The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-18
II WILL BE A BIG PLANT.
Beaumont SmeIter Is 10 Employ More
Than Two thousand Men.
MORE FRfAElSHNEss OF THE WELLS
spsnaler Company Has Brought In the
Same Producer for the Second Time.
LARGE Sales OF Stocks.

LARGE sales OF Stocks.
Beaumont, Texas. June i1-rhe big
pant In the south end is still topic of
conversation among those interested in the
welfare al the city and Mr. Edwin II. Nov
en- the gentleman who has the matter In
charge is stlll in the city and a very busy
man Mr. Mower talked to newspaper
man for the first time this afternoon. lie
admitted that there is n great deal in his
purchase and that he has some wealthy
people behind him In the matter man
VINO Us In close touch with him also re
MI, mh9IrAed that the plant to be erected on
tnls property Will be even larger propo
stioh than the Burt refinery. and will em
nioy more men. The Burt people are said
:" ne erecting plant that Will take 1000
ulSn 70 operate, The construction work
WI pc commenced as soon as the factories
W tne North can get the machinery ready
ana nave 1t started The sheds and such
MofS as can he done with lumber and mate.
rlal mad here will, Of course, be started
earlier Mr.. Mower impresses one as very
shfewd and farSeeing and he does not scrm
70 believe In airing his affairs before the
puhue lie seems to he connected In some
manner with the leading zinc interests and
Tue smelter erected here Will handle zine,
presumably, from both Missouri and Mex
lco, The latter point is said TO be in.
mensely rich In this class of ore aud the
building Of the plant this near to the sis
tet republic can not help but draw Il por-
Uvn OF the raw material from there
Mr. Mower Will be here several days
longer and viii give out his plans some.
what more fully tomorrow.
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Under the direction OF Contractor Pres.
ion Lea there was this morning an cShb.
,ion of the Georgetown Waco we'll no
that was most gratifying to the people
Prcseut and gave striking example OF the
pressure that Still holds forth on the hill.
dd9e Wlyo was turned on and without arti.
hciai assistance Of any kind the wcll started
mp Vt It's own accord and shot stream
out 60 the side that carried a solid body Of
OH far out +" the ditch The announcement
the well would he exhibited. but II ramc
sn eHrll 0ficr the notice was made that
nhlN q few had an opportunity ia see the
wei flow. There were no gas or pump con.
hertions anywhere near.
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The Lucas oil Wen Drilling company to.
day began drilling another well for tho III
Dorado 1i company on the Kcth-wnrd
tract No. n The same company is also
boring we for the Equitable zSind and
on company, which they began battling to.
DAY and hope TO hiring in tomorrow
The Equitable people arc having pc.
cu'iar experience with one Of their older
wells which has been going on now Tor
little over a week and which shows the
hin up In frcaky way, The well in ques-
ton was giving trouble The company
would aEltatc II with air and perhaps get
only % showing of oil. They were dsap
p.iut,d and were letting II rock along In an
undecided way when week since the night
Wofonman noticed slight sound like the
oE aozing out through tho valve. Upon
examination he noticed that It had not
been tightly closed, and he proceeded 70
cptu IL up The result was most crafty
week II has flowed unaided into the tank
100000 barrels Of oil The well was used
ply during the mornings when the en-.
ploves from the city were out. Each morn.
ING during the seven DAYS lust past the
well would he opened up anu there was
none Of tho dead oil In IT. IL began flowing
ont agitation
The company has in the meantime built
~ pipe lines and made its connections with
the southern Pacific aud the Kansas CITY
southern and with its own cars Is making
th" shipping lively through this freak we'll.
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Captain George Luck. the prominent Lake
Charles lumhcrman aud last year shark Of
the universe Of all Hoo Hoo, WIS in Beau.
munt today aud is doing Il little dabbing In
- on his own account. He has purchase 1
fho mineral rights ON a tract from the
Gladys city people and was here today TO
Ike q casual Investigation into II and de
eide upon his ftIire plans in connection
with the new purchase,
The Yellow Pine oil company has mailed
ont per cent dividend checks TO alt its
stockholders This is a total of 40 per cent
. on its capital stock nald 10y the company
since It's Incorporation.
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Tho Spanrlcr oil company has brought in
for the second time It's big gushor In re
porting the matter Mr. W A. Meaeher
who has an interest in #. stated that the
/ yell is an excellent producer and that
! with an mir compressor 1t viii produce 3o,t
/ barrels of oil per hour. The well was orig
urlly an eight inch, hut IL was stopped rs
/ lie mud pumped in upon the sands
a SiSinch drll was sent into 1T ri
/ nu through the muI and into the san
depth Of forty feet and the oil came out
Mr. Meagher thinks that the experience 81
/ his we'll will be found in several Others
| that have been reported MS played ont anc
/ as no longer producers. II is an evidence
/ Of tho damage being done the hin by tn,
/ miscellaneous pumping in upon the san1'
/ NJ the muddy water, which clogs and stop
! everything below the surface.
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The Penmau Steel and Iron works hal
again begun receiving orders for tankage OF
a large scale They had been compelled 4
cut on the business on account of the I'M
| certainty Of the steel market. and they dit
! NOT want 10 get tied up on large lot n
business and he forced to pay fortune fo
/ the raw material to he used.
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Some tests have been made by the on
pineers Of Nashville for the acceptance q
three wells by the Beaumont Kentucky OF
compnny. but SO far they have not beel
! completed. and II Is noJ known wnat vii
h, Tho result. Tho tests yesterday after
noon were good. as were The ones this even
!ng Int the calculations have not yet besi
given cut
The oil exchange was IN better shape TIL
morning after the improvement OF yestcrda!
and the brokers are beginning to think thu
,heir worst days are over and that hence
forth there viii be good times on change
The sales presented much healthier A
pearance 10 those with knowledge OF IA
business than they do In the following list
SALES.
Gold Eagle. 1900 shares at loc.
Manhattan, 200 shares at 22c,
Continental National. 10, 500 shares at Zoe
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