The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-13
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ne is operating with an independent apd
wealthy concern adds 60 the value OF MS
discovery and is assurance TINT the d.,
yeloPment OF the Beaumont oil fields win
ooDtlnue and that tho whole country VIII
profit from the industry.
In making impurities into previous in
vestigatlon of the oil proepeuts South
east Texas 1.-The Post corresponding found
q published letter which is interesting
1t wHs wrtaten ny p. T. Cayanausn. M. b.
d. D., under date ofIGoAalon, January .,
1873 ana published in the Beaumont
I4unaberman of January Is. .1sls. Just
twenty three years ago. The sour wells
south OF Beaumont iperlglouca in the let.
ter IS THE palnt whore the Lucas 2eyser
is row HDlrting petroleum oil more than
100 tee, into hhe air. Tho letter follow.
After INC discovery of large quantities
OF petroleum I'm Western Pennsylvania
and Virginia, happened TO be on a visit
10 Cincinnati. in 1865, where nicb. with
a number of l9enul1men deeply interosted
IN the subject, Among when was my
brother, Rev. w, Kavanaugh who had
Instruments by which TO find nui trace
veins OF coal oil, or any other aubtnr-
tools worked very finely In nay hands, |
procured a set ana btouRht then 40 Texas
With q vow III prospecting tor petroleum
In this State,
FIRST stepped In Marshall. where ] re-
nalned a year. Having leisure, / pros
pented come on Red river and the upper
sabine | found Hnall veins In various
pants, ranging various depths. But
knowing that There were fne slr1sre in
dlcaUons on Red river near the Indian
Nation, ! crossed over TO that range OF
country and struck large veins 1n the
upper waters Of the Sabino af1 found
thcy had a uniform bcarlng from north
west 20 solAlhe AIT, IN tho direction OF the
mouth VI sisiblne rvcr-saibine Pass,
1 traced these veins for about 200 miles
finding a number OF places where inc OIL
came up hhrOugh the earth 20 the siir
face, but not Ia sufficient qugnptle3 "a
Justify the wording. With my instruments
| located two points I'm Nacog1oghes
county where oil could be Mound et about
| ninety -four feet. Boring was done ~
| tiaiUh places and oil wAs found, but the
supply was too scant to jusDify working
| have no doubt but that more coIld have
been found by going deeper.
| In Augu;t 1866, reached Beaumont
on my line southeast, Here | found so4nf
fine veins; one passing under the AouI
| wells some mile or two southeast Of
! Beaumont. / also ulsllted SoIr Lake
whore ] loun1 oil upon the surface II
greater quantities than at any other
point. BY examination toupd two large
veins passing under the lake fn)rn north
west 10 southeast. and two others crosa-
| ing them AT right angles under tine lake
1 sought tho privilege from @he land own
ers 20 bore for oil near the lake, but NJ
slfoh privilege could be Obtained / Tier
traced one OF these veins "a half mile fur
Their eastward, 70 o,her lands, and boreJ
tonty-two feet, when the quicksand be.
came SO troublesome that we could pro.
coed no further without a greater OUTLAY
OF uloney than | was able 10 meet 81
| abandoned me enterprise ae other du'
tleS demanded my attention.
From Information mostly obtained
frcm Captain Clemants, near Sour Lake
an old sea caElrafn. added 40 what I al,
ready knew OF the range Of petroleum
veins reaohing from che Indian NaItion Il
the gulf, formed the opinion that there
Is perpetual flow Of oil from the north.
west-may be from the Rocky mountains
down Through Texas. the lower par
confined mostly 10 the NeAhes valley. j
reaches the gulf near Sabine Pass, wGler,