The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-03
|1lNL IS IN HARD ROCK
I, Ne Beaumont Oil Field May Be
= Extended in a Short Time.
. rFyAs OIL AS AN ILLUMINANT
.,,ts al Tulane Show that There
Considerable Kerosene in l.
Work in the Field.

Work IN tHS 'S'S'
-, Texas, June 2.-The Gufey
7 pes a,sa On the northwest slope Of
~ ron Heights, about 100 feet from
1iho' ,usher. Is down more than 1000
# "a Is drilling in half, rock with a
q ,ash nine 1t is understood that this
~ sxnectcd to come IN at any mo
sea ? "a ,srs well should come in il would
r'sl ~ Geld about SEQ feet further to
4 Is northeast. 444
4 III. me exception OF a large portion
! p ~. nopnlatiop journeying to the oil
\ y, sunday IN Beaumont is now almost
wv. nornal stage. OF course many reo-
40 seen on the streets, hut the Wild
4 s,1rsnt is gone and there is no trading
saadov. as there was during the time
NJ speculatlon was at its height.
80 shout $50 excursionlsts came In
IN Houston and Galveston to see the
u,rrooa Well No. 2 turned loose. Owing
4 !. M ,art that announcement Of the ex-
.n,,,sn was not made until very latc
M week. and the further fact that
4. ,,tly morning gave promise of hard
a n. ,he excursion was not as large as
\ Would otherwise have heen Rain fell
..sl few minutes before the hour set
"a n turning the gnsher on, nut a crowd
n !, aiG ~ iN1 hraycd the weather and as
II ,s,'hod around the big spoutcr At 1880
the valve was opened. 4 strong
"a a.d zras blowing from the south, pro
a ,,nllnr the stream from reaching tho great
\ s,Isht II attained last Monday morning,
n shsu there was no wind. ~ this mora
nr,s exhibition the gushcr did only about
n 81 teet
II TAs oil held is stll busy scene and
ino,orpments are being made as rapidly as
Il al and money. can carry on the work.
rao Immense storage tanks are now going
I. md spaees have been cleared away for
H., more. Pipe lines are being laid in
n ,fpfr direction. and the prairie is dotted
NH white tents in which an army Of
ntn who work In ne held make thelf
ID souts. The Haywood oil company Is lust
q rmplptlnc a loading station ON the east
a .de IL the field. where their oil will h.
q MI into tank cars for shipment, and the
"A sabine and East Texas railway is putting
n passenger and freight depot New
. n0tulnpFl - HIilNtHk FNfie way hlAA ~
f isricks are going M. There are, per
+ .aps. 20 derricks that may be seen from
n spindle TOP Heights now.
~
4 70 news has come IN from the outside
4 wells today that would change the situa-
& lion IN any Of them from that heretofore
H reported, Work is being pushed on all Of
. hem, but in those that are most promis-
3 ng there is as vet nothing better than
\ god Indications. In this connection IL may
q b. veil enough to say something about in
ileitlons In well and to point out that
tod Indications do not always mean a
gsher The Post correspondent has heard
ot some persons who have bought stock
. n 8 certain company because that com
4 pnF's well was reported as having good
Haleatiens Of oil and when the indlca-
lions fall TO 'p0n out some people ARE
Inclined to censufe the newspapers for
sitting that the Indications were consid-
sffd good People all over the country are
lssiioussof getting Information relative 10
i ne progress 81 This or that well, ana
sAen oil men say that the Indications are
goo the newspapers pr1pt the infoFma-
100 for what II is worth, and not MS n
4 Fulrantee-as some seem to thinkr-that the
vel will he guSher ug 0ltl
rNel6lng new has been reported from the
Nfft Ieaas Oil company S well today, but
R Edhy people who have visited the well
VICE yesterday say that the amount OF oil
msng from II Is not as large as was at
d. Gober. when asked by The Post cor
respondent this afternoon IL anything was
sdAs done at the Gober wen, replied that
ioIans was being done today but work
Ao9la be resumed tomorrow.
~ na sni gre your intentions now regarding
Wv auwei' the reporter asked,
4 a. ~ ,n s going deeper, II possible, "
ne following Is taken from this morn
ass Times-Democrat
experiments aud Investigations at the
po9fatofy Of Tulane university have re-
,fslea that the Beaumont oil may be re-.
4.sa tor Illuminating purposes.
~ ; long time 1t was believed the
.'ls' mud would serve very little pur-
KIT r' o'aer than for fuel but Prof. l.. W
s,n'n'on' the superintendent Of the
Il. ana Industrial chemistry department,
- Produced quality Of oil, clear as a
'"l Which is as good for the lamp as
=. q Of Pennsylvania.
trris suay Of the Beaumont oil has been
tus,ss, % IN the Tulane university in
SeI q, vnemica laboratory during the past
IKE Ky WIN view to determine the ilium;n.
rSs 'alae Of the product
t,lrs saiei points which determine the
asri,s az Illuminating oil are specific
ISL ss.o uash point, fire test, distlllatiou
! III Z spee,hc gravity Of an illuminating
tsa ~ ually determined by a hydroinctsr,
,sr. ne gravity Of different oils should
AasrIssDIs II ii't I The specific gravity Of
81 RssS,a 80, Galician oil is sos 10
II RUSSIAN W. oil is sis TO 50.
.rilesiss Speclhc gravity runs too low II
VA i h maj the. oil contains low boiling
sases n Vfpanle Of giving of inhammable
ns,i, :, LOW temperatures and Is thereby
H. . use for ordinary purposes.
tpn a an Oh OF Pennsylvania varies
Is festsa y ~ that Of Beaumont is Oh
IN ~ n Tulane laboratory: that part
lgtsss, beaumont oil which distllls over
steJsea $500 degrees centierade. has a
s'sFity Of $50, which, after re-