The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-26
higgins WELL NO 81
a slaiement from General Manager
Wallis on What Has Been Found.
MORE OIL. BEARING SAND AT 1000 FEET,
Ssrdlun1 and Maverick Have Arrived il
Fort for Their csreoes Of oiI---Re-
ports from the Saratoga Field


w company gave The Post correspondent
u'N morning some interesting information
"n'ch Is totally different from the reports
e'nl ont a few DAYS since. Mr.. walns
states that the Higgins No. 8 was bored
through the first stratum OF oil purely for
experimental purposes on the Idea that oil
sahds would be found between lIVp anu
suNo feet that would surpass the nrst forrna
''on' from which the present supply Is
pcpg obtained. This was the primary cb
'eet OF the drilling of the well. 10 do
gus ana dlill to such a depth aud at the
shme time avoid the possibility OF passing
'ne oil sands 1t was necessary to produce
capie rig OF powerful construction that
/ an accurate log might he kept which would
] ue given publicity for the general benent,
/ Under these circumstances, the well was
/ started last September and made good hend-
way There was nothing unusual about
] the drilling OF the well until they reatned
a depth OF $50 feet ami they then struck
what they took to be the nrst stratum OF
oil sand AMI they nud at this depth a regu
latlon spouter II they had desired to re-
main there. But, as staten above, tney
were going deeper. 50 they simply ran the
to he twenty feet thick.
Tney struck rock and other formations
or no unusual character until they reached
| E depth of something more than lpD feet.
lhen they struck second oil'bcaring sand
OF strong pressure like the first rms Is
the Wonderful part of his statement aud 1t
is the hrst time that such an announce
ment has been made, fhc oil was APP
parently of tho same quality as the nrst
and the pressure was probably the same.
rms stratum was eleven feet In thickness.
ihe drill Kept on going down aud SHORTY
after this hard rock formation WAS en-
countnred and since that time their work
has hoen slow and tedious This was about
The exteut ot MIR. Wallls' information
though the fact that they struck Mt depth
81 l7tp feet heavy flow Of gas has nj
resdy been stated, The salt story and the
failure to Ind oil as published n few days
since was fabrication out of the whoie
cloth
1he Importance of the fact that on top
Of the bill where this No. we'll is going
down there are two strong strata of oi
ON not he underestimatcd and Will Doubt
loss he taken advantage of by the other
oil men
Ia further speaking Of the company gen
orally. Mr Wallis stated: when We tnal
~ decide 10 stop drilling tho well ~
when We reach oil we viii nc glad 10 Civ
Tho Post the information ms TO what we
have found There is no necessity for wor
rylpr he stockholders II our company q
those Of any other by sending ont yaruS
and regret very mu'u Iilal tuVIe Mdh dua
printed constant agitation Of this mat
icr when there Is nothing to agitate can q,
M good You may rest assured that moth
Ing cf sensational character has been en-
"onntercd. and II the public will he bene
Gtcd by anything We can give out | WI
give you the facts anthoritaiively fol
we'll remember that We published the log o.
the Higgins No, ] IN tho face OF the tnr
that the oil men objected 10 our doing 81
and they all now admit that II was th'
hest thing 10 do.
Reports coming from Snrat ga are to tn
effect that the Hooks No. is now workini
in what Is thought to be gushcr cap rock
This well has already struck two diferen
flows Of oil that have equalcd " not actual
Is, exceeded the dow Of the 20. / we'll
which caused the first excitement To &c
real live gusher they went on throngl
those FIRST strikes. and now 1t is though
e that they arc nn the eve ~ getting VIVA
they are looking for In addition To this
nany new rigs are arriving there now an
thcv viii he started up as rapidly MS III
mon can get them going A large numhe
/ ~ Rcaumonters have interests there an
their faith in the future Of the field Is M
bounded.
The big steamer Cardium came in lat
Yesterday afternoon and this evening III
Isbcd taking her inside cargo and Is now .
the outside finishing mp her lond with ligh
crs She is now standing alongside the PHI
ma. and IL Is said that this Is the first tim
that the sister ships have been SO Close Il
- cpther since their construction. The Iinn
has about fin shed her loading aud vi
/. | probably he cleared in the morning, Will
; Tho Cardium will go out two days later an
follow the sister vessel across the Atlanti
1 with little Intervening space Comparatively
I The Maverick and her two bnrges WEI
{ ronn,ted In this afternoon. though II
. nossibIe hat she will not arrive until e
{ narrow morning They will carry 800
barrels Of Beaumont crude oil TO New forl
ing for ~ 5000 barrel cnrgn for Philade
mia, consigned by the National oil an
g Pin, Line company to the Sun compln
d there, A
The Consumers oil and Pipe Line cor
. p,nv started up late yesterday evening, an
4. an during the day they have tried the
II heavy pressure air pumps with the resu
y that 600 hounds has been sent down {
~ several of the wells with remark I'D
showing The oil has 10 many cases De'
Shot an horizontally distance or 4OO re-
9th terrific force, stronger II Is said, tina
Ms ever known there before from m
IS well.
-. Martin Howard, vice president and &c
.d orsI manager OF the Central Asphalt ~
N manning company. has arrived In the ct
W ers' meeting, which takes place July
AZ no * now looking closely into the nnai
~ the company, getting ready to turn I
,,brrls Of the Mg refinery at Port Neeh
o,,lv as possihc. The original culcill
til,,s were to have the big refinery turni
IS oni oil on the first day Of July. but {
IT. srarrlty Of labor. the delays IN the shl
no n,cl,t of material and such mshaps as
~, aavs occur IN eases of this Kind came
,y sud they VIII hardly get going before Az
" NJ II Is not known whether Senat
u Charles A. Towne, the president II =
" company, expects 10 get here In time 1
,br meeting or not. lie was hguring on
OF n.hen he left here recently, but he was oil
on Hguripc on having the refinery going thf
as and this disappointment may prevent
l coming until later.
The Export OF and Pipe Line compa
has finished its pipe line from the fields
pert Nechcs, distance of about twel
NJ niles and is now prepared To carry 4
cn ~ .nd ~ the 1900 barrel daily coptri
ms Nth tho Central company. which 60
81, ,nnnces IN July l. OF course there will
~ nn frlction about the matter. and " !
F" ssnhait people can not handle the oil
STsducing concern will simply take care
Il for them.