The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-15
NEW WELLS ARE IN.
/ Them Are First.CIass Gushers
Well Drilled.
EGfMrNTs FOR HANDLING OUTPUT
/. Have Been Already Completed
'soth Threw a Full Stream
While Being Tested.

.oont Texas, September 14.-Opera-
the Beaumont field for the week
,.,sed this evening by the bringing
vo new gushers.
49, was the Eureka, adjoining the
(, ,estlne.Beaumont well, but. had less
y threw A solid slx-inch stream OF
a 800 {eet In the air Altogether, the
Z j allowed to flow about thirty min
z during that time was tested by
Il rIevvood, field manager of the Hey
ni comnapy, Mr. Haywood declared
&ha minimum production would be
barrels per day. l.. V. Elder Of Gal
4 ros CONTRACTOR on the well and
Johnson head driller. The well is
"A !. deep with the six-lnch casing Sc
Il anchored three feet in the cap rock.
%,,cta company is composed almost
4 veiy OF telegraph boys and was or
IA by +. 6. rompklns, manager of
Hes+srn Union at Beaumont. Robert
Ma, president; Thomas Goggin, vice
I'm. and j. S. Waters, secretary,
mo the telegraph boys In their en-
M ami tue NllN4l NAliAAAAANu NAtAA anu NO
Of the strongest companies on the
hge. IL
second we'll to be brought In was,
n The Geyser Development company
kaltenbach Oil company, known. as
Geyser. Kaltenbach No. 1, located In
sas spindle Top Heights. The well
nnder the uperlntendence of c. w.
4 Battling was begun yesterday at
but the oteri gusher coming in
them TO put out the fires and moth
4 rther was done until this morning.
M s o'clock the well showed signs of
II In and the horizontal pipe was
IN position and In few moments
Inch stream of oil was shot 200 feet
,tual measurement before 1t touched
bound. The cap rock was struck at n
Of 903 feet, but the drill was sent
twenty-five feet below that point
h OF Fort Worth is president and Z.
.stnl,fn secretary of the Geyser De-
hent company, Mr.. NJ. Kaltenbach
]. Eastman holding like offices N
company.
companies are heavy holders in the
strlct and it is reported that arrange
have already been made for the
Ing of their product.
~
deepest "duster" to be drilled in the
nont field has been completed at a
Of 2315 feet The well is owned by
entral Oil company and the contract
Of 1900 feet was reached over,
ago. The directors held meeting
lecided to 60 down 5000 feet, unless
as struck before that depth was
ID, They gave up the attempt, how
at the above depth and the well is
d among the busters The well Is To-
three miles south of the Lucas pump
station and about ten miles below
mont This Is one OF the many deep
which were talked of several weeks
the outside territory. The well was
by James b, Difey and he stated
G Post correspondent tonight that no
'of oil Of any nature We're struck.
ng hut sand and gumho was pere-
and no rocks of any nature The
q Is the deepest well in Jefferson
I IN 200 feet
Y \ \ \, +.
'ss given out this, afternoon at the
4 Offices of the j NJ, Guffey Re
m company in this city that they had
another vein Of oil at Sour Lake.
Killers did not express an opinion re
g the possible production Of the well,
.ey we're Immediately notified by cap
'orney, superintendent Of field ope a.
to close down until Monday morning
IVY