The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-13
THE SHIPMENT OF OIL
From Beaumont Amounted 10 Eighty
thousand Barrels for the Week.
INTEREST RFylvING IN OUTSIDE FIELD
Well Bang Drilled by the Federal Crude
Company Has Not Vet Struck
Paw Sand.

Beaumont. Texas. October l2.-Not for
many days has a week been so devoid ol
Important happenings in the oil fed as IN,
one Just closed Only two gushers were
brought in--about one-third the number
brought in for several weeks past. Tn,
failing on In the bringing in OF gusher.
was due In great measure TO heavy falls
{" rain, which delayed the drilling An
unusually large number Of wells ate now
drilling In the cap rock however, aud next
week should be very close to record break.
or In the bringing In Of gushers.
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Iherc seems to be somewhat Of revival
OF Interest In the outside or wildcat ter.
ntoiy, and contracts for more than thirty
wells have been let in this territory III 5
week, The Seaboard oil comp ny abau.
dcned one wildcat well this we l. II is
located about seven miles sou asst Of the
city, in Orange county. and was drilled TO
'ne depth Of 1919 feet and a romarkab e
thlng about the well is that II was drile
WIN only one string 81 casing In the 1rSt
wells drilled In this d Id three and some
umeS four strings Of casing were necessary
making the bill for pipe OF enormous pro
portions but In the Scahoard well the din
tr' MT. y. {. llAmriCk started with six
lnch pipe and sent II down l2la feet Ia
Twenty-Five days. without having 10 nut in
another Inc Of casing TniS IS the hrst
tlme, such a thing has been dose In this
locality.
Shipments OF oil during the week were
of a fairly satisfactory nature The week 5
shipments by rail approximate 5000 bar
rels, and the export shlpm Mt Of the Ma.
tional oil and Pipe Line company runs the
total up to $1,000 barrels for the week
While nothing definite has yet come Of the
movement 20 organize the small er com.
panies with view TO facilitating the dis
tributon of oil. Il better feeling SEEMS 10
exist among Oh shippers aud some abate
ment Of the desire 10 sell ou az any price
Is noticeable. The larger companies nave
taken considerable oil from the smaller ones
with view TO relieving the pi cssu TO set.
the market
The three vessels being loaded from the
National OH and Pipe Line com0any'S pipe
line at Port Arthur win put to sea tomor-
row night The Matanzss will g. 10 Phla.
iclphla and the Atlas and barge No 81 will
go IA New York. This IS tle Inst large
water shipment Of Beaumont OIL
The test well being drilled ny the Federal
Crude on company about GOO yards south
west Of the Lucas, has passed the depth
Of 1000 feet with 77s-inch drl The drill
has passed through several thin strata OF
oil sand, but nothing of a paying character
has been found yet. However, the company
Is prosecuting the work with muth hope
ieeIuE certain that the oil sand mat sup
plies spindle Top Will be struck before
NO. 3ap,u a. ZOO tcct ,7 rea h,.t. Bal Ing
will Ne deferred until il is decided to SET
the six-inch pipe, or until more produc-
tive stratum OF oil sand Is found,
T. J. Wood has contracted to sink TWEEN.
" seven wells IN unknown territory FOR
the Houston Oil company The location
OF the wells has not been made public
bur Alr. wood says they viii be in new
territory In this section,
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The Afothner- Perlstein well. which is
being drilled near the old gas well, struck
a heavy flow Of oil at T60 feet, which the
drlller estimates was a 1o00-barrcl well.
4 gyshcr AT this point would be a big OK
tension OF the field.
Following are the bid and asked prices
for stocks on call at the oil Exchange TO-
day: