Guch 10 inc lHnu o"nvtS' ~ wv
I large companies WIN a NlnSle nt'u uaa "
I Won lAr ucu Us l"thS, tntl ,N ~.
! v'eu quttNi h,Sl y" u',r ll'u Si"'.f,s'
/ ana pNtllDhl on tNl"l's "Uylv la" t9 W."
( we E"ooslcal lhv uunVi az lVElS"li, M, ="
/ uouS SNOW S'3Nut SNi't~Al'' w w.. - ~ Hin
/ ib'E nave ihe'F I!uS'Vu l'SS" n.y. i" W., ~,
/ lWhdS on VIC ''7l '.,n'N l"NNtl'',- Nv ~
| tIeN pIo,'el ~ lulv' Ivt,'",p ',,n,,r,,,
! clfcqms'au'tS WnIIaht aru III Su,n U ln,,n'
/ as they see M FlnNuN ineN nave secure
/ anu owned "i Coht''l al INV N"Iu""'e VI
/ lhins 10 oe ut'l ~, No.. ,,, an T.,
As r'EaFus ,ue 5>FIu,t '' I'M 'n,,stti,, i,
dustrN is IN Us infancy NM" pGs'' nv ' di
~ the existence "l NNNvI"l luh' lV''o
IN the state, Wherc Lhc lHnn Vau ~" Nv
! purchased at from ~" 10 20 pc. NV a ~,
"a some lhSlNh'eN Ut a sun iWN'a s 80 Wv, n
mere never was 4 n'I''l ~ S''S, . @
pcrtuulN iof c"puaHSis 10 hhHe nv ~ ~ ~
/ fortunes ihhli Is now PIVSthlV'l "f ~ W. W.
INDUSTRY IN the S'ate pi iuAaS. ~, W, ~, M
| to make success lh lh'S "ualfSS Wv :" ~
rs IN an ",n'I HueS YOU ulYst F"SYS' r
" on Sll'iN huNihesH pLlHo'pleS' ,t' ~,
do not understand the business, NY MY
the capital and desire 10 engage IN "eNN'of
ing oil then nrst secure inc setVlSVs ~
praotcal geoloS'st anu lll'uclul"Al3,, ~,
owned or cohtr9lru ny ile '"'Su nl" {',i,
companies U" Sele,' ahu n,''V 1"i,mH I'VE, M, V t
the etoloslgal ava hllnrLuluh, W. J,'''u' I'M
snow convincing eNueh'e %, ~ hi
secure an oln vNpeiilVntttu W. '"'n t ,hl ~
OF managing nv "tNtnP,tu'"..h ,.,,,t ,
lauds am t1IIuh ,rMHi MI ~ 'u scc,c, ng IN
your nndertakine' lhlS " 'hH 7'vlr, =" ~ I"
success or all tpe lAtEe olu Vl g.,
nave heatu n'ahE ~ es5logists nm