The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-13
HE SOUR LAKE BLOWOUT
bFFEY NO. 8 is TO BE 5AlLEC
TODAY.
2 wen Is Ruined by the Gas Es-
Iplosion-Dup a Hole in the Ground
Twenty Feet in Diameter.


|eAarmopt, Texas July 12--The talk Of
a.. l. all circles has been the strike
Jay III ''
\ Sour Lake. MeSsFs' JOIN ~ uiioerU anu
& C. Holt cane in from there this morn
4 "a re,,o-t that the oil and gas blow.
a rnn az connlsselv DESTROYED as an
,,,droor Tha well in question Is the
C. NJ as stated. and is 1900 TO
N t,o+ IRON, the Atlantic and Pacific
IN. .h.+ have already been brought IN as
[Tsars II lie stated that a new well will
"A ,,,,,,b+ in whore the present blowout
.oo,, os tho machinery can ne
3Iteu 90 s.,-I- ,,,u. -
ICED there ana the uerIich pulV' auu
kps will be taken this time to prevent
n another rotsbop
aI II,,,,,... VII. u,os soo, roro ,,r
faplaln "llhun 'eSS was sen ne'e ~, ~
e Post correspondent this afternoon. He
ma a great deal of property near Sour
t,.',-..-.,t -, tto r.o.no,+s
Ae anu IL sA'n usldS''1 o''i INC ~
bt are attending the experiments oelhS
hen at work sir DAYS and that they
now down 562 feet and have struck
Ky 40" ~ gaS ~ aisp thatt , gu ~
seen in the gas formations. This gas
IS found at the same depth that the
eI gas str IT, h4Ee peea mao tne III
sap'aiu MISa "n Mt - Le - ~ III,
III ~ 9eSn W anGG o.,+ frnr, tba t+,anii,,
Pacific rusbers
II a''N'
ii
IL company ms afternoon shipped
~ ua'n OF twenty-five cars oil OIL 10 Ne"
eans, ana the record Tor service Is 70 De
ne company from now on WI,
Si'o'leu 10 IT'S "'rA spec'a. cle" d"u
He anu WIN enuedNo VI 10 rV"l ,ne 'aI'
SEM mem TO Tue 1reSeGnt lily; uH.
dn .1en SueIe anq ger mem oack 10 tueI I
$Hng racks mere In three days with the
Sment enu the crews as turned t oyer
nss sW ny M, sn0uIp oe anie 10 40 tnis,
"a ~ VII pLoudny pe the pest LIeIent
nons Il uiIi he al ~ - ~ 10 nta a,.t'ii
ssns cor,roS, az ny 1iuIe notemoi .nS.
RsrWood tpaiI' eeuus i've Sa[s per t th
s'dav iIn,i SnN as-S mem Dach III tns
Ina ~ UNI ana they nave 10 3" on
4 '' ."a' ean oe '"'sh''
pondent this morning that the shipments
m Jennings are now averaging 5000 bar
per day. or these thirty cars go out
rail and the balance is handled by way
the Mermentau river or Is hauled away
v SasGRs, Inc loeal, trade there. is very
me Nork OF development Is going
III u uS Nery rapidly and he does not
knts ut III oe very long before the snip
n w uouoieu ana tFepleu'
4 ~
Kansas Civ ard nfher noints IN tho
$rh Ue. +ooi, n.i.I, ~, po'n'9 ~ INC
hin, s ,ooh WIN MN the papers CIV
fes n, 49, SIeu ~ zee simple 10 the lVo
torr r, Hi'N ne contracted some three
finally YES yest since, ne closed the matter
ghted with the fant n Ho anu oise see etIii
~ nIag for an additional fifty or 100
pugh the price of il is nsi9ers hiv y Sovs
price he paid for the frst lot II is
thought that the work OF construc-
VIII be under way within a month
VIII be pressed with ali the haste nossi.
nom then on. He Completed his trade
cn ~ Monroe Carroll also for the we'll
co sne latter will bring In early during
~
Is to the NJ,
10 be built here ~ 1879 pop's,'lon wHicH
adyatpapss ~ ~ 80 aeeouhl OF the cheap
the field !, - e 'a,seiy interested
eng the large ~ 10" oe stated lhut
llar Tia, nave placed there is one In par
Idea Of the sisa 20 SSoVoo. This gives
ny The site has NOT ea's yd prGSspeetiye new
nt IS now upon, but the coming Of the