The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-08
FREAK OF AN OIL WELL.
Resumes Flow After Having the All
Used on II for Months.
LONE ACRE CASE DID NOT COME UP.
II VIII Probably Be Heard Some Day
This Wcek--There Is a Demand Tor
Stocks OF the Good Companies.

Beaumont, Texas, June IA peculia
occurrence developed on Spindle Top a fe,
days since and came to light today III
old Higgins well No. ], which lie one @
the oldest wells on the hill, gave eYldenc
OF the power under Spindle Top In no M
certain tones, This well has had the nj
applied to II for months past and the o.
has been taken from 1t by that means, tn
management thinking that the flow woul
be Increased aud their production would b.
that much greater. They went on IN th.
belief until this week, when the afr com
preston outfit broke down and theJ
thought themselves In sore straits. on,
OF the men went to the well for som,
cause or other after the air had stoppe;
aud In doing something arounG. the Dim
he opened the valve. The oil came fortl
with pressure that was apparently a,
strohs as tue wen had shown with tht
air Inserted In II. The company OF cours,
Ieit greatly relieved and Is now gelDr
ahead loading their oil as II nothing Is
wrong ana without the use of air or amy
show what The Post has asserted all along
that 10 man knows whit the true condi.
tious are ana 1t Is foolish for any one IL
claim d thorough knowledge Of what spin.
die Top Is and what It is going to be
me Higgins well was one Of the nrst
brought H., having been announced as com
pleted on June 10, 1901,
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Captain W. c. Tyrrell has called meet
ing Of the committee that is to look into
the depot situation at the oil exchange
Monday afternoon ut O'Clock for the pur.
pose Of arriving at something definite about
lhe S"athern PgcIhc passenger ana freight
has been offered tho c55n,''1n u ' I'M, s.tc
the rc than thc lice Mil Witch NJ E
Week wanted
Tho all c,.o M t,,.
- " "'St "a ','e Lone Acre company
asking modification of The inhurii,n
rurs IA, SnInuc rim ma ,.., ~
,,.,,t ' "' '''iF W. lh
%" "''''Nt 81 the fact HAT tlc
Sn,', HaiiM"l Was on trml ma hing
10 I,uIputr a,l,'n 9,, tnc 'H ,'U lmuht dh,idrd
slG.iabc mIc,,.l has been in,tl.flat.i m
Ia. p1,,, "no IL nuh'G mad started To
ana tla oa vrat ,o,,tl 'n'' lty '''lgnr,
lnt-c ltp II NiI probably be laLrn
up u'Nl N,ck.
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tuiouu w. t. Thoup.uu r,,. ,,,..
VINO rrur...t t,i "'t
.t.. '''s''" Interests here,
9'"''u u" H' iu"i rpuo pNdout this
h'i|l's l"t he had received definite h
i''""''h ll"W VI, iltu and that There Us
not as y'i aus thing 10 the snahcr rm,is
N'' "'ah'e SO general ten dry .g
~. 'i pt lr!hr uttered that con Iruhie
Thompson slated nj ,bn ,'u ,a A4a Io,one
peitg to so down nud iuyrstgutr ii' 'iuii
about La rect re nm 1"Sn Ia iei "t D. d1tn q
ara that tie ltliiors tt ~. 'H "N' 'otlM
Wcie on the eve az n tr.,,,,,'.,, ,''' ,tiFS
lhtS looked into II and hrrn,,,r , tthi
tlat thCS were on Il can IoUs nnu tt.,'
mtt"'tu 10 drll ON through II. Aitrr
thVy lad commenced this thrv en,-onu
telrd trouble with uulcksund tnnt bnI " ssn !
struck higher up, but which had la some
~ ToLAeu into the pipe. Wneu this il
,'H''u away Lncy VIII 80 on through tho
,ot th"usn OF course thcre Is no way to
~, WHethtf ne rock lJ ten or Thousand
~ '"''N' AT present they have stopped.
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short time siurn tt,r, ,
,,,.,,,. '"''u were some
"'""' '''e'N'tAhIp applications ANA
lh' ''"' lot prominent oil company herc
Der. o th, '''' '''''
II" "u"'" Nc an Application
ip' receiver on the sropuG thut me- hua
~ H''h ldItip. ttJlt Nylta U .tolurrt.,t
vt ahhc cots tuat hld nocn Irlsrt an,
,t', ,'ii'', W., 'n Hoh,e ilNiHcr q ~ now
itst.t e,tt,rl and {''-, "1S nf'A Ual.
p tier vlA never mutcnahm
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Mr j. IT, klmnnll. pnc of The prominc,,
brokers un the a. cxch,nrr. st.,fe1 d, rn,
rts r1rr, spop,h.,u tr,. .,,,'.
v,,. n.,.u,' '"'"'"t ''H' nc
'+"""'- a considerable annut ot I
OH stock iegn dlrss Of the SluIGp in priccs
en- thr rNehpnYr WILTON i,,. ,...
op,, 49,, "'' WV" '"' 'HSe
''' ''7' gen Jays Al Interesting /
p ll a. Nis statement Is tu th, ,uc,t tn,t
TN l''ple vino arc now huyius Nh, sto'.,,s
~ 'uutus cnscly inta tho cn.tlun,fr. tn,',
az rNcltns ia. lie saws tnnt In r,ar
hitrt ct Inquiry he tcrc! YES til,4 uun. ann, H.
asB'd W,th2r thc Company Is pttn,, Gir,,
" nl 81 he actual sales of oil or
"a" - S'orsa an the STOCK Joining
d, clnte ,,tvii,nn ttqncntH leSortrd Ia To
hp "xnln,ms +, W. y" n''s' a'ngkS. When
ana tells TINT it i. n lSy,'h9,patg eonpa ,,l3.
a,lns bus usS ON consrvn,ivc lmcs and
%Md n''9As"d ami thar thr aydends arc
ccftn.n ta ~, ~ h.in oi on only, me IS
~. r,niina ~. ~ q nN} lhs order TINT whrn
an, y pl''S thnl ne company Is probably
stol s,Ic "'t, s" on ~" strength OF
then he henls nothing more Of th t""u n SHteS'
The New York branch Of his house. ne
cry T,i' IT, tnai there IS .nouccable IN
-" w S"N"u WI STOCKS
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SECRETARY thildress OF thc ou =, ,,,, noe,
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