The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-06
EITYOF OIL GUCHERS
Moi Yet Been Tested, as the,
Tanks win Not Stand Strain.
10 PROVE THE PRESENCE OF OIL
|ainped to Have Been Discovered by
/ Dallas Mantle Work Gcing
Cn-Stock Quotations.

umcnt Texas, July 5.--whlle it has
clAimed ever since the Lucas gusher
atr<Sk, that the spouters on spindle
would flow anywhere from 10000 TO
/, narrels 10 the we'll no announce
If b test has been made, except nv
I'M Guffey Petroleum company,
1 announced that the Lucas well
b 35,OoO barrels of oil In a day. This
ate rs generally believed TO have been
, fowever, for twelve hours. and not
vent four The newspapers and the
! have been anxious for tests OF Mt
fs>o or three of the wells. but no
has been made. unless II was In the
or the Lucas we'll and it IS very
s7ail whether that well was allowed 70
at Its full capacity, for II has neen
I that well flowing at its full IN
wfll tear pipe line up and wreck
X. Strange as this may seem. 1t is 4
that will be attested by all those who
producing wells. Furthermore. the
actors who put up the steel storage
/ do so with guarantee. and under
XHHIH IutA VIII. nut NltN0 a hfAi
! turued on at full flow into a tank
fiigslns Oil and Fuel company sought
ike a test of its first well by Rowing
IL a storage tank. but the contractor
che how reduced. saying that the FIJI
of the well would seriously damage
ark
1 Haywood OIL company thought Of
az test of its No .. the well that
ID. til the height of 217 feet, but when
yate valve was given a little more than
tuFn the pipe line commenced jumping
the tank threatened TO shake itself
eces The valve was then opened lust
frfn of the stem and the oil allowed
ow into the tank With the valve In
pnsition the well flowed at the rate
5,0p0 barrels per day. Mr.. Alba Hey
made this statement of the attempted
this afternoon, stating that II took
zen four and Ave turns Of The valve 10
ltNentirely, and that while he could
70 correct estimate of what the well
ID do II the valve were thrown wide
!. he was certain that the result would
are greater than 25,000 barrels per day.
less some other means is adopted for
ing n test. 1t Is not likely that the
{ que nifty of oil that one OF the gush-
will flow In n day will he determined,
the pipe lines and the storage tanks
not strong enough TO stand the strain.
ptain Ben EcEoff has Just launched an
large for the Beaumont Transportation
papy The barge Is 31x130 feet and
carry about 1000 barrels of oil. AS
as 1t Is ready TO go to deep water
barge VIII be put in the coastwise
: Drummers' oil company, having Sc
a one of the Hogg- Swayne tracts. will
In d few days begin drilling well.
expect 10 reach the oil level within
STATIONS at the Treadway well will De
we'd for several days by the falling OF
crown pulley from the top of the der.
which smashed the rotary machine.
4 A. p. Langford. citizen of Dallas.
us to have discovered a method by
n be can definitely locate the oil bear
strata in other words, II you contem-
Q Boring on a certain spot he can tell
whether you will find a gusher or a
i: Lnngford has visited the oil field
has made predictions regarding certain
o. and 1t has been stated by those WHO
% ~ know that his predictions are
essrs. j. NJ. Reagan and Gordon Randle
Of Dallas, have recently been out "a
oil Geld with Mr.. Langford, and n care.
and positive test has been decided upon
determining the value of the theories ad
red by Mr.. Langford. MIR. Langford Is
Indicate certain wells as producers and
stn others as producers, his state
il 10 this effect is to be attested b.
! notary public and is to he left
he Keeping of the notary until the wells
eated are fully developed II his pre-
Ions come true hts theories will bC
j the hill there are three wells beius
down very close together Two nj
se. Mr.. Langford states. will be non
1ucers. while the third will be .
her. Mr., Langford has metallic sub
ice. the composition of which he doel
Sdlsclose. attached to a string. wher
IinStrnment Is held over bearing terri
the magnet attached to the strinl
ms TO revolye, and continues to do 81
long Al held there. If the instrument 4
ne Back and forth as the pendulum o
lock If placed on a dead line, thu
dulum will become STATIONARY.
aryeyor Yarhrough and Messrs. Reagan
h Randle have carefully watched thes
erinients and declare that the magne
S act as claimed for It, although Mr
igford's hands are made perfectly sta
,ary so that motion could not he con
ed I'd the magnet by the hand MI
lRford Is we'll known In Dallas and b.
MI here, and he is regarded as bein
fcctJy honest and thoroughly sincere
| some are giving credence TO hi
orIes while many others are interested
incredulous.
~
he following realty deals of interest {
operators were filed today:
/, NJ. Hebert to Lone Star and crescen
company, acres out Of blocks 3 and
Han Humphreys subdivision, $1,000. .