The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-01
thew Have Just as Much Force as the Other
Sixteen Wells Had.
oruHR WELLS EXPECTED TO COME IN loDAy
The Manhattan wen May score Before Mrning.
The beauinon. Iieiu IS moi Extendedby
Either of the New Producers.

! /. ~ Beaumont neiu pioAe
.,.,roon by bringing in two gushers
amin less than an hour. The new wells
~ nroperty Of the Spindle Top and
o,a Floor OIL companies. The well OF
I. AIT named is situated on the land
n. IA until recently in litigation be-
,,.,u the spindle Top OIL company and
4. r.,th Ward OIL company and the
4 o,.rua Floor well is on the Hogg- Swayne
~ neither well enlarging the field in
&.ry particular.
4 BoA wells came in between 8 o'clock
j "a o'clock this evening, making a total
4 1, eighteen gushers in this field.
n while the wells were not allowed to
IAN, perpendlcularly, each threw strong
.tr,su through horizontal pipe and both
" said to be nrst-class gushers. The
sppdle Top well reached the oil sand with
,our inch pipe, while the Ground Floor
company brought in six inch well.
4 The Manhattan well was being balled at
Nh tonight and a gentleman who has
ID come in from the field says this well
BIN likely CONC in before morning.
Two or three other wells are expected
within the next forty-elght hours and
/, number Of gushers will in all proba-
IEp be increased to twenty-five before
be end Of this week.
N ~
Il TIE well OF the Roby oil company, sit
kasd on the Caswell tract. which was
spnripd about month ago as showing oil
GnNcns, is still perplexing PROPOSE
Ia II Mr.. J. A. Paulhamus, under whose
uElylson the we'll is being drilled. When
Ebert was made to bail the well more
pia month ago salt water ran In so
pNly that the bailer made no progress.
hnhamus thought that by putting his
lsng deeper he might shut off the vein
Fater and thus be able to bail the well.
eisquently the casing was set at a depth
l2A feet, but another attempt to bail
b well yesterday showed that the at
un 10 shut off the salt water had not
- successful, for 1t filed the hole faster
~ The baller conld draw 1t out. Mr.
alhanus thinks the water comes from
Iell struck ct the depth of 900 feet, and
81 II passes down on the outside of the
~ and comes up on the inside The
nH that was brought out of the well
ne oaller contained some oil, but not
wgh 70 establish the well as a producer.
rfded the water could be shut off. Mr..
rtsrus will allow the well to stand
DAYS, hoping that the earth will settle
MO- the pipe and shut the water of.
pnln Lucas met With a similar expert
While drilling the gusher bearing his
and for a time he almost despaired
1ulnf anytnlng with the well on ac-
movement is now on foot to organize
eats or company to look after the
si q storing and marketing oil. Some
.h companies now having wells sunk
spindle Top have no land available for
MIN ianks while others would have
lHHPs tne OIL several miles In order to
M, s.V,Iase lanks which might be built
!, G rsi , ,ssna' This being the case, Ii Is
t (,,Ist lnat great saving may he ac-
lP.saed by several of the companies
Il .dn.,.lEk. v some way to secure facilities
!, nafketng the OIL The scheme Is,
sls ,tKlng shape, and 1t Is likely that
FLYERS DistribntiInnr p co, known as me
lStsn written to 4 number Sn[ az oil ie com.
IL 4 N, ,nsTi .is them to join such com
II Is sul ntep pGs plan outlined In these
together and have each s nnt un s s%ah,
4 AAer the plan. II Tho phi Nav up n m,"
sll,or meeting will be had within a
\ perfect the organization.
4 A
vcIhs hoe, snsr
htnnal OF, corpnnnr u On cue we.
"a The diroc,ora ,, a. ~, ueptn "
: M directors OF the company
pa III meeting within a few days
hleiEn whether they wish the well
Eye
~. ~
u sefman. American we'll ON fro rulf
v few miles west Of sabine pass
Il Fiatsd 10 have roooha,
u ls This well is onnosIte whst e
V ahandoned short ~ so foot ~ wiz
a 9aVr. Oh 1870 rect
g. IN