Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-01-14
TREMENDOUS GUSHER.
Twenty Thousand Barrels of Oil
Each Day.

SuI. u. IA. UUUe3t OF IittsNuFE. mas
Made u Wonderful Strike In Texas
One of the Largest Gashers on Re-
cord Immense Territory Held by
the Pittsburg Man.
j. NJ. Guffey has made the most
important oil discovery OF the past
10 years SAYS special from Pitts
burg. He drilled in a mighty gash.
er in Southeastern Texas, located on
a $500 acre tract rs miles from Sa.
bine Pass, on the Sabine river and Ii
miles from Port Arthur, in Jefferson
county The we'll was drilled in
Thursday noon and the first tele.
gram Mr. Gutiey received from his
superintendent stated that the well
had been drilled in and was flowing
the full of the 6-inch casing at rate
estimated at $4,000 barrels day.
No tankage had been provided, and,
at the time named the well had not
been brought under control, and the
oil was running in stream into the
Sabine river.
This well is located about 240
miles Southeast of the Corsieana
field, in Navarro county, and the oil
is the same in specific gravity, about
81 degrees, but was reached at a
depth of less than 900 feet At
Corsicana it is about LOO feet from
the surface to the production forma-
ton.
Whether or not the well is as large
as estimated, it ID gusher, and its
location makes it of vast Importance
to the oil industry Of this country,
il not the entire world. Located as
it is, on the coast OF the Gulf of
Mexico, it will give seaboard ship
ping facilities such as no other oil
development in the United States
can command.
j. Nj. Guifey is regarded as one of
the most astute wildcatters in the
oil business and has operated over a
wider range of country than any 9th
er individual operator or company
in the United States. Nine years
ago he opened mp the Southeastern
Kansas field; then the Corsicana,
Texas, and Colingo, Cal, fields. He
became interested in his latest and
most important venture in June of
last year, when A. F. Lucas, OF
Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas,
arrived in Pittsburg and succeeded
in interesting Mr. Guffey in some
leases he held in Jefferson county.
Mr.. Lucas backed up his claims with
geological SURVEYS and charts, and
Mr.. Guffey agreed to drill test well
and carry him Lucas) an interest.
Thirty thousand acres had been
leased, and early in October last d
test well was started or 3,S00,aere
tract. No word of the progress made
had been received until, Mr.. Lucas,
who was experimenting the drilling,
wired the result, as previously stat
ed. John Galley, who is associated
with Mr.. Guffey in the Sabine river
venture, left Pittsburg, and is hur
rying TO the scene of the great strike
as fast as an express train can carry
him.
Mr.. Guf1ey received telegram
from his superintendent late last
evening, in which it was stated that
the well was still flowing at an esti-
mated rate Of 10000 barrels day,
and that they were making strenu
Gus efforts to save the oil by throw
ing up embankments, and construct
jig reservoirs.
Mr.. Guffey stated that he thought
$4,000 barrels day would be con
servative estimate of what the well
is producing. Whether larger or
smaller Mr.. Guffey's position as the
largest individual oil producer in
this country will not be disturbed
Astrike of such magnitude at this
time does not make the outlook very
encouraging for the average produc.
er, bat Mr.. Guffey is being congrat-
ulated on his good luck, following so
closely on the heels OF his Sand Fork
pool, in Lewis county, w. Va, and
its failure to make good its early
promises, when the Copley and Tur-
ner wells were drilled and began To-
flow at the rate of 5000 barrels
day.