The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-10
BY a New Well Which Has Just Come
ia at Beaumont.
SOLID STREAM OF OIL WAS THROWN
for One Hundred and Fifty Feet Into the
Nr-Steamer Saved Much Time by
Using Oil as Fuel.

tract for what is known as the Rowen |
syndicate. THIS well has since been trans |
ierrcd to the Texas oil Fields, limited, the |
English company which is operating at Big |
all The well has many peculiar traits |
ana shows how different are each OF the |
wells brought In on the hill. II was |
brought in by the use OF oil and not mud
dy water, as has been the case nil along |
Nhen the contractors reached the rock |
lhey began drilling through II with the
very oil which was taken from the sands
they were attempting to penetrate. The
orllllne In Of the well was successfully
accomplished and then they prepared to
DaH Ihey sent the bailer down the first
! time ana of course brought back full
supply of oil, They sent 1t down the sec
ond time and the bailer came back of its
own accord and In front OF stream Of
gas intcrmuged with big flow of oil.
They hogan trying to shut off the valve
/ as soon as they had cxtricatcd the bailcr,
| but before they could do this the force had
grown rapidly ana rock was coming ont
| freely ana with force sufficient to bend
the valve This made 1t impossible to
close It tightly and the oil continued to
| shoot into the air. 1t went fully $50 feet
high and some Of the witnesses oven claim
tnat 1t reached a height OF roo feet, though
the latter figure Is not regarded ms con
! sentative The oil was almost solid by
this time, though there was still gas with
It, The well Is located near wells thnt
have not been successfully brought In as
OH producers and for that reason the pres
ent gusher is the more remarkable 1t
was between two wells that have never
been taken of the contractors hands.
Captain Brown, one Of the drillerS, he
licves that his experiment with oil for
drilling win go long way towards doing
away With the mud aud water PROPOSE
/ ZION
Patillo Higgins returned this morning
IN VIII no hns hnpu
tho last ten days closely watching the
drilling of the well there for the Higgins
Standard oil company. Mr.. Higgins had
most confident air when approached by
The Pest correspondent, and said: II
have as much conndonce-ln fact more
now than | had at first In the ultimate
success of the oil find at BARRIERS hill.
Tho geological indications there arc the
best i know Of anywhere and the cleva-
ton is such as to prove to my mind that
the field is going to he the most valuable
In the world The drill is now down about
Gr0 feet and these rocks You see are what
are called gas rocks, being the kind Of
| lCrmaticn that preceded the con rock,
which is always above the oil In such
localities as this 'rhe gas is com ZIG 9h,
OF the well freely and every indication
in the we'll so far is Just as ! had formed
my opinion before hand. ~
az expect to strike the oil under 1890
feet probably around tho so0foot marx
somewhere. With the gas rock at 900 feet,
there Is q likelihood of the oil being found
in gusber quantities al this latter figure.
There is another thing about this well
that is going to be an eve opener and that
is that II will he a ten,nch gusher, unless
We have n mishap. At first | had but ON
feet Of tcn-inch pipe sent there but hnding
the drilling somewhat easier than had AZ
first thought VIC have decided to go on doWl
10 the cap rock with the ten men pipe, ana
hat gnu no done there VIII ne a EuSDFl
on BARRIERS hill that will open the eyes ot
the world even more than did Spindle Top
~
. Mr.. Jones Of the Lone Star and Crescent
oil company returned this morning from
Sabine Pass. where he has been for two
DAYS looking after the loading Of savera
vessels for that company. lie reports that
the company made another remarkable re
cord I'm the way of loading on the steamer
i Maverick by pouring oil into her at th'
rotc 81 37o0 barrels per hour and keeping
. 1t up from the time she started Loading
until She was ready to clear. Just before
b that they had loaded couple OF barge
S With * eco barrels IN about the same time
They also loaded barge IS In the same time
l., In the Two days they shipped 5000 barren
/, Orleans and other shipments going 70 Gal
weston and Philadelphia. The steame
9 Atlas and barge 81 YIN he IN pert d Iandn'
;, out by this company also.
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The steamer Maverick also did something
!. IN the incoming trip that is particular,
. Noteworthy. She saved Just eighteen hour
r. in ber trip from New ork 70 Saplno fas
nv using beaumont on ne GaP.N ot an az
be is presumed to know Heretofore me
have been using other fuel: bnt VIII US
pnaumcnt oil exclusively from now on
saved is a hln thing Tor
r vessel II means thousands OF dolilts oui
ing the year.
e Tho Kansas City Southern shipped
y train IT thirty-sI six cars OF - TO-DAY an
= .h,s 70 hardly moro than their average now
d An interesting feature OF the shlpmeh,
, -. this road is that they nearly all go {
vost 81 ouis and st. Louis. and the mll'
7 30 ~ these points Is great. showing ho'
- Tar the I'll Is reaching by rnll. 70 say no t
O. ing Of the proportionate farther distan'
by water. -
Eou. c. Murphy has brought suit again'
waiter p. Galloway ct al for s2o'op' In
q. rstition alleges that Arm called Call
or wav. Murphy & Co. was formed and that
Nor, Orleans branch office was estnhltshe
ID M mat the plaintiff was deprived OF
lg nnnmrtIcipation in the profits OF the New Q
in leans branch 10 this extent. for which :
| IL 4
ptroodncing arm here who have been actiN
II, En- the field for some months.
~
81 Contractor Rem Harper has returned fro
*, noi,os where he went to attend the fune
81 his nephew. Mr.. J, w. Bolick who die
e. on The train Ell route from Beaumont
his home. -
on stocks took a pretty stin lunge
ia the front when the total sales ran
ia 700 shares. This Is about as large
iurle DAYS business as has yet been note
anil VA, dac largely TO the fact that 1000
In Fnres Of Dividend changed hands at st
on fr,irc The market had a general upwa
~. t1ndnncy Higgins. HeywoOd and 9th
stahIe stocks showing advances. The 4
Lowing were the sales.
NGnid Eagle 300 shares. Toe.
NJ X aud r., 300 shares. 9iac.
80 dividend 10000 shares, Ic.
u German American. 100 shares, &c.
beaumont o. and NJ, 1900 shares, 7c
Homo. 1000 shares 12l9c.
Victor 20O0 shares, 2hc.
Il" Independence, 10000 shares, csc.
~, on T. o. b. Gladys
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