The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-05
Oil AT BARBER HILL.
PatiIIo Higgins Is at Beaumont With
a Sample of His Find.
A GUSHER WITHIN NEXT FEW DAYS
Is His Confident Machinery
for the Tank Factory Is Now Being
ReeeiNed--Good Stock Sales.

Beaumont, Texas August A. Patillo Hig.
gins is here today with the announcement
that he Inns oil at Barber Hlll In Chnmh.
ers county. TO prove that he has n he
mas brought samples with him and shows
1t to the doubling Thomases. He also
has samples OF the rock which he Is drill.
ing through and he states most confidently
that he viii bring IN a gusher within the
next few days that will open the eyes OF
the world He Is now S8l feet deep and is
here for the purpose OF getting contrac.
tor to so and drill another well there. He
says that the drill is at present boring In /
solid rock and that the oil and gas IS som.
ing more freely and with greater force as /
the pipe goes on down, His IDEAS is that |
ne Is now IN the cap rock and that When !
ever Z is penetrated he win get the long
looked for gusher. lie told The Post cor.
respondent some time since that Baroer I
hiil would prove whether or not he was
merely II lucky guesser on spindle Top or
whether he really knew that oil could sc I
found there, II seems that he IL correct !
again. The oil which he has brought here I
Is very hne In grade aud smells more like |
the refined Illuminating oil than anything I
else that might he described though ut the |
same time IL looks more like a grade OF
course no analysis has been made OF it and |
Mr., Higgins can not tell accurately It's
value, but he declares that IL Is of paraifiue |
base ana therefore OF very great worth.
49,
Edwin II. Mower, the big zinc and smell
Ter man has, returned to the city and Is
engaged in closing up some details. pre-
sumably to make preparations for begin
mug the work on the big plant IN tho
South end lie has not given out any fur |
Their statements than those already fully |
covered in The Post.
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Judge A. Il. Bright yesterday received !
the following telegram from his brother !
NJ. NJ, Bright Of Bright \ Co OF Beaumont |
Chicago August 2.-Charles =. Clark
stricken at office Yesterday. NJ p + p To-Day
Colonel Clark In connection with Bright !
q Co., was Interested In a syndicate head !
ed by eNuultcd States Senator D. NJ
S0hn of Minnesota, holding interests In
Southeast Texas While visiting Beaumont
last May Colonel Clark, by his c0urtly and |
genial manners and fair business dealings,
made many warm friends who viii greatly
regret his sudden and untimely taking on
\ ~
The nrst machinery for the Penman steel
and Iron Works company from Chicago ar.
rived this morning and the officials and
men are now very busy getting ready for
placing Il in the large plant In the North
end There are thirty-hve cars now on
hand A big lot was shipped July 81 and
that also has a tracer behind 1t aud iE
expected here this week They have asked
the SANTA lie railroad for rates on special
coaches with which 20 bring the men from
Chicago here In, believing that this way
would be the most expeditions for them
To be IN better shape they have wired Tor
some Of the more experienced men to come
on here at once and they are expected TO
arrive In Beaumont Thursday
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MIR A. n. Wood Of the Horse Shoe OH
company has just come into the city from
an extended trip IN Western Missouri and
North Texas, He states that the people IN
those sections are looking with much more
favor upon the Southeast Texas oil fields
now than they ever did before. They con
slider that Il has reached n stable basis. and
the most Of them who have money are'noW
perfectly willing 90 buy stocks In the of
companies here IL they know upon good nu-
thoHty that the men behind the companies
Offering their stocks are substantial citi-
zens and men of business ability. He s1ys
also that they are very anxious 10 Increase
Their consumption Of fuel oil In North
TcSos, but that they fear that II II gets
above ~ cents on the cars here they VIII
he unable 70 handle It In preference to
coal IN Missouri. OF course, there Is no
chance for them TO handle II against coal,
which they can get for the digging.
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Mr. Dor c, Aldridgc, ono Of the popular
young an men Of the city. has purchased
Carer Hammond Pumping company. He has
a great many friends who are Glad 10 sec
h m start out for himself lie has been
with Contractor sturm heretofore.
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Sup rintcndent w. A. Meagher Of the
Higgins OIL and Fuel company has rendered
lis esignation, to become effective as soon
as convenient, and he viii then have the
manage mcnt OF n new company.
Mr. George A. Kin states that he has
completed another large earthen tank for
the Bahhtt syndicate. These people are
storing oil for other concerns aud have
some very large contracts on hand already.
Lat week The Post mentioned the bring
ing IN Of good, strong well for Monroe
Carroll IT being his sixth we'll. There was
some Mitch at That time IN the hnal bring
Yesterday and made n good showing
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The Success OIL company well. brought In
by the Lucas oil Well Drilling company, Is
flowing a strong. steady stream when NJ
lowed 70 do so BY the opening Of the gate
valve.
Matters were pretty lively on the oil ex.
change this morning the call showing Il
much larger volume Of business than usual.
The following Is n list Of the transactions:
Gold Eagle, 2sOO0 shares nj 1Oc.
Anglo 100 shares az 4Ac.
Dividend. 81 go shares 1T 1c
Haywood 10 shares at SOS.
Higgins, 20 shares at S62 30.
SDangler, $500 share at Sc
Fort Worth. 10000 shares at 7c
Gladys Of Beaumont. 1000 shares Mt &c.