The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-26
ANOTHER STRIKE MADE.
The lattIemen's Well on Spindle Top
SpOuted a Lot Of Gas.
s,e SUIT HAS BEEN COMPROMISED
Ir,.,.. 20 Land on Spindle TOP Cleared
'' - The Action OF the Ltiaants.
Work on Drummers' Well.
nc Slit HAS BEEN COMPROMISED

n..oraated OIL company striking gas
=, This we'll is located on Spindle Top.
s sr,n the mass OF derricks On lnv a.ySs .sst
snon ySs tract, and the excitement that
ss,w,s93ded the spouting OF gas, mud anu
aps Sue was caused from the fact that there
roshs r.af danger from hre that womb
MAS hanne many thousands OF dollarS
have az ~ damage had 1t broken out.
NoL.u after the stream shot into tue
y, he driers and their helpers IN that
Ut N the field had mostly disappeared,
pait s w rapldly disappearing. All around
q "vrsu within radius OF 300 yards.
w we're other wells. the derricks being
,ael Nee together that in some instances n
wagon could searceiy pc a dnrsicr eeswsen
s seiiar beIng fed by an oil Jet. and II the
s,rssu Of gas had taken IRE the conse-
srsnces would have been disastrous In
Yssd Fortunately, however, after the gas
va aesH .no,,ted for minute or two the clear
ss su driller turned the pressure of the
mans INFO the well and thus shut on the
bow Of gas. a. -, ana
t.msge to the well. and that work can
~ resumed Immediately. The drill Is be-
iIsxed 10 be within a few feet OF the cap
l post, as oil has been coming from the
well for a day or two.
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The big suit iled in jefferson county yes,
,srday by The Cleveland heirs to try title
"a spindle Top Heights and reported from
nnAumOnt as AUNluE u new GudpltI " tue
litigation in which that property has be-
ro1le involved was In reality friendly suit
brought IN furtherance OF an agreed plan
% end that litigation and to enable the
nsrfIes 10 the controversy to compromise
iheir differences. This purpose has been
accomplished judgments having been taken
IN consonance herewith. and a like pro-
ceediDg will be gone through at George
Town, In Williamson county, next Monday,
that being where plaintiffs first called on
the courts for assistance In the assertion
Of their rights The Beaumont Confeder-
sied Pipe Line company, commonly known
Is The Streets and Alleys company, Is one
q the chief benefclaries of the compro-
4 mise, as the terms thereof include a recog-
milton OF It's rights by all parties, Jcffer-
son county included As result Of this
boring OF four wells, work on which will
begin at once.
The j. VI. Gufey company acquired
4 lease on the south acres of block %.
south acres Of block 81 and the south
a acres Of block &c. The fee simple title was
sltired by McFa5dIn, Wiess & Kyle. I'm
der the agreement each parcel Is to be
divided Into acres in the shape of a Squire
h as near as practicable The parties of
+ the hrst part, cleveland helrs), shall first
elect one acre, which is not TO include
either Of the three acres on which wells
Gave been bored by the J. NJ. Guffey com
II pany. Then the j. NJ Guffey company as
lessee and McFaddln, Wless & Kyle shall
next select six acres, which is TO in
II elude the three acres on which wells are
IA located; the Cleyelands next select one
ri acre and the Guffey company and McFad-
an Wiess Il Kyle select six. The remain
M ng one acre Is TO he laid off in square
ma the Clevelands take one-seventh out of
M Tie corner.
81 McFasddIn, wless & Kyle owned lots
III snd :. block 90 lots ! to s. block 81;
lets ! and 2 and TO 8, block 89:6locks
E ~ ~, ~ 40, Al, ~ and had sold lots g.
Nv 2 olocs x and lot 3, block 80. These
.s aaI are divided into blocks of one acre
eaen McFaddn, Wiess & Kyle are TO
hsSt three acres, which must include any
" tAe three acres designated as numbers
III e ana D. block y, and g. block 80. The
rg Ere'anos then select one acre, which
i nust not Include one of the acres nj the
M Tour mentioned. Next McFTddin.
M m.ess Kyle select three acres, including
WE W. ons no, selected above by Cleveland.
dsefeaIter Mctaddin. Wiess & Kyle select
4 aA acres and Cleveland one alternately
sanl me entire land is exhausted. This
III sSeement is to settle the title to all tho
mon, anus winch are now divided up
ssrss seseTai OIL companies The four
W,ss, excepted In favor of McFaddin,
hsn ns q Kyle have gushers located on
M. ne Confederate Crude Oil company. or
s wIet known as the Streets and Alley
titia ny was party to the suit ana the
sss,.a " tne streets and alleys was in.
!ns for 81, Iueih WIN YIN the privilege OF bor-
FL H. en vr ". IL Will be remembered that
M .sT,nlaiMillssloners court claimed the stree
1 n se.s as public highways and the sale
sin svr w pe made binding unless they
IA rrestse 80 70 allow them to bore on The
~, $3.50 provided that not less than tWcntv
,uhlc eit unobstructed for tho use Of the
sa n,,r,AE oil companies concerned have
meets, se OF laying pipe lines over the
eeaooard Oil company shas In
IN, s., new method of drifting in
eVAu a using the standard or cable rig.
N.F,sts,nl u u, method Is used altogether in
R7ztltemnts "elds. only one Of two desuliorY
Fiih Ln,a'e been made here TO drill
nade simpIv ~ ana those attempts were
4kamnanr to mold leases. The Seaboard
b tref wi,h gong at II in earnest, how
E2Fh staSa termination to drill a we'll
possible t to Be- ao rig In this g1e,d II i is
h., asIern fields assert that il can he
#3l.lsr S wh me Seaboard company has n
Is BE can he ms - confident that the standard
Uztsnv vi,k useu SUCCESSFULLY he . In com
3te p win several other newsnaner nan
Efnief ny correspondent ACCOMPANIED MIR.
tlect the ~ ~. EXCURSION 10 the well TO In
IN bank az M me well is situated on the
tee ~ u "a Of the city, and n tweIve.ineh
NJ tel and put dOWn to depth OF 20
isve great c s,gse IN charge of the work
dIsutsSsao or 20 to a depth of 300 feet Tee
NILE svstS me standard rig over the
}fner liz ~ y the fact that with the
~ Whsf ktnSS arilier knows at all times
and fhara y OF material he Is drilling
steam 81 Is no likelihood OF his nasS,nc
M " vi without knowing 1t.
h IA. 49,. ~
l. Fsra M, eht OF the fuIt OF the Keith
ne,srp esmpany against the Spindle Ton
I & ko,Ioss. VII open up tract of land Of
{. 81 eopment extent on Spindle TOP for de-
f15t vItnoslnu the next few days viii no
y tbs trae, tue building Of new derricks
I. Ef tt. ~ IAs been removed from the well
fse .sa sI,,,s OIL company on Cornstreet
u''li'ns win be resumed tomorrow.
he n, ~
Il 3sla arl,,, OIL con pany expeets 10
fadls long lon within the next two days on
8ssk !, nent given out by Manager van
f q fas tbs, Southern Pacific railroad de-
4 E*a ior ia SSiere Is no shortage Of tank
h HX'ts a snlpment Of oil from THIS deld
a lylnF elprise TO oil men who have
u { schefna axe nights trying 10 devise
nqre tbsl hereby they could gel cars
VI "A @Rtratlvsiv vi II Is true that cars are
} "a Hiign has Plentiful Just now. but this
Il - anfii ~ eAisted for only a few DAYS
# sseuring 49, rev days ago the problem
.stppsn! 80 vas the biggest one that
,##r ne dlfirr1. 20 contend with: and, in
~ eompaniss was only surmounted by