The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-18
/ eANGER FROM FIRE
I. Dsrlcks on Spindle Top
/ Regarded as Grave.
,rxops ARE VERY PLENTIFUL.
49,, One Of a eusher Having
n 'e e.,,,ok Near El Vista-Pur-
III ... ~ Wyse Discussed.

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~ .Dt. Texas, June 1.-THE crop ,,
dnons ,,0cerning operations in the oil
PEN s,her large today, but II any
s's ~, are more than rumors. the
/ Z. not appear at this time
~ .,,v persistent rumor was that .
g, hesn struck on tract No. ga
4. 81 El vista, and about nine
W. sr,svest from Beaumont. II was
wv ,s., lady had. while shopping
y. store. reported that she saw
come in and that the oil went
~ h,oher than the derrick, but
~ .onld only be traced to a gen
f IN knew another gentleman TO
I. information had been impaired.
III reported that two oil men had
+ !. greasy derrick after the stream
y. shut off. In fact. this rumor
.'nost as persistent as the one con
!, 4, gusher reported near Neder'
&usl.s was learned to have been a
\ ali from the pipe line of the
4 ,ompsny However, the truth of
'..,t has not yet been established.
.,,shase Of tract of land from
+ Hssr.swayne syndicate by the Ira
n oil company is interesting from
~ that this company is an indie
IN, ope and has operated in this
4 4, considerable time, despite the
&,,,a oil company. Mr.. Wyse has
a considerable notorietg from his
4 ,,,lust the Standard and seems to
H.1 IN the fght. While Mr.. Wysc
M 50 announced. it is considered
n ND purchase will ultimately result
n Aaough test of Beaum VT petroleum
a, Nd relnable qualities, since 1t is
H,sbe A part Of Mr.. Wyse's plans to
3 N independent refinery. The widely
reports from oil experts as TO
HIN the oil can be proitably refined
e u,de oil men especially anxious to
q ne truth of the matter. and they
IN hone to get this from the standard
4Snpany.
y. constantly increasing number of
n ,tarted on Spindle Top has made oil
4 spuehensiye of the results of fire.
Il one break out on tG hill On the
svsyne tract the derricks are get
thick that In some instances a
b can not drive between them. Mr..
: Haywood who has had one rig
sd says of the situation on the hill;
ises but one glance at the little city
&sricks on the fifteen acres of the
SEaync syndicate to convince any
*nit were a fire to start in that 10.
there would be no end to the dam
hne There is some danger now. hut
one. or two of those wells have
b and perhaps flowed two or three
before being shut of, MS did Hey
10. !, the danger will be far greht-
Nolld fire once start, there will he
~ left Of the several companies but
os 10 the ground and their stock.
cne OF them happen TO be flowing
tle nre started, or happen to come
Enl me nre had started, who can
Enen u could be stopped. or the
Of damage that would be done n
II hFwood, whose firm is among the
"A extensive operators in the field, IA
Y. use OF electric lights instead OF
Ne . no further news from the Hogg
III well. The drin was still running
afternoon, but the progress is slow,
'A drillers do not know when they
~ through the cap rock, in Which
flH Is now working.
~
T. a. Brule of Palestine. who has
! mucn study 10 petroleum, argues
aucle printed in the Beaumont Jour
Y me wells on Spindle Top are fed
'1ean and not by a basin. Mr.. Brule
pamphlet some years ago on oil
II" he upheld this theory in his
~ shl, upholds 1t, stating that
~ nor rock pressure wonld pro,
' VII energy as is shown in the Beau.
~
a.lns are the quotations on the Beau
sock exchange;
oa "a Bid. Asked.
aoht OIL ca $500 80 ~ ~