The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-16

producer who has operated extensively IN
several sections of the country and
! who has spent the past few months at
/ beaumont. states that the drawing dis
played in last Sundays Post gives On
/ Incorrect impression Of the oil stream
I oil Texas.
The sketch mentioned was submitted
by one OF The Posts reader. md ~os
given merely as one view Of the Oil now
from North Texas to me gu. Il rtrIe-
scented a stream OF oil starting above
corscana and gradually descending to-
ward the gulf, the stream becoming
nearer the earth's surface as it reached
the coast This idea. MIR. Watson say
is wholly erroneous, and ne has aiph l.
ted 4 drawing from which the above /
sketch was made to give what be thinks |
Is The true oil situation in .'tNds.
In explaining the t51ve drawing MI.
= Watson says.
The law OF gravitation has nothing
= whatever to do with the production OF
4 oil that is now thrown upon the market
= or may hereafter be thrown upon the
o market 1t Is known to all old oil men
e in Fenuaylvania Ohio, West Virginia aAd
RI the western States that the oil Is pvo-
e duced from n rock known as a prehistoric
~ seabed aud 1t is therefore on as leAl
W level as the seabed itself. THIS has
81 been demonstrated again and AGAIN by a
c, formation OF rock called conglomerate,
I mass OF various articles, Compn- Il or
-, very heaulltul NdTesd'eu peppiCe VI w
ieIent sizes as Prouuotu ~ uiAo'ph' ~,
u' calities, tQeether WIN s"h" anu ~ a'V .
varied as In the case OF the Texas oil
g., territory. me samples tnat nav 'o gu
IT. thrown from the Captain Lucas oil Nh
~ snow me very same 'ouul''os' W ~
the variation ol tnr p'e9e"'S o, w.
um' tcsether WIN Lhe So" nnoii ",,' ~, =
sahd ana peuoY IuCh' Gnu 'rr','' ~
'ys icing the only variation IouNu rom t"e
a FehnbylVania ana me ONO ols' "nnu
20 In mis- case Is IN tne t'' ~ VI ~. .
N, substance showing tnaV II nus AZ 10,
re- dsy oeen SuolecVed 10 hn ii.en'V ~ ~
~ thus iormpS we laNd sWna'anVc'
" 1T may he OF interest at ms time u
mn state mere thal the'e Is eVlqe ~ "a
nrs other substance Known az = huli"I' 10
he presence thAt makes lhe ulaa,epN y
a tween mar hlso ana We ems! ,',,,'' y
NOW 10y e'Wlu"t'hs tnV uo'ete,'1,' 'uT
stah'es' namelS' aSyill' '''h wa .uu ~
phurous presence, mere - 10 inlso2 WIZ
THIS oil may not become AZ No.ui n'
ant lubricant as any other on OF ta9 sau ll
OF SPECIFIC gravity. In apsenc9 oI az ,ra
an test by hydrometer' whleh rs not oph
lay venient at this writing, my ludgmeht
,ei- lhnl the oil WIZ stahu aoon' % n'u"'0'
and hydrometor
r bas rock wish 10 Saw I'm. there is Ii
.ss mower behind the p-adue,ion and I'd
.tni form OF Rrayltstion. .,r seeking its icve
a. as some will have It, from the law
ins, gravitation. by referring TO the q
ling above you viii notice reservoir o.
,u, boiler. When the drin ponetratcs hi
mo dome. which is charged with eas flo
al, the constant distillation hat has bee
pret going on It may be COR ages, IT ray
The by heat or some other process tht cor
Idel. tinues to press into that dome. walch
UNI formed by rock eaVlies aun EcIs =
any. power like steam bailer. thai iEercgs
d IN III pressure as the time soes un ~"