The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-02
Is Shown in the Oil Wells Which Are Known
to Exist at Sulphur Springs
TWO BIG SUITS WERE FILED IN DIsTRIcTc
Notice OF the Conveyance of the Port Arthur Land
Has Been Fed-The Real Estate Transfers
Filed Yesterday.

& Beaumont. Texas. May 1.-The story that
#went out from Beaumont to a number OF
$;p0pers last night to the effect that a new
#gusher had been struck ut the sulphur
Amlnes cast of this place In Louisiana
81 GEMS. upon investigation today. to he ct.
taoneous in several particulars
IA This oil situation Is a peculiarly mixed I'm
*nffaIr. and II takes great deal of inycstl.
'XEation and deduction to arrive az nny sort
Xpf an accurate conclusion In regard to n
fherort or proposition that may come up.
Take, for instance, this report. The cor
Respondent of The Post undertook to a..
sarcrthln the facts In the matter today. One
IMAM would tell a straight story of the "a
Astence Of oil there and another. supposed
'fo he equally as well posted. would dcny
ePny knowledge of 1t in that field. The
fftory Is only another Illustration of the
policy of the Standard oil company to eur.
Hai the production or keep the production
fwoll within the bounds of the demand.
q From the information CLEANED by the
representative of The Post today. the ca .
istence of oil in the vicinity of Sulpnnr,
Ia, has been known for the past several
wears, but the Standard has managed TO
sh'ep things so quiet In regard to 1t that
comparatively few people have heard of ii.
Nearly everybody. though. knows about the
Existence of the sulphur mines at that
POINT. As early as 1856 the first well was
sunk over there, and now there are Ave
Wells from which the sulphur has beer
aimed Each OF these wells, upon il being
*ound Improbable to further work for sui
phur, was closed, and now, II Is said. they
present only the scene of Old and rustv
capped wells.
II Outward appearances do not count for
much In an oil field, however, and that
which Is regarded most complaccntly NAV
Pc really the most wonderful thing in the
Vicinity. 1t is the case with the sulphur
pines at sulphur. While the wells tbot
BIG capped and apparently abandoned may
prove the least interesting to the casual
observer, II they were opened up the OF
Nould glsh forth from them to a height
4hat could only be equaled by Beaumont
Y The sulphur field will have very little
IN GU on the Beaumont situation, except
W create greater confidence in the ex.
Fht OF tile OIL field. Spectators will have
4: ther hard row to hoe over there. for
w reason that the octopus has alread,
Mrowh out its tentaoles and closed III
nlounh mccn OF the most desirable terri.
MY. Therefore, those who 20 there now
Hil have to put up pretty stiff prices for |
NnI at the start. which will make the
Be1umont field was
Il me property Immediately surrounding
Iht SULPHUR mines and the present wells /
hrlonss IN the American sulphur Mining I
rmpahy, a branch of the Standard OF I
Wmpanv, and the Forward Reduction com.
Mny aiS2 has ne, ssxteaslyc lease holdings in
costly 3y the Hunter Bros. Of Shreve9ort, 4
who have extensive rice interests In south. |
vest Louisiana. The Hunters are selling
n me of their lands for 5000 ncr ncre OF 1
Hnrse, ma which Is owned by the stand. |
nd as well as that controlled by the /
Forward reduction company is not ON the I
nilrkCt at all.
4The sulphur mines are being worked Inv
ne American Sulphur Mining COMPANY and
Z Is said that neither of the shafts or
fells from which the sulphur has brnn
rtmoved Is over 600 feet In dcntb this
Hepest being $50 feet. The sulphur Is en-
f%untered at certain depth ana when
lniit Is worked through the oil is fonnl
thc wells are then capped aud. I'm line |
Tlth the Standards policy the facts about
nc ~ have heretofore been kent ouict.
N VIII be different now, though 10 he
Eure the trust has had ample time to ar
FRnee things to suit itself.
Isl = =
MT. ID. Call of the beaumont National
INK was over at Sulphur several DAVIS
e. and he told the representative of The
La today that he saw the oil and knows
~ i, Is there. In fact, he, exhibited n
Mge bottle OF the fluid which he said
N dipped m himself from pool wbera
M nad moved out of one Of the wells He
rs that -four Of the wells are sbnt off
:E'lrelN. mt the plug In the other did moi
"A tightly and he could soc and hear the
N oozing out.