The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-05
|allF S DIMINISHING.
,,,,,,r Of the Bearmo1t Oil Field
Nr a Bit Premature
..,,,er FlovO GAS ENCOUNTERED
Was Completely Wrecked
y O. q ne Piping Was Blow"
- from the WE'LL

rexas, october 4'-Asain 'ie
shsr0nss, ~ started that the gushers on
q, y rcp are playing out n anI n ,",s
ils. .,ory lnfers that the pump t,mo Tbe
~ W. ...-ted to in short time ne
y iesOl saodent has had occasion oe'
rs 'ris'g into the merits of such stores
\ I, ,ss one may be c'a'SVo ~
sm !. ,s not entirely true to say
Pst'P ,,srs are not losing their FORCE
|ef the saa a not losing it near so rapidly
pa .-,nt any fear that pumps VIII
u = nsod within few weeks II
" y ", Ton gushers are losing tneir
" spluuN ,oss ia vet lmperceptlhle. The
''@ - "a 2 is well with which the
fqEO0o ,no,e or less familiar, and it is
EpE ~ loown that when this well was
|Fislp !, snouteH 211 feet by actual
Erxght ~ u 'fThe Post correspondent
aHirsan i iIba Haywood this afternoon II
*ss1 nj. "a M . had lost any OF IFS
b HgEmgo,, anUed: III 1t has, the loss
fti ns,ible As we'll as the eye can
lnls + sppouts oil just as high now as 1t
Nv day It came IN -, ,ho Won may
.t y. ~ KY Haywood says OF the Wen mhS
ss,d by the public ever! 'ilie '"e
v, d permitted to spout
q ..aItlon OF the Lucas well is
IL 10 bolster up the story that the
~ l. weakening. A gentleman who
I'm ..,rlr familiar with the condition of
r.i informed The Post correspond
~, afternoon that the elmer IA the
,dll more than 100 feet short of
4 A0ttom, and that the well Is choked
Y !, ,oks; that occasionally a large rock
4 ,A,,rr ont after having been notice
/, shaded BY the action of the oil IN
rlsr 10 force an exit. 40 ur
q In further cited that the j, Nj. GuHey
lmuy d getting ready to pump lts
i, N. This company has large oil con
gsss 10 take care of and It's business IL
.g,ntly Increasing. The company real
\ mo every practical oil man on the
In HI II the force that sends the oil
a ~ snrface dOas not give out at some
! II ne futufe this field will be en-
t,ly mike any other oil field on earth.
w vlth practical forethought. the com
In |, settlDg ready 10 take care of its
rir,,ts when II shall have to resort to
4, r1nps, but there is not a man con
ssd With the company who Will say
4 IN pumps will have 70 be used In one
barS. IN two months, or in six months,
a MI. with decrease OF power that is
Il .ven perceptible In six months would
~ warrant the statement that pumps
3 ai be necessary even two years from
In, No one here seriously believes that
rushers will spout permanently. and,
din hy the comments heard today re-
4 Tins the story that The wells are IA st
onlng pump propositions, there are not
NJ than dozen people In Beaumont
b believe that pump will be placed
= as Of the wells within twelve months.
h, most phenomenal gas blowout yet
ngntered In the field was witnessed
tat II o'clock this morning Mt the j..
Gurey Petroleum company's No. I, on
II u The drill had reached the depth
NJ feet and the drlllers believed the
vas about ready to come in. Sudden
de water disappeared and rambling
la vas heard, followed instantly by a
Ff explosion that sent the drilling pipe
guard carrying with it the rotary ma.
Pc and both pipe and rotary were shot
RA'w 800 feet above the derrick.
~ water, sand, mud and rocks fol
N the pipe, demolshing the derrick
It had been fred upon by a battery
artillery at close range.
n pipe fell in twisted and bent mass
pieces Of the derrick were scattered
quite distance.
Vope who witnessed the spectacle ID
IA aat the stream reached to heigh
y" to 1000 feet, Large numbers o
lin Weighing from twenty to thlrt,
'ru came cut of the well and some o
Tell 1900 feet away. The well he
Ii this way for nearly two hours
y checked itself down and came il
anally subslding altogether.
asa mas seen some big gas blow
4 siOfe' but the one today eclipset
asfs and was a spectacle worth golnj
seu Almost miraculous that no on
| out the drilling crew escape,
~
IOss'sFayne well No. .. after hay
! s'ss., n'iully' got down to bushes
ia !. I was drilled by R. T. Gov
III Ihe third gusher Of ths svndi
- Tue slxty'fourth in the field.
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s.'aa. s are the closing quotations o