The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-07
wills STILL DELAYED.
II. Manhattan Win Be Brought Ia as
q Four-Inch Gusler.
,,,ur TRADING ON STOCK EXCHANGE
e,,,ro Of Sales We're Made--The
l''s ~ ~. American Well on the Coast
Has Been Abandoned.

reras. August 6.--None OF
fsasss ssl wells that have been expected
~ ne twentieth gusher spouted
~. ~ made good the promise they gave
.,nv in, but two or three are likely
IN, IN at any hour. work on the
I 81. nd Manhattan wells is still being
.Ps.v hnt II has been found impossible
np. slxinch well of the Manhattan.
,,rr.lnch well will be brought in.
a o,t Of drilling with four-incn pipe
"A ,,rady under way, and Secretary Miller
....,s the well in by Wednesday.
-. nsrsgh Oil company's well. on the
Il -ysvayne tract, is down near the gush-
ssrA The slx-nch casing has been set
a Ne cap rock. and four-inch pipe is
N cent through the rock. Contractor j.
q strn thinks he wiz bore through the
"A rock some time tomorrow, However,
avs he may not be able to bring the
g. N IN before Thursday.
n n, Hcss.swsyne syndicate purchased an
a. !, az land on Spindle Top from the
4 sth,ward oil company today, paying
10000 therefor.
N The well being put down by Cox & Josey,
LAIR has been expected IN for three or
H. DAYS has met with an accident that
I'M delay II for several days. When an
.,,smut was made to bail the well II was
E<rnd that the casing stopped several feet
Eeort Of the cap rock, and that sand ran In
FL sneh ouantities that IL greatly obstructed
y low Of the oil. A four-lnch pipe had
IN used 10 drill through the cap rock,
t.sd In an effort to pull this pipe for the
Alu,er n Ct In -
ffe csp rock 1t was pulled In two Mt the
Elm iolnt The drlllers are fishing for the
6>re aud hope to get 1t within n few days.
LING well Of the Bryan Heard Oil com
E.rnr. situated about a miles west OF Spin
i, Top, has been abandoned Mt the depth
Ia 100 feet, and the contractor Is now
having the pipe No signs OF oil were
- scoupiered, aud as other busters had been
fountefed In that direction from the hill
vas thought best to discontinue the
y Billing.
6The German-American well, situated on
Hfe gulf coast, opposite what is known as
ID oil pool, has been abandoned at a depth
A 1900 feet Major Stribbling says the
I'm passed through about $50 feet of mud
Do OIL which is supposed TO supply the
&& which comes to the surface of the gull
U&i forms the oil pool. Major Strlbbllng
fys the mosquitoes were. to a considerable
I4rte responsible for the abandoning oil
&l well, since they were so fierce that the
Pikmen could hardly hold out against
Nm
Die Export OIL and Pipe Line company Is
~ Regulating for an oil reservoir to
~ either 10000 or 10000 barrels OF
ne capacity not yet having been de
nlaed. The eompsny's plans centem
#ie the building of reservoir in tat
Pund, which viii probably be lined with
Fts and cement, 1t Is the intention OF
company TO build this reservoir as close
me hill as possible 1t Is understood
3; tie negotiations are now well undo,
and that something definite may bc
csu In few days.
~ awee@
Pa Of the best meetings of the oil ex
nse since Its existence was held this
fnlng and It Is seeonc In number of trans
icts Caher George Commons was feel
NE good effects of his last fishing trl
gct the boys RED up to a point wher,
81 turned things loose.
%f Of the Yellow Pine company
was not known ten days ago, was
"a On the market this morning at $l75
started at Sl2j and then an offei
lor The entire capita! stock at $40
none was offered at that figure. Really
70 cents on the bidding. Gober rar
70 cents and Glover-Anderson tool
plaee on the 3-cent list. Both the Man
~ and Beaumont Petroleum and Cas
g cents over yesterday.
5'sslier the exchange will have but on,
4 aay, which VIII be made at IL a. M
f'noNing were the closing nuota tions.