The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-03
|bTHER GAS POCKET.
sy Company Had Another ExplO.
sion Yesterday.
DANGER OF FIRE EXISTS NOW
d on Spindle Top Is Saturated
with Oil--Suit Auainst
J. N. Price.

# j. N. Price.
hi mont Texas. July a.-rhe j. NJ
hi Petroleum company is having a hard
>2pf il with gas pockets. A rig here
tHnother at Sour Lake was blown M
ID spoutine Of gas Inst week: Yesterday
~ City No. 4, the property Of this
pany. encountered a gas pocket which
" the pipe out ot the well ari left a
Len Of the drilling machine hanging
The top Of the derrick. aud today the
IA wei drilled into another gas pocket.
al blew machinery and pipe around
,Sirely manner One Of the drlllers.
S|Rns stationed about forty feet above
& ound. in the derrick. fell out. but
rnatelv he was not much hurt.
,A the gas that has escaped from Spin.
Tor hill during the last four months
al have been saved ii would furnish
sfpr a large city for many months. The
Al Guffey company has tapped the
81 portion of it.
lrge areas of ground on Spindle Top
now saturated with ei4-+ that hases-
4 n one way and another, and the fire.
hi striking of gas pockets has made
Bubble somewhat fearful of fire
lid one occur the destruction would he
md circulation. on the Hogg -Swaync
4 the derricks are SO thick in some
III wagon can hardly he driven be
ed them. The Beatty and Manhattan
panies are down within 100 feet of the
laNel, and several other wells are not
Behind them. In fact, twenty-five
Isl are going down on this tract, which
MS the running of twenty-five engines
foil as fuel From this 1t Will be seen
! property on the hill would not be
;iuered as an excellent risk by con.
ative Insurance company.
lptaln William Wless prominent lum-
varning the various oil companies of the
ker from fire:
sthe oil men and stockholders of all
ais on Spindle Top Heights and to
I'll citizens of Beaumont.
ave YOU, stopped to think of the great
and hazard that we are all taking
ef the present condition of the wells
che Helghts2 Unless there is concert of
On between the owners and stockhold-
5cf the wells, this county and town
u y
re- ever known in this country. If the
snouid take fire at one of the wells, and
hot immediately controlled land the
1feS are, under present conditions, II
"a not be- the oil running over the
ace Of ths ground would cause cx.
sion and burst all pipe lines now ex.
"a on top Of the ground. The Are would
kxeasily spread from one well to the
:r until possibly all the wells In the
would burn; in that event what would
Ff m ..faf psn Tt, tT,n.
ltcn, with the wind blowing directly TO
Q the town, many people would suffo-
'4 from the smoke before they could
ne, besides, our town would practically
Mined. Such fire as this might burn
ibve years If any one could imagine
'xsueh fire as this could possibly be
pguished, ! should like to hear from
Nj At the present moment. it appears
ne, from business standpoint, that
Lcounty Will be the richest in the state
lin the next five years and that Beau.
u will possibly be the largest city In
State within the next ten wears, pro-
a we have no such calamity as above
nted; therefore, |, for one. insist that
ethlng In the way of protection be
Y. and done at once. Let us have no
III While I am not an oil man. and
t#owa few hundred dollars worth OF
'E In one of the wells on the hill,
re to intake the following suggestions
q safeguard:
4 nat luG pipe llHt on the I'LL nn
led under ground two feet. that all
Is be .cased over with brick and cement
leaving only a sufficient open.
With q closed door for the purpose OF
ning the cap
n do not permit any more wells to
az II l owned a well on the hill today
QUO not spout for the president
kemoye, all camps at once from the
nifty of the wells
4 Remove all oil tanks from the hill
put them outside oil bearing territory
re land can be bought at a fair price
ecourse, my Ideas may be improved
" but In order to carry out my sug.
ions II VIII not cost any well owner
exceed $500, and this is a small sum
IA You take into consideration the fact
/ AZ FIRE ever starts on the Hill there
%neyer be 'any more oil taken there.
p. Respectfully submitted
WI William Wiess.
spprts regarding the oil development IN
Vicinity % Sabine Pass say that the
AS oil company has begun drilling
the Howard league six miles west OF
n, and it is reported that a depth of
feet has been reached. The Coast
se Oil company has its machinery at
+ derrick. This company will operate
ne artesian well on the Mckinley place.
well is now 1860 feet deep, the casing
Ing on a rock. II was drilled FOR arte,
1t Is said the water found
ws oil, and the Coast Ridge company
5drill through the rock in the hope Of
Ing oil. Material is arriving for the
e Star and Crescent company's storage
rs. Work is progressing on their
trNes, and 4 large force OF men il nj
x Between Gladys and Sabine Pass "a
4tlng for the pipe line. a H. Ster.
has the contract for building this
! line, and he is pushing the work to
extent that labor can he procured
German-American company has sue
TED in getting their four inch pipe out
tic quicksand. The well will now be
81 and drilling resumed.
~
he Higgins OIL and Fuel company this
ming filed suit in the district cour,
iEst J. n. Price TO try title to lots OF
rs 25, &c, 81, rs. 90 SO, 81 and s5, Spin
Tor Heights. The suit Is filed Ms a
'tef Of law and there is no damage ask
for. Price has heretofore Hled suit in
district court for all of the yestch sur
(which includes the land Of the Higgins
Many, and the suit this morning Is
lEht for a technical reason