The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-04
PROBLEMS OF OIL FIELD
Are TO Be Submitted 10 District
Judge Martin.
MRS. SNOW HAS SOLD HER INTEREST
A Complete Drilling Outfit Has Been
Shipped to Mexico for Development
Purposes--Sales OF Stock.

Beaumont. Texas, June S.-Attorney Flu.
gene A Wilson has been busy getting
ready TO lille with Judge Martin in the
district court asking further injunction
against the owners, contractors, producers
and drillers on Spindle Top prohibiting
them from using the muddy water and
mud In drilling in their wells In other
words, the object Of the papers will he TO
prevent the pouring into the oil sands under
the surface thousands OF barrels of oil daily
that are now going in whenever q we'll is
brought in. The safety committee al a
meeting last Friday afternoon Instructed or
requested Mr. Wilson ~ prepare SUCH a
Petition and he has been in consultation
with Court Inspector hin over IL during
tho day
Judge Martin hes heretofore used every
precaution in the protection OF the bnl
when brought to his notice In an official
way and 1t is presumed that il the damage
alleged can be shown him as existing In
this case tho same action Will be taken
by him now.
Judge Martin has another knotty problem
with which to contend on Thursday, when
the matter of the modification of the pres.
ent Injunction comes up as applied for by
| the Lone Acre oil company The petition
In this case rectes that the wells have
nearly, II not all, stopped as gushors ana
| the safety committee il said Ia he pren1r-
1 ing for complete denial OF this allegation
/ and viii no doubt show II thcy keep good
/ their present Intentions that the pressure
! Is generally very strong on he hill at
| tho present time aud also that the danger
| for the settling tanks by reason of the
! gas accumuiationS is great. The case will
| be interesting from the fact that the
! pressure on Spindle Top win he thoroughly
/ aired under oath and the different opinions
and versions viii he sworn to and oifhnnd
! statements will not 90.
/ ~
1t is now possible to give the figures on
/ the production Of Spindle Top since It's
beginning as an oil producer. they being
] as near accurate as 1t is possible to get
/ them under the conditions The shipments
/ are all correct, but In the early stages 1,
/ was necessary To estimate the output and
/ there may he variance of a few thousand
! barrels In the total;
/ d7G, 1875
November Cars, 2227; barrels 35l .os2.
| December Cars. 1880. barrels. 474, roo.
January-Cars' 84lss barrels, 546ssl.
! fchruary-Gars. 4OT7: barrels. 6S7, ab1
! March Cars, 494s; barrels. sag 79l
| April-Cars, 5025; barrels. Sjl l7S
May-Cars, 54S1, barrels. 032.4u
| Total shlpments--Cars, 32,59j; barrels,
Tankare and local use. sGs5. Sir barrels,
Total output, l4O21,1l0 barrels.
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has lust shipped to Mexico one OF the
most complete oil drilling outfits that has
ever gone into any place. The list con
sists Of complete standard cable rig. a
| complete rotary ontst md f,tn limo of
fishing tools for tbe smallest on IN 20 tho
largest nine that win be usca Tb.y oro
mnde In dppIlcote IN many Dnsos rhn
| company which modo tho shinn,ent u,a.
asked TO furnish an optnt that oo,ld ho
such that the drillers would he able to driiI
! the, hole as deep as the pipe would reach
| without having to send back to the United
states to replace broken parts or to get
machinery to fish out lost drills and the
Ike; The purpose Of the shipment ia to
| DCyclonment nomnoiiy This iottor i,'gt III
tion has under lease and in fee title more
thah 9,UoOoo acres OF land IN Mexico
feels certain tbat he viii br obln t n' Sct
oil. to. when he goes down for n IL.
be placed on Il bed of practically soil,
shh.pnGF ana ma, 'nat tue 1hnger oi hrG Is snch
tancc in order to place if down fnt T ,h,
boilers to rest on rhe supply people de
! Glare that this Is Joke, hut Mr.. Kise
insists that the sulphur proposition Is sub
| stannaily correct lie viii remain In Mex
! leo during the summer looking after thl,
WORK
n. l.. Cox & Co. have brought In tw,
Hosg- swayne tract for The sacrnmento ~, ~,
and Pipe Line company.
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