The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-27
OIL FIELDS IN TIE SOUTH.
Cheap Fuel Mny Lend to "a Vnst En-
pnnsfOn of Industry.


The evidence accommodating each week
Of tho wide extent Of the field of fuel pc
troleum which has been developed thus
far to its greatest extent at Beaumont
Tex. and Of which the latest manifesto
ton was i'm the EuSher at Jennings, La.
IS tending 90 a demonstration OF the be
lief that the South will become the lead
ing oil-prodUcinE region Of the world. and
Will thus have III" cheapest fuel supply
available for a vast expansion Of indus
try. The search for oil. however. is not
confined to the Texas field. though or
carnations TO develop gas and oil at
Rochdale, Wooster and Fl Paso during
the past week indicate that the climax
IL that State has by no means been
reached.
In that period. though. the greatest in
terest seems to have been recorded I'm
Tennessee, where several companies were
organized to drill for oil. one Of $500
capital has leased 10000 acres Of land near
Clifton and will sink probably three wells
at once A company Of Springfield will
drill on 1000 acres Of land I'm Robertson
county. and others will operate near Yer
non and Nunnolly. at GalIatin. at JolIico.
and at Wartracc. Similar operations will
be carried on near Pensacola. Fla at
Burnside. Albany. Berea and Maykiug
and Junction City. Ky: at Green Forest
and other points in Alabama
Coincidcnt with movements in the long
I cst-Settled regions Of the South to pre-
serve the sources Of supply of turpentiuc
and other products Of the forest the work
OF bringing timber lands into the market
and Of expanding the lumber Industry
continues systematically
The saw mills and other woodworking
cStablis hmonts AT jackson. Miss. for ex-
ample. which have been given a great
Gulf and ship Island Railroad are an
running on full time and many Of them
cannot keep up with orders A number
81 notable deals for timber land have
been completed during the ugsr month
several tracts ranging from 5000 10 90
w acres. having changed hands at good
prices For Mississippi too, is now plan
L.ou one OF the y peal undertakings ia
southern numbering. A Chicago firm
winch already has large lumber interests
! IN Inc south, announces its purpose to
l construct large saw mill and veneer
mill plant at Nicksburg In the s7w min
Tour band saws. one gang saw and two
FeSdWs viii be installed. and in the We
A'tI Hlil q complete line of modern We
uctr machinery. The mover miami nil
| include two Loo horsepower engines ana
many smaller ones. Between 5Ut and ZOO
NJ. M VIII De employed by the new under
With the general tendency in the South
20 give commercial value to such by
products as cottOuSeed once treated ee
waste, the accumulation Of SaU-1ucr a.
lumber mills has led to experiments for
us utilization The hardwood plants see
an opening IN the distillatiOn from the
Sd"duSt OF material for the manufacture
OF wood alcohol, acetic acid. etc. and the
| suggestion Is now made that the Savvdust
OF pine which has for some time been
used Tor fuel might be given greater ef-
hclency as such by being made through
compression and other processes. the me-
dlum TOT the storage Of tar resin. tur-
penune. and even Of petroleum
IN the meantime the list OF new minor
industries in the South continues TO
IeHgthen- The week brings out announce
ments Of ice factories at Urbanna. Va
AEondale. Ala: Wheeling w Va
Weatherforc. Texas. Of woodworkina,
plants OF one kind and another at HoIlv-
wood. SileT City. y. C; ThOmasvilIe. Ga
and Nacadoches, Texas, and Of mineral
Developments in Kentucky. North Caro-
lima. West Virginia, Tennessee. and Geor-