The Rice belt journal., 1902-11-21
A GENUINE GOSHER|
Welsh No. 3 a Rival OF the
Famous Lucas Weh.
SPOTTED OIL AND GAS Z00 fEti
Gushed IncessantIy for As hours DC
fore Brought Under Controi-hl'S
tory of the Welsh Field.
SPOTTED OIL AND GAS 200 FEti

development Company |" O
av afternoon with a rush ana ro'''
unexpectedly as clap OF thunoer y
,o,,, a clear sky and has since rival Z
od tho famous Lucas we'll at Beau
mont Oil, gas and water were thrown
@ a great height and for thlr'S .sh1
,ours the actions of the we'll pallieu
he axnerienced drillers in charge Oh
tho work. and not until Tuesday even
if brought completely unoer
control. ,,,e
Drilling ceased when depth oi i--o
foot had been reached and by 9uno"!
afternoon everything was IN reaoliie'2
for the bailing process. Inns i"
oontinyed but few minutes "hen ~
bacame evident that the gas pressure
was too great to permit oalllhs'
b,,ue buclet was making its hfth oes-
cont into the we'll, when water began
shouting over the piping. Almost
,1atore the operator could find place
of safety the bailer shot skE"aro' ''iU
with it a mighty torrent OF gas anu oii |
which has cOntinaed necessarily. al
ATTEMPTS to subdue the gusher prove"
futile owing to the tremendous gas
nressure. Monday afternoon an ein'"
was nlaced on the cap anu "i'ii
niece of four-inch piping hfty leeV loiis
4ho oil and water which at that tl'lie
:, a>ndino from the wall was direct
l "a into an improvised reservoir, mace
NV throwing up levees around 'on
. siderable area of ground near Vic "eA''
3 and into which the we'll is yet gushihs
A. first there was a large percehtas'
> f w.+ar hut no mud or sand DIS IL
+ha ,,revious wells. The flow OF water
however. diminished rapidly, unVi
now the presence of water Is p"iei
-, arcantible and the output OF OIL graz
, ,,o,ly increases and is of a very suPe
". rior quality. , ,.
~ With the valve only partially ope
n between 500 and 800 barrels OF OH wei
brought up Tuesday. Wednesday
,o outnut almost doubled this amou
~ and Yesterday the percentage OF
10 was greatly augmented over that
Wednesday, The pit speclall! pi
~ nared to receive the oil is so arrans
that the water is carried OF from
ho+tom. thus each days output can
Ia estimated with accuracy.
ing DrllAer va" -, al1 business.
, ~ Derience in the oil well pusllee@'
has never encountered anything
,an the pas pressure in this well. he
,e11s Obliged to open the valve 10 PreNei
of serious blowout, and Tor the 80
! IN reason he still allows the well to 81
r,.,is ue1l is remarkable from the
III at he used only one string OF
mos inch pipe from start TO hnlsh, "n',
+b.t fact is important for the Wel"h
o,o az it. reduces the cost OF sinking
and this alone is a greatp point IN Ii
,o;fc of the Louisiana fields.
II ho The we'll was brought under
o,,+h nlete control Tuesday atternooh'
having gushed wildly for forty-'
>- hours Notwithstanding this lac
~ utmost caution is being exercise
'ated, cause Vi 'iie = 1l,,.,I.o,,,, +o have
illage sure ana IL - neoo 80 oreven
Town valve partially open to PreVen
h.ve accumulation of gas, which woui'
o+ +ainlv prove disastrOusly as
,rded previous wells.
everal wednesday "i'ol - ,,,aotato
nc tho ence of large crowd OF SpecU"0o
1,n
y, iii elbow was removed and the
aa turned on. Oil and gas gusheo
than a hundred feet above the de
" 1aid It was permitted to gush perPl
- onas- larly for some time and several
photographs We're taken OF IL
, o.+o+a the elbow was readjusted'
1e President Robinson OF the
Oil and Development Company
to a JOURNAL representative
terday that storage tanks wo
ad ave- erected at once, a pipe line
less last the railroad and that Welsh OF
peculiar be in the market in shorV VitD
child in company has already had call'
as hitch and it will have no dlthculty
/. In tracing for all its product
child in figures owing to the high grad
lched his A great deal has been sal
e muscles the good indications at the "
It and he field, but before this time suc'
, carried not crowned the efforts OF TN
DAYS was Oil and Development Compa
are glad today they can boast OF one
I'd suffici- hest oil wells in the countl
the third attempt Of the co