The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-28
100000 BARRELS OF OIL
dave Already Been Taken Out Of The
Spindle Top Wells.
TWO MORE SPOUTFRS on THE LIST.
A New Test Made Of the Gusher al
Sour Lake Which Was Entirely
Satisfactory.

Beaumont Texas, March - .-Twerty.slx
days of March show oil shipments aggre-
gazing 4166 cars, against 4Oo1 cars foi the
cltile month OF February.
Nearly every day proves the fallacy OF
some one OF the many prophecies made ny
scientists and oil experts concerning the
Beaumont field. Last fall MIR, {. 4. u.
Caracristi. scientist end oil expert. made
the prediction that 1o.UO,OOO barrels would
be the ultimate production of the spindle
Top wells. More than l.GoO,OO0 barrels
of oil have already been drawn from the
wells, and even now well occasionally
Lleaks something and runs Wild.
49,
TWO more Aew spouters were added to
the list today, making thirty six in during
March and a total Of 10 in the held.
The Enterprise OH company brought in
six-lnch well on block IS, which spouted
without battling. 1t Is reported to he a
hno producer
T. NJ Lea 4 Son brought In six.incn
spouter on block IS, but the drlier In
charge did not know the owners OF the
well.
Contractors Foudren worlcy. drilling
rick in late yesterday afternoon and a
piece Of the falling debris struck MIR. Fou-
Grcns right arm. breaking it and ruptur-
| ing blood vessel A physician soon
| checked tho flow of blood and the injured
man is reported to be doing very well.
~
OH men who saw recent test Of the
| Atlantic and Pacific spouter at sour Lake
say that the well did much better than at
! the former tests throwing a stream of oil
| ninety to 100 feet over the derrick. These
reports are brought 10y reliable and con
| Servative mon and tho Interest In the Soul
| lake field Is Increasing. II Is reported
| here that some land has sold for SUWl m
! acre and some owners are holding ont tol
! more than twice that figure. II another
| spoutcr should he brought in AT Sour LAX,
| the place will likely experience quite
| boom.
Concerning the well which he brought II
yesterday without the Use of water ATTIC
ne set his slx-nch casing. Mr. Munroe Car
! roll said The trouble with our WE'LL
now is that too much water has been al
lowed to get into the oil sand. and ate
| drilling i'm one we'll concluded 10 drill
! the next one in without water II II Wa
| possible to do 30. | used pipe eNteudc'
| in the derrirS above with valve length
| sufficient 10 carry q string oi TOMS ahoN
the r or side openings. The wire rahl
used for drilling passed through a holoy
piston. with Stufing box to prevent ol
or gas from escaping while drilling Thl
Arrangement can he handled by the sam
machinery which is used for the rotary
the lnttor being Used entirely until the "a
rock is reached, when gauge Is placed o
the valve, showing the exact pressure al
ter the water Is Withdrawn. Mr. Caro-
thinks water should not run Into the q
sand. since 1t is calculated to do muc
damage.
Following are the sales on the oil stoc
exchange
Anrlo-Amcrcan 5000 shares At &c.
Becky sharp, 5000 shares at SAc. p
| sharcs at 1850,
Gold Eagle 1900 shares at Zoe
Isabella, 100 shares AT 500.
Independence 5000 shares AT 3Ac; lU
shares at 31sc.
National on and Pipe Line 100 shares {
soc
Rex Petroleum. 2T50 shares at 1oc.
J Victor. 1000 shares ar 2Ac.
Manhattan. 100 shares az 5olsc.