The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-09
AW THE GUSHERS GUSH.
i GiEE(s Were Taken 10 the Oil
Fields at Beaumont.
,fFEY & GALLEY WELL WENT WILD.
H. Shouted a Few Minutes, but Was
Getting Stronger All the While.
Some Sales of Oil.
Frey & GALLEY WELL WENT WILD

j o,umont Texas. May s.--The ginners
II been here today aud they have been
a. free access to everything that Is
I, nmont's. they arrived in the city sh'I
81 oftor ii o'clock and went Immediately
FL tho oil exchange when the call was
,sae They watched the proceedings Mt
s,iyelv and were very much interested
=, no way oil stocks were handled and the
"a the market runs with its ups and
IN The day was fairly representative
Z. and they were enabled to get gTAI
.4ression of the way things go here.
&fter the call Governor Hogg was called
an for an address. but he stated that
'<svos too hot and begged to be excused,
q ing that he would be glad to speak to
a. ,ront and to her visitors later on.
N N me party went to the various eating
~, blishments and had lunch or dinner,
*fer which they reassembIed at the &c
N and were taken to the oil field, where
an exhibitions were given OF the gush-
"a They were we'll satisfied with the
living made there and were frmlb con
Inred that there are gushers ON the hill
i7goody quantity.
be city and left for Houston later on
N the afternoon.
rbis afternoon the Guffey & Galley well
~ loose and shot over the derrick some
III nty feet for fifteen of twenty minutes
sfore the drillers could do anything with
"a During that period the well kept g4t
IN stronger, as Is the custom of the
miners, aud would undoubtedly have made
most encouraging showing.
IA is located on what is known as the
yted Hebert lease,
. .
IA is now stated that the Kansas City
onthern is going to get ready for the use
f5uel oil on the south end at once. About
month ago The Post mentioned the fire.
,,ent visits of Superintendent Bevard and
Ieheral Manager Edison here and stated
Ithe time that the purpose was to look
I'll into this proposition. but that it was
ftng delayed on account of the very large
oil contracts that have already been en-
efsd into by the road with the coal com
mics that are operating along the linz
Miner up. The understanding is that
IS master mechanic is to commence fit
IDg the engines next week at Shreveport.
81
Burton E. Newcomb, formerly the cashier
fthe John Deere Pillow company, has an
minced the establishment here of the OIL
ngestors Journal in Beaumont He Is a
tost competent man and announces that
be journal will be devoted to the uDvar-
ithed truth and held to oil news strictly.
rs first issue will come out next week.
Isl ~
The Lucas OIL Well Drilling company
xpected in late this afternoon the Cont
enta Oil company well on block 80 and
lso the well of Todd e Co., but has been
mole to get any air. He did not want
q bail them, so waited until this after
Acompressed air is used largely for the
IMPOSE of bringing in wells without haI
ng to resort to the battling process, which
glaborlous and expensive and often timsA
Vigorous. That was what the air WITS
|rlginally used for and the general use
lEit 10 agitate wells already in, but con.
opsequence Of the supply Of air in the
~. H. Prather, prominent Dallasite, Is
l&e from his home today mixing with the
All people. He states that the people of
)alas are as much interested in Beaumont
loE as they have been all along Md tnut
he investments Of Dallas people in Beau
npnt are very large.
5cseph Muth Is now the local manager of
>N q. Dun Co. and has been around
oday meeting the oil people and getting
Icquainted with his new duties as we'll
al ~
sGeorge Common, the local caller on the
~ exchange, has suggested that all The
eea baseball people donate their gate re-
'eIpts for the purchase Of n street sweeper,
~Alch is a machine much needed to add to
.M metropolitan airs of Beaumont
= ~
Fhe oil exchange call was rather livelier
lAen for the last week, but was not better
|hNn an average The tones of the market
nc not unusually strong.
M
LII noticeable feature of the oil exchange
'pA this morning was the sale of eIeyen
M of oil in two different lots one beirg
I'M cars at 20 cents per barrel and the
ptner six cars Mt % cents per barrel. This
aFery likely to be the beginning of such
1hSactions on the oil exchange moor.
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NJ cars I. o. b. Beaumont at 9Oc.
1fye cars +. o. b. Beaumont at Zoe.
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