The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-21
( BEAUMONT OIL FIELD.
/ We'll in the Vicinity of the
Y, u, Has Been Abandoned.
y work IS NOT POPULAR NOW
!. Not Rushing the Work on
ts ,, ~ As They Did When the
w Field Was New.

\. Wells as They o,o V'"e wv
" Field Was New.
Texas June 20. The third
|vl'DVu,So the vicinity OF the famous
DO has had very little Of a de-
" dus''l sance on the field since the
|ssns ir .Ne drilling was really dis
(, some time ago. Inc wen was Tue
aIea y tbe Beaumont and Los Angeles
lHs INV and the hole was abandoned
saP'N ,,arnoon at depth OF 100
|facas rel is In the same territory
X iA' r,sar and Warren busters, and
=. dry holes pretty well establish
~. amt there is no oil In that par
y" n.anty. Mr.. Duney, who drilled
" w and Los Angeles well, says
Tu ',on was in no respect similar to
SDipdle Top, and that no rocks
y Mr.. Diffey put nm elght-inch
w. 1910 feet in this well, which has
aN tons before In this field. The
~ 80 moved to a point about three
~ ~ the Lucas well, where a
N be put down for the central oil
paDy -
u.,g.sNayne syndicate has disposed
II H. holdings, except that portion
ia ana developed by the syndicate.
NJ Campbell, a member of the
- stafes that his organization Will
Il N n,trct ior I'VE wells next week.
y Governor Hogg's antipathy TO
as.tlsus. the syndicate Will MOI De
NperaIsd -
,.o,rt has been vigorously circulated
\. ,sny that the Landrum well had
i hut rue report is untrue, unless
q = he,n found since late yesterday af-
while the well Is being guarded.
IN "a still running, which is proof
anD oshsr mas been struck. This rumor
~ n the moss persistent that mas
hs,rd Ia the Geld, hut the tact that
IN Il being guarded against Visitors
81 aeM heaps the rumor along.
KIM are rot 9rlled as rapidly now as
s.re Al the beginning ef the develop
N this neal, therefore wells that
n hsy, r.achsd the oil level several
,po npter tAe methods employed al
ne sill several days short of that
I'm Az 1pst the excitement affected
II tdlers as we'll as others, and they
H. no suert 10 complete a well In as
lime as possible, running the ma
,.y nav ard night. Now, however
,yelffniert mas subsidized and few rig
rn al p5gli, and none of them attei
81 val redca,es any considerable deplh
r. d the sFrilgns up OF SO many heN
Itss. tat iAnger from fire Is something
Fl considered, and this has had con
.abIe o 10 with the abandoning of tn
p soz,
b, Ground Floor Oil company has start
vel 90 the tract purchased from tn
ssvegue syndicate. If the anticipa
NJ the companies drilling on tn
.Svayne tract are realized, severa
sssfs should he brought in within thlrt
d as a half dozen rigs are now ruhhlh
he tract.
nuy Haywood, one Of the promlner
iicrs Of the field, will leave tonigi
sChcago to recuperate for few week.
~
ID. trst oil burning locomotive thi
been seen in Beaumont came in tn
snoon, and during the minute that
81 20 at the Southern Pacific depot larj
ri gathered about IT, The locomotI
III drawing the car of General Supc
i aieAt W. c, Nixon Of the Gulf, Col
i and Santa Fe and had made the TT
r. uleburne to Beaumont. After J
llag al the depo, few seconds the c
r for the oil fields. The trip is bel
d for the purpose of testing the
: n | fuel for locomotives, aud the {
fl and fireman report the test entli
satisfactory so far Very little sm0
~ fom the smokcStaCk and there W.
course. no clnders. The oil Is CARR
ana placed In the compartment who
"a Is usually kept, and II Is carri
furnace by means of a pipe a
a'd with & steam Jet.
~
late hour this afternoon the Hoi
Hae wen hand not been complete
drilers are trying to set the casI
NE cap rock, and until this Is dc
seH viii not he brought in. Consid
. ell howed from the well again tot
night Il stood in two large pu
Z ~ the derrick.
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