The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-05

racing a Great Deal of Atten-
lion at Beaumont.
kIsTAKE ABOUT STRIKING OIL
lily Is Yet to Be Determined, How
er-SeveraI New Spindle Top
Gushers Are Nearly Ready.

mont. Texas, September Am I'M
.Quiet has prevailed on Spindle Top
Sunday, when the last gusher came
a flock of new spouters Is looked
any time, since they seem to come
yes of late. The shutting down of
q number Of wells while the wild
be Beaumont well was gushing has
the coming in of some of them.
|liet that prevails on the hill now Is
Ed as the calm before a storm. aud
Wells will doubtless get busy before
Ia of the week.
reports that have come in today
Sour Lake bear out the first news
fhe Guffey well, and there is not the
doubt that the well nas found oil
Siderable quantities.
Moore, who is looking after the field
IONS of the Byrd syndicate around
Bake, came in from Sour Lake this
hg. Mr.. Moore Is an oil man of seven
Experience. He saw the well and
nks the strike is a big one. MIR.
said of the well: "Ot course the
of the strike Is not yet known, but
.Pars to be very large one; in fact,
IS to me to be such a well as those
Beaumont field. When tie how
|ruck the pumps We're put on at q
ressure In an effort to Keep 1t back.
pur-inch drilling pipe was drawn up
. be top of the derrick to make au
pnal weight of water against the oil,
Notwithstanding this great pressure
am of oil as large as three of Il
| Fingers came steadily from the well.
IN oil In hn co d
es just above the cap rock, ana when
hck Is penetrated, 1t is my opinion
be well will be very strong gusner.
.buld not Judge of the quality of the
Id Ii appeared to be the same kind
as the Spindle Top product:
|rrlved at Sour Lake last night"
. Winch, a drlller, who came down
Bour Lake this morning, expects great
of the well, believing that 1t Will
|he gushers of this field.
bringing in of gushcr at Sour Lake
have far7reaching influence Just
. There are some who have enter
the fear that too much oil would
covered there would be no de.
for it, but the experienced oil man
5 field takes different view; he
IS that the discovery on oil at Sour
| nd the broadening of the field around
|Ont will have a beneticent effect on
business by proving to the world
Iputheast Texas can heat and light
ord Tor many VARS to come, and
| the world Is afforded ouch proof 1t
pstall It's oil burning apparatus and
10 Beaumont for its fuel.
.nen, real estate men and spectators
begun to dig up their maps of the
Bike district, and another favorable
| from the Guffev we'll will inaugu-
! least small boom.
|e VIII no uuuUL eos considerable pros
3 done between Sour Lake and Spin
Pp, since many hold to the theory
N may be found between the two
and in fact, all operations outside
wed territory will be stimulated.
y
Haywood Oil company is much graft
|er reports of the tests made at Dal-
which the Hamill burner was used.
INES L. Ludlow, the company's rep
|Rtive at Dallas writes that he is kept
.imost night and day and his work
living good results in the way of
. TO the home office.
. Portland Cement company writes
Ieywooa company that the use of
|pnt oil has Increased the output Of
. ut % per cent, besides greatly cheap
|the cost of fuel.
be instance a single burner is supply
3O0-horse power boiler with fuel.
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