The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-29
AWAITING A NEW GUSHER.
People Of Beaumont Would Like to
Have Another Well Come In.
THE FIRST "DUsTER" IS ANNOUNCED
Frospectors Who Were Drilling the Acme
Well Have Pulled Pipe and
Abandoned the Hole.

Beaumont Texas, May 2s.-Ancther dav
mas passed without the bringing in
vi gusher of of Spindle Ton hill
AZ tue people here look at 1t, this does
not mean mat the bringing In Of such
gusher Is any less probable. but that il is
Jusi enc day less until the longed.for event
Shaii occur As long as the drills found oil
eev,nerFWhere they. were put down ON the
hlll, me people felt that they only had 10
pore Tor oil in most any locality to vol II
nut when wells sunk to 1900 feet some
uls'ahce from the group of gushers failed
10 tind the coveted oil II Uns onnaran,
that oil. like gold must he seal,.hnd for
lnat portion Of the citys population inter
ested in oil-and this includes uearly rho
onurs populhtlon-now realizes that time
VIII he required Ia iud the veins or strata
or OIL that lead to or away from Spindle
Top Heights, but that these will be found
lherc Is no doubt, since dcrrcks dot the
prairie IN every direction from the hill
additional well machinery Is arriving every
daI, ana II is only question of time until
weils VIII be going down all around the
nll ana SO close together that the oil can
not escape some of them.
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while Beaumont people never miss an on
portunity to let the country know that this
Is the original gcyscr city. in fact the ma
tive home Of the oil spouters, they are new.
points Tho proposed DEVELOPMENTS IA
SoIr Lake, Orange, and in fact in all the
territory contiguous TO this city. is gencr.
ally commented on here. aud oil men take
a lively iEtcrett in these things Each pro.
duclng wei. even If it he Of snail caraciiy.
VIII add to the prestige of this sactoG
abroad, and Besumontcrs are not averse 10
other people finding oil by any means
The we'll of the gcmc OH and ru,l CON,
81 fpl Il
Kelly well. is buster at the depth Of
2oso feet and has been abandoned at that
depth The casing is being pulcd ont and
the rig is now being removed. 1t was said
tonight by gentleman Who knows as
much about the we'll MS any one else thn,
there were 70 indications If oil in the well
at any stage ut the drilling and that in
fact. the drillcrS had nothing whatever to
encourage them.
The Louisiana and Texas OIL company
has shipped a rig 10 sulphur. La. and win
bore a well on blackberry island, about
twelve miles south Of sulphur. where there
are said to he excellent indications OF oil
The same story came in from the field
agnin today no news. except that all Of
the rigs are running steadily None of
the wells on the hill are expected 10 come
said to he the deepest, and it is only 600
feet
Efforts are stiIl being made tn get the
tool ont Of the Smith well, hut there is
nothing To indicate whether these efforts
will be successful In the meantime Con
tractor West Sturm Is preparing to sink
another well alongside the original Smith
well.
While no information is being given ont
relative to the depth Of the Texas and
Pacific we'll those who have been watch
ing the well closely assert that II is more
than. 1900 feet. A gentleman who is inter
estcd In the well SAYS It IS the intention
of 25OO feet unless oil Is struck before
that depth is reached,
The Higgins oil and Fuel company is pre-
pairing TO develop its Sour Lake property.
Drilling machinery has been ordered, and
President John y. Gilbert Of the Higgins
company says Il deep well Will be sunk
j. K. Garrick president of the Garrick
oil company, has arrived in Beaumont and
will make this city his future home. Untl
recently Mr. Garrck was master mechanic
of the Southern Pacific shops at III Paso
frl0r 10 tuHl ne nelu u SlDllHF position
with the same road in Beaumont. While
in this city Mr.. Garrick purchased thirty
acres of land near GLADYS City rs nm invest
ment, paving At the time what was consid
cred a reason ably fair price for acreage
property When the Lucas gusher hurst
forth Mr.. Garrick was at FL PnSo. He
took the drst train for Beal mont. aad
since then has been offered $1,000 per acre
for his entire holding lie refused to sell
and later orgmzed the Garrick Oil com
pany, transferring the property to the com
pany. He was elected president, and
few weeks ago severed his connection with
the Southern Pacific Railway company, SO
as to give his entire attention 10 develop
ing the companys property. With the ex
ception of spindle Top HILL Mr., Garrieks
property is regarded ms among the best
company holdings In the field.
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Considerable activity was witnessed on
the floor of the beaumont stock exchange
today and the following sales were made;
Sales.