The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-29
iIpGE OIL SHIPMENTS.
..,aat Sent Out Thursday Largest
in History of Field.
,,mFp WELL HAS BEEN ABANDONED
IN, Of Deep Test Well Being Dis
wv ,.,,ssed-Mr. Newman's Views.
Higgins No. 2.


,..,mopt Texas. June 2s.-Larger ship
~ oil to interior points was made
1' i,y than on any day since the first
Nm shipped out the shipments yes
"a N, aggregatIng 142 cars. OF this the
Elr Y, cnffey company shipped 100 cars,
x no Higgins oil and Fuel company
i, twenty-five cars. From this II
t Y /. seen that a market for Beaumont
n belng built up very rapidly. How
,he shipments of oil do not really
',sscnt the demand, since these of the
em,,ples that are ready TO market their
N ave been Handicapped all along by
E.,or,,oe of transportation facilities. The
! sNand is NOT only increasing, but the
a ssSs are being received from much
s ,erritnry IMAM few weeks ago. IN
nsar N men say that wherever the oil is
n I'M, practical test as fuel they find
p'.ssmers The tank cars In the service
"A nfai compaules are being worked over.
s,,e Int II will he long while until
VIVA ao.n ~ them are secured 10 carry away
\. Snil product of the thirteen guShers
\ XIX heId The inadequpcy OF the pres
n .,s,vinnrnt becomes more apparent when
\ /. Tnown that at least 23Uu tank cars,
.Slns train twenty miles long Wonil
!. the Beaumont field.
~
7ae public is awakening rather slowly
1, tbe immensely of the output o. this hell
M tbe fact that the escaping of millions
!, cubie feet of gas and the drawing off
!, hmdreds of carloads of oil has not
,osKened the pressure of the oil from be-
,tsth has done much toward making peo-
"A realize that Beaumont has already
KIN long stride toward the displace-
sg II coal with oil; that is, while the
,tual displacement viii come about grad
,,ly the oil supply necessary to dc 1t Is
.Iteady at hand. The practical certainty
lmlslana points in large quantities tends
I, strenrthcn the position of oil as a fuel
III 70 make the coal barons wish that
,sey we're oil kings instead.
~
me question of deep test we'll on
alndle Top is still being discussed by
n representatives of three or four oil
s@panIes and it is almost certain that
for the sinking Of such
tsl will soon be made. The views of Mr..
lnold Newman who arrived here three
Il four weeks ago from the Russian oil
tsds. have done much to strengthen the
IMPRESSION that deep well anywhere near
sradIe TOP would strike the reservoir or
team that supplies the grshcrs on tn
hi Mr. Newman has had several wears
nptrience as dl4ller in the oil fields
i Russia. Roumanil and Galaria He
al ohn ryn f,f "a AT
sgs In the Russian fields and oil men here
TslGe his experience highly Speaking of
DC Russian and the Beaumont fields. Mr..
Afalnan said;
/ spUuted 80 tanks" or about 3J,Vb
lafres in twcnty-four hours, for 4 short
tne only, The wen Is bailed now It Is
impossible to pump the wells at Rlku Oh
lrount Of sand, which can not be pra-
Ianted, although screens have been used,
can not he kept from coming thgnugn,
he same applies to the oil fields In Eol
nsnla and AT Campiilu. where great oh
wills were also discovered,
"How long the Beaumont wells will
poat no one can predict. II Is only
lststlon Of time before they viii have 10
y hailed or pumped The sand and stone
81 stop up some, and in others the Sis
w escape doing away with the naccs>I-
pressure Occasionally "A well may be
Naseu 70 guSn, again Tor snort time ny
g IN Rim li.1it tp saa. ana ..,,. go
I'D yellow. slick ciay' which makes am.
n very difficult because it caves in,
' sSd ma mgcIareaded 4uiGiksand is found
When asked If he fbopgbtl iii CI' could b,
IEld on Spindle Ton in fhis locality Mr.
Newman replied
rAF opinion Is that there is oil MI AROUND
OMumont, ana maybe for many miles fur
IN seen in different directions are the
NM w vi On splnuie Top me formation
hive to bore dceppr IN snma nIoccs tba,,
sAers to reach he ali In Pihabat thei
by the oil AT depth Of 40 motors 6niI
leout sixty meters distant from this well
pns oil IN ~ ~ meters 10 rGach H.,
y gusher at BAG meters and nbont KS
.ee ,. away they had to 30 S24 meters
turtuInH vice as ueep-lo get the sah'e
ne theory Of