The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-07
CONDITION OF OIL FIELD
Inquiries Are Coming in as TO Re
ports Recently Published.
THERE is NO LACK OF GOOD WELLS
Some Of Them Are Not Good, but There
Are Reasons Why They Are Not-A
Blowout on the Gladys Tract.

Beaumont, Texas, November 6.-when
the various papers published the state
ments made by General Manager Wallis of
the Higgins Oil and Fuel company some
ten days since 1t was expected that there
would be many inquiries coming IN as 10
the authenticity ot tue interview me
Post correspondent has received many IN
Quires addressed simply TO the corresponds
ent Of The Post, and they are all from IN
Yestors who became alarmed Wheu they
read the article. The facts are Just as
Colonel Lufkin, the Standard Oh company
field manager stated few days since.
He said that Spindle Top would be fur-
nshng oil nifty years from now. or course
n h futile 10 make the assertion with aD-
solute c, certainty. but II Is well known TO the
oil men of experience chat the Indications
on spindle Top 6oint 10 ne longer l1dh
any OF the Eastern and Northern helds
The pumping proposition lends sun-
stautiability TO the tcld that Is pleasing
rather than disagreeablc, tor II means
more money invested settling down from
the speculative feeling and a general
change to O solid way Of doing things.
True, there are certain wells IN the ueld
that are IN bad shape aud have been IN
pad shape Tor several months. Their bad
condition is due principally 10 two rplsonst
l. e., iDdiscriunnute locating of wells and
incompetent drilling Of them. BY irdis.
eliminate locating Of wells Is meant, OF
course, the establishing Of too many wells
on given area Of ground, and where the
wells have thus been located they are Yery
poor mere was q case Oh record n Jew
days ago where well that had been do.
ing large quantities of oil every day played
entirely out when the air was turned on
in an adjacent we'll, and the well in which
the air was turned commenced doing oil
again after 1t had been at rest some time.
There are lots Of good wells on Spindle
Top yet and II any one who is skepriclt
earthen-W OGDEN lined tanks that are beng
constructed they eau not help heing im-
pressed with the permanency OF the ncld.
There was an unexpected blowout on
Spindle Top this morning on the GLADYS
tract 1t was in a well on block 33, In
which Messrs. Hamil Bros. & Forncy
wore the drillers and they were down zl6
feet when the blowout occurred The roar
came like the old time gushers developed,
but 1t lasted a very short time, when It
was suppressed partially by the men aud
partially by Its own choking. The fact
that the gas STAYS with such persistency
anu Notwithstanding the fact that enormous
quantities OF II are being used daily has
made the gas users Ia the city much moro
confident and the orders for gas and gas
stoves are coming N WIN regularity
Mr.. Shire Kubota arrived In the city
this morning De Is a wealthy japanese
merchant who has Just arrived in this
country He spent today at sabine fass
and Port Arthur. He IS a secretiye SORT
OF gentleman and it has been rumored
around the Crosby house, az which he IS
stopping, that he is here on a most I'M
portant mission. He seems to be very
much Interested In both the export aud
import trade. He expects to 20 over spin,
die Top tomorrow and thinks that he VIII
have a delightful trip.
~
". L. Malcomson. who has been hero
for the past ten days in the interest OF
the big Morgan arm in London, will leave
tomorrow for New York City and there
win meet capitalists who have sailed from
London Mr. Maleomson Is very much IN
terested here. When ne hrst arrived ht
was indignant at the way conditions were
reported here about Spindle Top. lie said
| that be. OF course. knew that the intense
pressure would not hold up. hut he urged
/ that the utmost care be used ia keeplne
/ down sensational reports and he spoke
vigorously OF the way such things are ex
! aggerated by zculous newspapers In Other
oil sections The whole matter was dis
| cussed fully by him at the time, lie thinkf
| his English guests will be delighted whe1
| they reach here and see the true condi
/ ffouu