The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-11-28
v ELSH OIL NEWS
Big Well Cuisines Steady
Stream Of Oil.
MANY NEW WELLS TO GO DOWN
uas of Very Fine Quality and Nav be
otiifzed for Lighting Purposes
Refinery Talked OF.
MANY NEW WELLS TO GO DOWN

> week, except perhaps, trifing ir
crease IN the oil output and less water
"hlle the gas pressure is quite as VIC
4 orous as ever, so much so, that il j
considered still unsafe to entirel,
} close the valve, and thus the wei
gushes INCREASINGLY with the valve
closed three-quarters, as it has since
Sunday week. The well pushes
through the pipe leading to the impro-
Vlsed reservoir made last week for the
purpose of combining the oil.
Il. M. Clark is at work with large
force OF men erecting mammoth
earthen tank with a capacity of
$4,000 barrels and it is expected TO he
completed within a few DAYS.
There will be no difficulty reuardino
transportation of the oil to market. as
the Southern Pacific is on one side
ana Inc Kansas City, Watkins and
GUN railroad on the other, with Bavou
Lacaslne as water route, and All
within short distance OF the Welsh
OIL held. T2e transportation question
Is settled in advance.
y. M. Lee, general agent of the
oou1hern Pacific railroad for the State
vi Louisiana, was here Wednesday.
OUT no definite arrangements were de-
clded upon regarding side tracks and
loading racks. 1t is thought, however
sulnclenG ground will be purchased at |
Uhe railroad opposite the oil wells for
Inc necessary sidings and at the Same
time site for the erection OF a bio
zeal Will probably be consumated not
later than Monday when work on the
pipe line will begin. An oil refinery
IS almost a certainty as it is the onin-
ION OF experts who have examined into
the quality of the Welsh fluid that if
Is, TOO valuable for fuel, and if refined
may De utilized for purposes that will
reap larger consideration for the
promoters. Engineers have eXperi- :
henIed 1t and pronounce the ..
w els' oduct IN its crude state a !
grade of lubricating oil than
grades that are now on the
after having been refined. a
qrestlon of saving the gas is r
considered by President Robin i
nd the directors, and already ii
tee5 have been taken to obtain ex- n
'erts' advice as to it's utility as fne1 II
nd 1or Illuminating purposes, and if S
satisfactory it is in contemplation TO a
Fps It to Welsh for use in lighting the fe
lfeets, and public and private build
ngs. A zoo 5und steam gauge was
pplied to the well Saturday, and the 81
ressure was found to far exceed ite %
apacny, and there being no canoe "
ere to register a higher pressure the '"
st was OFFERED until 5O0-pound W
uage coI.d be procured. The cost of ~
llldlng storage tanks and piping the -
as to Welsh has been estimated at
1900, but whether or not the gas is su
Sulhcle quantity to justify this sh
pehultCfe OF money is problem IL
at It's solution is hard to arrive at sh
1e company is awaiting experts adj We
ce regarding this question. Tins -
additional source of wealth is ~
und in the gas now being wasted. X
a the fact that it is not of a dancer x
S character will result in It's being "
lIZed, If experts decide it can be q
ped here without loss of force. G
NOTES ABOUT THE FIELD. q
los. EspalIa, Jr., Chas. A. Cun- q
lgham, Geo. H. Leatherbury. of ~
'bile, Ala, and F. Fl. Lewis. of x
ranton, Miss, members OF the Ala x
ma company whom we last week ~
ntloned as having purchased two @
'es in the Welsh field, were here @
day and leased an additional tract q
Z4o acres Immediately adjoining the X
BOD S farm. MIR. Espalla stated x
t be considered this deal one of the Y
t propositions in the Welsh field y
that he would at once organize @
lpany to develop the holdings. A 6
tract has been let to S. Fl. Keoug- X
, OF jennings, to put down two x
Is, the material for the derricks of x
ch are already in the aeld. Mr.. y
ALA will open an Office in Welsh. @
representative of the j. M. Guffey "
and Petroleum Company, of Beau q
1t, was in this city Friday investi @
ng the oil prospects here. The q
Isman submitted a proposition to x
..1ss,lEa4t sa$he effect that X
a 'e4nurs ~