The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-04
A GUSHER AT SARATOGA
Throws Oil and Mud rs Feet Over
the Derrick.
GOOD FLOWING WELL ALSO STRUCK
Shipments from Beaumont Are Steadily
Climbing and the Month May Estab-
sh d New Record.

Beaumont, Texas, December IA we'll
known oil man OF this city who spent yes
terday at Saratoga and returned to Beau.
mont last night, reports that at depth
Of 1880 feet the w. T. Brlce well No. y
came In as a gusher and threw oil and
mud twenty-five feet above the top OF the
derrick. The force was reported as somo.
thing lerco, but the mcu had the well
under perfect control aud succeeded IN
shutting 1t on without any trouble what
ever The well throws mud TN addition to
tho oil, but the gentleman who reported
the item thought that this could be
checked with the well under control he
says that the trouble with the mud lies
away. The we'll widens the field 10
considerable extent. The gentleman
further reported that the Byrd syndicate
well, which is some distance from the
Brlce lands, has reached a good flow OF oil
at depth Of 726 feet, and that the man
Gger of that concern has ordered the drV
ing stopped there and vii, let the well
rlcne, Tor the reason that he thinks the
flow is n big payer as 1t Us, They were pre-,
pared to go deeper, but will try a deeper
wen later near by
The Saratoga oil is regarded by many
here MS being OF a superior quality to that
In the hands OF n few, comparatively, and
these few are not inclined TO sell
Nothing has been heard of the southern
Teclhc deal recently which was pending
there. hut this last development is expected
10 bring 1t to u sudden head.
49,
Water shipments have taken forward
tf,f.
of thing Is continued even the holidays IN
this month and the damp weather will not
be able TO prevent record breaker; at
least would mean a record broken In point
Of dollars and cents, though it IS hardly
possible that the business Of last summer
would be reached whom 500 cars were
shipped In one month Prices are cousld.
cruhly In excess Of the prices " last sunl-
mcr-in fact. about double. The vessels
that are now clearing from Sabine Pass
are the Paraguay. the Strlmbus and the
Z LuCkcuhaCk All these boat take "a big
/ lot of oil and there are many there of
/ smaller tonnage, The Strombus takes 90,
/ Goa barrels. the Paraguay and luckcnhack
| @O,oOO TO 5000, while the sm0Cr vessels
now leaving port win add an aggregate ~
% GOO barrels more 30 the above amount
Rail shipments are holding mp well aud
that meone large amount Of business all
/ told.
There is a good deal Of interest just now
! in the drilling OF well twelve miles from
/ Roekland at place called Boilers Blum,
/ on the river. The parties drilling the well
( have combination rig, which means that
they are prepared TO drill most any depth
I aud that they VIII 70 after the oil TIA ough
4 all kinds Of trials and fluctuations. II VI
a well known fact that oil was noticed on
| the Ncches long years ago when ruin would
beaumont but the place has always been
| Il mystery.
Tomorrow evening at the oil exchange
building the adjourned meeting Of the cN'
change and board Of trade VIII be held
The meeting IS called for the purpose OF
clectlug a successor to Secretary Chidress,
who has been out Tor some time. hpg lur
Their for the purpose Of defining the future
! policy of the organization. Heretofore II
has been almost impossible 20 get many
Of the members out there being about q
dozen out Of the total of 100 there. Acting
Secretary Bunch IS making strenuous ~
forts 10 get them out this time, however
and hopes to have better success at ih'
meeting
A ripple Of excitement was caused 70
oil circles in the city this afternoon whcr
message came over the phone from th'
. AN iAhl Nht4t uAb DNNb an hAbl'"''''
Investigation proved that the pressure ha'
been so great as 20 cause the explosion o
"T" on a pipe line. The "T'' few throug
the air cut a saddle squarely of IA horse
3 back and tore two teams loose from
wagon hitched just the other side. No on
was injured and even the horses are bu
little the worse for the accident.
~
One Of the officials Of the Guffey CON
pany states that they will have their pin
p line completed from Sour Lake to spindl
, Ton 3cfore Christmas, They have 3 larg
+ 5500O-borre tank az Sonr Lake nlread
cil transferred through the new. carrier.
/ ~
, II Is understood acre that the stIlRe
on company. which has been "wlldcatting
al Port Arthlr and has Jest abandoned
l70Ofoot hole after twisting on the pip,
viii begin at once boring again near III
4 FIRST well They are anxious TO dctermin
/ and they have ample financial backing.
~
! Acting Secretary Bunch Of the oil e.
e change has n letter from a North Dakot
gentleman asking what the prospects nr
for getting a franchise here FOR an clcctrl
light plant There Is now about TO be PRE-
scented 20 the council similar franchts
, ana there rs already a well equipped plan
here $50 that the third would probabl
, meet with opposition. Mr.. Bugch Aas, g
course. made courteous reply 10 the gentle
man.