The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-22
LOUISIANA DEVELOPMENT.
Work Which Is Going on in CaIcasieu
Oil Field.
New Orleans pIcavunc

Work Which Is Going on in Calcasieu
Oil Field.
New Orleans pIcaynnc,
w. w. Wilmington, Jr,, one of the
prominent real estate mon of Lake Charles,
came to the city yesterday to close some
important oil land deals, affecting the Sui.
phur oil field. He is in control of large
tracts of the most valuable land in that
field and has given the whole situation
there some very careful study.
Take look M the wells shat are being
sunk In the Louisiana territory, and those
that are projected, and consider that the
people who were pioneers in the field are
stIll there, and while already holding the
largest tracts OF land are constantly trying
to acquire more and it will give you some
idea of the Importance 10 he attached to
the field
The Beaumont, Orange and sulphur on
company has opened an office In Beaumont
and VIII soon begin boring ON Its extensive
holdings al or near sulphur station. 1t ~
putting derrick up on lis land in section
20, township 9, south range IL west, which
Is Just two and one-halt miles west of the
sulphur mines
Wood x Emory have contracted ia hcgln
Immediately on a we'll upon their land n
section 2S Of the same township.
The Forward Reduction company of
Cleveland, Ohio, are sinking a well in sec
and have gone more than 800 feet.
Gully \ Galley have made a contract 20
begin boring in. section %. township .,
south of range o west and forfeit SlOOj
in case work is not commenced
% S. NJ, Lyons has let contract for
boring a well about the middle OF town
ship 10, south of range 10 west, In see.
tioA 49, or Whereabouts,
Frank VI. Avery will sink well in
the southeast quarter of section IL, town
ship 10, south Of range 10 west. on the
Ian. s,f 49, IL out
Hunter owns more land in the same neigh
boIhood. aGgregating some 10000 acres or
more. every acre of which is In tho proven
field
Il A. Moresi, trustee. of Jeancrettc.
has already ordered machinery, and viii
begin the construction of derrick within
very few DAYS. In section 80. township
Q, south of range ~ west. The pipe Is
ALREADY ordered for the well and work VIII
be prosecuted at once.
Another well will be put in by the For
ward Reduction company Of Cleveland.
Ohio. near Edgerlv, hut they have not YET
decided It's exact location.
"Taking all these well, and considering
their location. and the, people behind the
enterprises, and Il will he seen At once
that the conclusion is inevitable that tile
CalcNsleu held Is not only Important, but
In all probability more extensive than any
other in tho world.
"These wells are not purely experimental
as seems to he the general opinion, hut
are for the most part on what is achnow
edged 70 he proved territory.
THE Union sulphur company has long
ago demonstrated the fact that there is oil
in the land hy putting down a number ~
wells. They arc all there and show for
themselves. II Is said that they are not
Cushers. hut the owners are silent an that
| point, and the wells themselves nre all
capped, SO that this point can not he
proved.
zone fact is sure and can not he dis
! puted oil Is buhhling up around the
| pipes Of these wells and oozing throrgh
| the Joints Of the caps. Just as though
there was a heavy pressure"