The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-07
A NATURAL GAS FIELD.
Some Wonderful Phenomena in Contra,
Texas,

Some Wonderful Phenomena in Central
Texas.
40 the Editor Of The Post.
bryan, Texas, August 4-Over A stretch
OF country extending from Hearne on the
nortn TO Hampstead south, along the course
oi Vhe brazos river, are series OF phe-
homena that have In past years proven
an interesting study for biologists. amateur
ana professional. to whose notice they have
come and which, in the light of recent
OIL developments In Texas 1t seems to me,
are oil added interest. l refer to the great
prevalence OF natural gas In the field in
dicated, and extending eastward from tue
hrazos river to a distance In some cases
OF six to eight miles.
FOR fifteen years past the planters In
the Brazos bottom have been boring numor-
Gus wells for arteslan water, the arteslan
sands being encountered In the bottoms
az depths varying from 800 to 500 feet,
ul'u N some two or three instances 1000
70 llOO feet; the most common depth at
which artesian water IL found however
being from 800 to 400 feet In many of
these wells within the scope Of the ter
Iitory mere outlined, strong flows Of natural
gas are found. In this sixty miles stretcn
on river bottoms forty or fifty gas howS
nave peen struck; They are not found Just
anywhere In this territory hut rather. /
think in indefinitely outlined groups
Bulletin No. 50 Of Texas agricultural ex.
pertinent station, issued in May, 1898, be
hy the force ~ chen,ists az the 1900 a.
turai and Mechanical college OF Texas,
contains an analysis Of the gas from the
town of Henrne FolIowin,, Is H. onat,Ss ne
and the remarks on tha ssnbionf ~ t S's
chemist page GO4:
whore artesIan ,SeI,a orc s,rt avs ny In IN
issues first or along vein tha VA M
gas is sometimes snf6cient 10 Su.n Win
a strong steady aan,e A. rieo,. NJ 1, VIZ
on the farm ~ N neuI n a. t Ldenrne' leNas
ours in Sufficient annuity for iii ond
fuel. and is being used in tho rss,siIence
OF MIR Hegrne for tbis nrrnose o,,ni ia
was sent here FOR che,nicaI onoi,st I" nr,1
az examined found 10 have Tho Soiiou.int,
composition. '"s
CarbonIc acid gas N ~
Carbon monox{de n *
Oxygen n ~
Ethylene ~ q 20
hydrogen 81 "a
Nftropen 1850 '''''''''''''''''' 40 ~ ~
'sThe samnie was ecnt in !, ,rhbcr. I, ~
and n Vac sa,,erai d9,s bfo. iuv'r , ,u +
c cn vas seeerai uuys neloTs an analysls
The heI,af tb"f tbe pdjfe iehus TO
The hog win the ntuoeSnnei, iein' ~, n,9,.
eas far ritrogo, ~ so ~" s Iii. ~
BETTER gas INN Tho anoIysis Would IS,,i =
cate Ri uaarra r,,,r1tt! 49, .o+t 80,
tnrv reeuite IN tho nrhnt5,aI ,s 20 ~,
ms u''0 !" 'He p'"''i0'' use VI 'H'
rom &c "
nv PROF II II UarriTc,to,, ,-hn u st,Ii
tHe prnfessor of rbaristrv Of Nhn nj
cultural and Mecbanicai colIcre INV.
Recently listed no VOLS H. SS'cetion 10 INA
and the cas- sin in use on tho niane L,,i
70 a grestnr eStont nnv, Nan NY ~ I'M,
Tho oho,o a,,o1rsis w. ,nad AZ 'u a., IN.
nscd Nv ,Sn ,nono,o. 90 W. ,orn Nir
Uensley An tho resiSence for iights in th..
hath raor1 70 baat r-otar ~, -
stove for fuel and IN MN \ sve.horse
non.or 6t,o 80 amSi,a ia - -, ~
pmacbinnrv in etho fasSn, h,aips,,itb INA mn
nhina shor =" '"e i"iH' ''"' NH''''" """ 'i''
sor,, ,niias south 81 tho IIaa,.no f,rr, ,
ena az, - i % g ,r 1 f "e ~ an "a
the Land If Mr. r. Cnii,er Of NJnuford
proctino, nee r.aS nado - /, ga. ,,gars In
lighting the State convict comS main.
tajnad ~ orr, ,i III, nih-
tanned mere. oiher wells IN ms nelgh,
me ,%9to ~ hrrn i sstoodv Sams E,r,
ther dou,r ,bo i ho t ~ arc }be voc rciis
9 9arn me o ~ Cn,Itn "1 ~ r
na+ahlv u Az ao,y 90 gos an ~ u"tta
| farm The woter IN t5is, ertesier Won
! comes from denth Of about son feet and
| ! hresrn,e" .ha s,as issues Fron, ahont Ia
| 60 - dnr+ '10 e"' 'ue' A'"'i ""Nu' NV
IN tba Hoo about sye r,uos north nj
| east from the last mentioned Gas vel n
| n Vol authen+jcatod record "a s+rong
wi eurh on,,t U.
| Farm for SURFACE VOL H,afer mis- we'll
| was 6ored with ordinarv Iiebt we'll boring
| n,acbinert 20 nbout lie canori+v fnr denfb
in search of water This depth was l6i
| cot NJ v'o+or Niss foi,nd ~ ,hn n,eI
| h,ror and Nc ,,o,, ,,,o,.a nn1ytod 81 Spdino
,,os ssnnn,ng not Tnoving yvhot ~ v,as
E Tt escnpiS az Hou An ',,Iti Wn"t VIZ
my SCI uir ~ ~ WIN s n,n,dS"' MI M I,
ansbed u On n strnn, aan,a and rnnid
h hur'u uptn mt o,f by. Ncorerin, 4he hole
"a nn,nts cast of treorna In Robari son
| comfy heIng in nortbeNstern dirertion
S oe'uE ~ sniis rree'i AZ
! aorihod eborn oro yery ,,,oIi ortbontt.ated
records NJ gas found in "onsidernbie HiSn
| ana II srsfaoa S,niis ~ Tbie ,s ~ tbc nri"p
LII srbS ~ Eu,, ~ - ~ tii !,
Grno9 To v rail,o,d rbara 10 iron"
Ia, tt.st,5 ratnrd ~ Ill havin, bean fonnd
~ ra nii'oa' trnish ~. a. ,p m Mr.
noren 10 fur Il,s wanSr ior q GIN ny NJ ~