The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-23
/ NEW GUSHER IS IN.
r,ootsIa Well Is No. % in the Beau
mont Oil District.
II, FLOWING FROM THE dOBER WELL
!, !. Not Gushing and There Is Not
: " the Least Sign Of Gas
About It.
! FLOWING FROM THE GOBER WELL

ca,umont, Texas, august @z'-lhe foun-
NH and Fuel company brought In
mis- morning at IL o'clock, making
,hirty.second gusher in the Beaumont
VA The well was practically finished
,,ersay evening and ballng started when
AIN nine had been removed. 1t took
-, Than was FIRST thought TO remove
ii vate, left by the rotary and darkness
&, an before the task had been com
,I.,cd Baillng was resumed this morning
" o..Iock and about II water commenced
,,,e 10 the top of the casing Head
nsl.. white noticed that there was
4 ,sab,lrc on the surface and after closing
=, cate valve instructed the men to cap
4. ees,nx. a six-inch pipe had previously
~, set and when this had been accom-
,i,hea the valve was again opened. Re-
. n,rEsble as 1t may seem. not a drop of
a had been discovered up to this time.
! prsseutly water and mud began to pour out
i md in the course of five minutes oil was
,lsune against the embankment thrown
M from sush pool like hydraulic drill.
| relopel s. D. Mimms, president and gen
ri manager of the company, and Con
,rssfor c H. Jones were present when the
srll came In After flowing for about five
n riru,eg thc gate valve was closed and
/ IA We'll accepted by the company.
~
i reupttn oil and Fuel No. is located
4 4 block 3s, Spindle Top Heights and is
4 urotnded by a number Of the wells which
Nave recently been brought In on the Hogg-
swsyue syndicate tract 1t is 93S feet
/ deeD, about the same as the Cattlemen's
rbnsolldated. The slx-inch casing is an
etre6 on the cap rock and, considering
All points Is one of the most perfect and
MAGNIFICENT producers In the field. The cap
4 rlk was ten feet thick at this point and
tAc drill was sent eight feet into the oil
saal before hrlngsng the well In. Drilling
VS. commenced a little over three weeks
Iga but was completed in sixteen actual
last drilling.
Mississippi concern aud commenced ope-
raticns In the Beaumont field In May. with
epnerll offices in Beaumont. The Fountain
oil and Fuel company was named In honor
u II. ]. X. Fountain: a prominent phy-
sleia1 Of Pennington, Miss. No stock mas
been sold IN the company and the enter
pise was backed by private capital.
~
The Gober well on block 81. Gladys city,
In rather peculiar condition. Battling
was resumed this morning and by the
lime the baler had been sent down two
\ N three times oil began to flow over the
top Of the casing. In a few moments all
,urface water had been removed hut the
well continued to flow pure oil In about
tie same manner. There was no gas
escaping whatever and 1t was natural
low Of oil TIE Gober Is a fraction over
DO feet and about twenty feet deeper
lhan It's ncighbor, the Columbia, 200 feet
4 Ioath. About 10 o'clock the operators came
% the conclusion that the water pressure
! W the bottom was holding the well back
and the escaping oil rose through the
water The large 6-inch bailer was called
4 INTO service, hut II had no apparent effect
he well continuing to flow In about the
anne manner with occasional signs Of in
Feased strength. In its present condition
DE Gober IS one of the best wells in the
ted In so far as the contractor Is con
ierned The S-inch casing extends TO the
, nck equaled only by one other, the. Co
j nmbla President Gober stated that IL the
4 well did not come in bJ morning they
would 60 deeper II is flowing from 100
70 1900 barrels per day.
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The casing In the NJ, X and well has
hen set on the cap rock and will come
B not later than Saturday, barring acct
1 The Island OIL company has abandoned
Us well on Smiths island at a depth of
4 800 feet The we'll is located on an island
several miles below the city, The drill
4 dld not strike encouraging signs of OIL
The Citizens Consolidated OF company
has resumed operations on its well and ex-
pees p finish with an eishtlnch pipe
some time during this week,
\ ~
OIL men In the Beaumont field are In
tgnant over Governor Sayers' message to
The legislature recommending that oil COM
Pnles be taxed > per cent on the gross
receipts. They feel that similar action has
4 w been taken with other enterprises
IKE nature and IL was never thought
4 an until the opening up of the Beaumont
sn a meeting OF producers, consumers
~ citizens has been called at the OH ex-
,S1asnnge building tomorrow morning at
ittSQ TO appoint a committee to go before
Nv legislature and make a protest against
M M enactment of a law OF that nature.
aneSS Industry has been handicapped Tor
1919 months on account of excessive
sngglt rates and since that has been
1 ssni1,'neo a strong protest Will go up
fAiust an additional burden in the form
W excessive taxation, For the first Few
lars OF an oil company's existance the
n insVt part of theG receipts is expended
elhdlng pipe lines, tank cars, storage
any etc, and they do not feel that II
, Vglu De right to exact the per cent e5-
TuaHy at this stage Of developments.