The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-01
nine inch GUSHER.
,.,,sI. /, Experienced in Bringing
'''' 10 ihe Big Well.
\, MEIER IS NOW BEING DRILLED
,a.rot win Be Made to Reduce 1t
" '' Or Fear of Getting Bad
Results.

4 Texas, January 3l-The
BIuu ., aeld promises another surprise
s''ns ss Nv producing a nine-ineh gush-
ny WYE rorvard Reduction company has
~ ~ nar an the well for he past two
ssa po. .5e Increased amount of gas In
aysla-' ,oday indicates that it may come
pasn" oil rose 100 feet last night
pI'' .cconpt of the great amount of
" y oscessary for drilling nine-inch
'lIS I, ,soulres considerable time to bail
fat ~
n, Houston. Beaumont wen, winch Is
lns ssv feet from the Forward, is
" I'm, accountable for the great amount
1 ,.l,pr necessary to bring the well in.
40 been pumping water in the
ihey nay at ,rtervals for several weeks try
pculu s ~ Tie well deeper and the drlli-
the Z n AVA, that they are getting some of
tsk sane wafer ~
i Mercantile oil and Fuel company $
a vblcb exhibited such strong pressure
~ Avs ago. Is being tied down to
.sn.nch on the recommendation of the
~ committee. 1t was feared that the
Sp .,ss,s might lift the siN'iuch casing out
~ sartb and leave an oil gusher thht
WA he impossible TO cohtfoI, me zen
WY ~ varpends several hundred feet In the
\ s'a sa IVA f is hardly possible tina, the
IuAa .. anU vould he great enough to hit
IN strings of casing.
~
q. higgins Oil ana Fuel company is
easing the size of its pipe line from
,,sdIe lop to Beaumont from four to
ls,r,h the increased shipments out Of
.nraa,t has made the tOur-ineh made
sa KY ~ the demand which necessiInted
Asnee The business over TINS llne
f,rJaeiSSily 10 the Santa Zee track and
n cons,lnption. The bad weather has
'ssl,,sd work for the past few days ana
II Nh be some time before the change Is
|tseied
ne Gladys City oil, Gas and Mannfac'
r5ue company has sold to Leon Sonheld,
n,tce lot G in r,ocl u Of the Gladys
Ity s1ryey. The land, which measures
gii4O feet, brought $1,000.
~
Leon sonaeld. trustee, has sold to Che.
s.ult oBrien blocks /, >, 3, 4 and . Of
M subdivisions of lot 6 Of block II OF
the GLADYS CITY survey.
i@1 Sonfeld has sold to the Gober Oil
rompany block 6 Of the lot 6 of block II
II the Gladys City survey.
E. v. Hayden, trustee, has sold 10 j. NJ.
l0yejQy aud Joe Meagher a half of lot II
H lie TranSmisslppi subdivision Of block
K 81 the GLADYS CITY survey.
Speaking of the greatness of the Beau
mont oil field yesterday, Mr. James w.
SVsype Of Fort Worth who has but re
Gently returned from five months visit
loyNew York, said: THE greatest depre-
'ailon that is placed upon the Beaumont
sl deld Is by owners Of Spindle Top prop
realization Of the magnitude of what they
really possess. To illustrate the position
take, an acre Of oil land could be dis
POSED Of for sixteen times the amount now
-eilg asked for one.siNteenth of an acre
Nth producing well thrown in for good
MEASURE II these minimum prices were not
nade The low prices that have been
llo;ed on these one sixteenth OF an acre
lsets hare had tendency to create sus-
aeon In the minds of Northern and East
70 capitalists but Notwithstanding this
nose people are fast acqualnting them
ewes With true conditions and are begin
lng to appreciate the grea ness of the
ea IN It's true light | am sanguiue In
ny belief that these people are beginning
see the situation as 1t is, and | would
" e surprised to hear Of gigantic tank
" llopoSlu0n being consummated within
De next thirty days"