The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-20
on ~ LOt ISIiN 4.
M value Of the strikes In Calcasieu Parish
Not Yet Determined

NEW ORLEANS. OFT. p-Tho strike Of
oil al Jennings and Welsh In Calcnsieu
parish. Ia southwestern Louisiana, has
naturally started a boom there In spite OF
the fact that the new gu~h"rs have "ncoun-
tered the same difficulty hat has been met
In mining operations ia all parts Of south
western Louisiana -q~uiCksauds.
When oil was discovered nj Beaumont,
Tex. u was figured out that II mus, exist
in southern Louisiana a. we'll A boom s"t
in then. nearly n year agp. Land values
increased tonfuld. companies were organ
lied hv the dozen aud a number Of wells
were sunk. only Ia result In failure.
A few Of the companies kept AZ work.
believing that tho failure was due 10 IN"
fact Ma the oil vein had not yet been struck.
and that the wells should b" driven deeper.
They proved correct In their calculations
aud a few weeks ago the oil Wa ToSChc!
al Jennings, La and later NJ Welsh.
Nearly all tho operations in Calcasieu
parish have brought oil to light. most of
them AZ n depth IL $50 or so feet, hut the
wells proved 30 H. mere pockets that
spoutcd out what little oil they held In a
few hours. The real oil vein has been
struck at a depth Of 100 feet, about ?o
fer, deeI"r than AT Beaumont.
The oil itself is somewhat different from
the Texan product, being brovner and
containing more asphaltum. II Is more
like the uil from southern California
While these facts are convincing, there
remains the old Louisiana trouble of quick
sands. For more than twenty years tho
various companies controlling the sulphur
deposit In Calcs~icu parish, ending with
the Standard oil Company. the present
owner. have been fighting the quicksand
which overlies the deposit ~ sulphur.
And with only partial success In the
same way. the salt company on Wccks's
Island. while Il has determined that there
j. pure mineral sal, enough below the island
TO supply the needs Of the world for cen
tur,es. is fighting a most troublesome quick
sand that lies above the salt.
The Jennings oil well has the same DIFF
flculty. II IL n spa~modic gusher, now
throwing the oil a hundred feet high In
the air now caked up with San II "
the opinion Of all those who hav" seen
the we'll that the auckland viii very soon
discharge itself tutil Il ducs ~" full
value ~ the well cannot 10 determined
In the meantime the Texas gu-h"r~ have
increased in numlSr 10 "veutN-uuc WITH "a
total possible output. II j. estimated, al
a,s5 on barrels "a day, INT ~ ~ Noaft'lN
likely that all the gu-her- would gu~h io
their full capacity u turned on at he sam"
time. The marketing ~ the oil l. under
wav and Louisiana j. taking a great deal
a. the sugar grinding SEASON ht~ hN'gun
Several Carg,s.- ~ ul haN" arrived her"
by steamer, and more haN" l--'n CON
tracted for In New Orleans the on -iiua-
tinn j. complicated hVthr question 81 LAYING
oil piIs,s under the streets {" supply lac
toric. with oil Tor fu'' Uurpu-'- 'oWir~
tl,ian brtwesn two ~ IA" large COMPANIES
has resulted IN gr,at bitterness and IN
r1Imnr nt official corruption On" II IN"
oil companies got tine privilege oi hNiuE
oil piIs.s frs TIL" Mayor '"tosi IN" "ri'-
name, Il Wa pas~"d again with a proNi--
i,n recurring a fe-' go b. paid Ia tho CIV
Tor every tarr'l ~ oil pumf+si through 'h"
,its, IN. ordinance was again N"'o-d
nn IA. representation 81 the t'y Attorney
that the Irivlcgr asked for wns = franch'~"
tina, ought iu be- put W. az public auction
aud lid tn tho highest bidder ~ y cun.
s..,,i,n,,,. mo- privilege has vet l"cn granted
T., u,uiur ul and the New Orleans FACTORIES
have hs-an unahIc 80 ST tins now ami
cheaper u'l