The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-24
'EY find At BEAUMONT.
vs,t Is said TO Be Gold Was Washed
Up from a Well.
,Fcopp IN DRILLING ESTABLISHED
~ Outfit Rugged in a New Fashion
Sent Pipe Down Five Hundred
Feet in Three Days.

r., miles southwest OF the city,
!. ,bls afternoon and brought with
Nm metallic substance which was SAID
.sors who saw It TO be gold. Inc
.,,,,snce vas taken from the Landrum
:, depth Of 300 feet and is te-
.,,a as piece Of free gold, weigh ng
and one.half pennywelghts. A Post
,,,o,ter talked with Mr.. Stratford ana
i. shown the supposed gold. Mr.. STRAIT
y, a,es not claim he has found g5ld
brt persons to whom the metal was shown
~ II is the much coveted gold. 1t was
,....a IN blue or black sand, and the
,,.m,tlon would indicate the bed of the
nil once rested on the spot, since many
i, shells came out of the we'll Mr.. STRAIT
lord would not say whether there are any
Ipalcstlons OF oil in the well.
small oil lake covering about half
,cre Of ground caught fire this aftcrno II
,oud was near the gushers. but no damage
sas done.
Heywood well No. ., which was OK
oeeted in today. will not be completed un-
N tomorrow. The drillers are not working
N this well at night now, since they are
m such close proximity to the oil, fear ng
that the well might take fire.
oae Of the best posted well contractors
IN this field believes that In two or three
cases, at least the oil mas been uninlen
tIonally cased off in wells now drilling ans
the drill sent below IT. Whether this be
true or not, circumstances connected with
the drilling Of two or three wells bear
but the probability Of the contractors
theory. In one well that has since proved
glsher the unntentional easing of of
u the oil was prevented by what may be
said to have been mere accident. The
owner Of the well went cat to the field
one afternoon when the drill WAS thought
TO be very close to the oil strata. How.
ever only small quantity of oil was
coming from the well and the driliers were
going on down, dlsregarding what they
believed to be the seepage. The owner OF
me well thought that the oil strata had
been reaeasd aud insisted that the water
be baleo ont of the well in order thal
lne OIL might have an opportunity TO rise
the drllers thought this useless out hnai-
consented and bailed the water out Al
lfst II seemed that the contention of tie
onllprs was correct aud that no oil was
coming from the we'll However. when
q tI,..
Oh was heard coming up the pipe. making
roaring sound as il came. The greasy
nnld soon made its presence known In no
uncertain manner and the well proved 10
one OF the biggest gushers in the field.
,lhe We'll contractor who contends that
teyeTai wells may have been uninteationaI.
eased on cites this and other Instances
% somewhat similar nature Ia support
DIS contention. He further SAYS thlt
WIS may nave been cased off through the
tp"Iance or nhfamillarlty of drlllerS with
Me peepiiaritles of the field, some of thom
tllnsng. no doubt, that hecause the oil
Ky s1en how after 1t did get started
,nat al that was necessary was to make
s s, very small puncture in the oil
suata. However the forcing of wafer into
the wells under considerable pressure has
Heal tendency toward forcing the oil
uavS' aud In this way producing We'll
w! DC cased off without the knowledge
Of the drillers.
~ 'he Beaumont oil! field there is pcr-
nsps one of the most complete and largest
WI drilling rigs in the world, and 1t Is
rs'laps as well rig entirely different In
essential features than anything ever
,ps'u'ed In the oil fields before. This Is
~ row drilling Higgins oil and Fuel
III, ~ 80 well, on the top of the
AA.uV W feet from the Lucas well
.ra .us nfst place the rig is complete in
,ns' essential feature. and the heaviest
I'll field. 'N' e'er placeu on an
NiIi c yu,ui was designed and built by Mr.
apder sq hIri aud the well is being ,irIlIei
Fhlch s supervision. The twin nnpins
he rotsyU ai s the pipe is connected With
toe whesi, " dlrect shaft, working OH
III m a,ys and hevei gears. Tncrr il no
Mn oilon, 10 jumping about Tho rot,,inD
tie chain i'n nnS plre, as is customary with
,aFryInan.n ana sprocket style. Instead of
\ outside ~ - easing pipe down along the
lng a ten.in rae rotary pipe, this rig Is slnA-
The ground PIPE straight. down through
With drnii, me tenlnch pipe Is provided
len inc Shrllilng tool which cuts hole th;r
bat tan IT, IN diameter. and the pine brinv
ene.bsIf 'I ics there is a space OF one and
pipe for es nanes az around the ten-inch
~ the dyim apS OF the refuse dirt stirred up
pu,,t,r,nl In this country. and conahla -
pounds % holding pressure, of $50
lipe TN, me square inch on the drilling
lkrly IN - "llling pine Is connected, sim
md there IL "ther rigs. with the pump.
ninety M, y constant pressure of about
pIpee T pounds on the Inside Of the driillne
lae n,na s forces the water down inside
tespse ~ sna mn along the outside ana
through c sMlltly flowing stream passing
.hat this wstsr II is very necessary
IA Zoe Zoe Is heavy and muddy MS posslblo
ihrpa ha nus purpose Mr.. Carroll has made
water ,le near the we'll into which the
ssen this va. tne discharge flows, and 10
,ldsd sa ns.et from settlitg he has pro,
= attached ~ engine and boiler, which
be asd IN, .ne hole, and this Is tent rcrolv-
N Ana n'-ns the water CONSTANTLY stirred
= nowAr,r,v heavy and THICK Win mud.
r. mar M y the nftinr ranaritv NJ tho
IS felts down ",xole ton Of the derrick was
Tailed NJ mo other dav before thov
y re MY, NV strongly they were milling
Irnm tbn ~ IN \ tent ~ some dIstonco
ls'nlshex 49,, rs located n dynamo witch
ny II nIrht bower for liohiing rnr
ANAL oiar,, me derrick Is arranged
q % ~ y, " II Is receSsarr 81, ma,
fss ciImh 70 IN ~ the aerrInt ho docs
rsas IN ,9aasr along tho outside Nm,
M ~ r'eVator and Is whirled TO thc
", ~ 49,
shsa ,ana " naa been boring three day.
he slaa s Tnn visited him, and had sunk
lie ..na feet' He expects to reach
line Nh a IN less than ten days drilling
VIZ win ~ me sand Is reached the ro
Re well = SET and become the casing 10,
~. pipe 10 "nen asked how he removed
s ssn he expec sspIace the drill. Mr.. Carroll
r,eesctei Ia ~ 70 use but one drlll, and
~ fsst wss lie said that the last
~ u thIss easier to drill than the first'
IN very snn - correct he Is Through III,