The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-13
COLORADO OIL FIELDS.
The Centennial State Having a Biz
Development.
NO GuNERS BUT FINE QUALITY
Petroleum Found in Four Separate SEQ
tons at Depth Of 1000 Feet or
More--Muoh Prospecting.
Especial correspondcuce Of Tho Post.


r''',' o',o' Ap,, " va puvn's, ~
CNuru' nave NV'h OF AVuueHl "NNu'AVNSe fN
the western part Of the United States dur
inc tbo last few wars and some OF them
-, - 1919 t,..
nave peSn Oh "V"e 'nap l'sslus ,"pVi
( tanCe- notably those of Southern California
and TeAps. each of which. I'm turn. has Civ.
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Vu ''sc :" '"'.e U'e'NsV "iN 'NN''' al. ~
tho0 mas any similar movement since that
attending the earlier discoveries OF retro
l,uu, tp pcunsvlvnnIa ia tbc Iatcr ,os
the bread calm that, II the promise OF re-
ccut bonr,niu,s az hornc o,t she win No
- -, IN ,..,
{ COME ore OF the leaulns oil producing
Statcs Of the Union There are thosc
among Colot,,dna,s ,,ho 90 a hin furf,e,
an, 81 ~ t-tt-, - ~, 49,
$50, '""N
year or two, the Golden and Lone stan
voMMN Wsalths Won be ~ it Win the
Nouitthlai state, as producers OF the
s''ar! ih'ueraL W course, Sach state
nvi's snyuld 9e taken WIN AN aloNAhvc,
t"t Ne' 'H ittv " cn"utu 'u '"e s'lu"u"n I"
d"T,l'E u't'V UtakGluE,
tvintnt over lne huulng OF petrole.
T TN s "l,m,i, 10 .ui"v is IVY new tulnS
h' GN'i, In,,,H a. ~ 49,, 49,, W. a. Su",.'' -. ~
So, 80 " - -, 'u''' ''"tS vut'9 " Wv
TS"'U i",u'' t ~ ,u,ttSus %, 'WV NeSe'N9l
hs MON nrc5n,.1 >a,' t "e ~, si,
I'm ma it'rc,cs e,tf d. 49,, y 5SS.
w I4
covered there hv nersous NM we've siTi5
ing an ortesian ,yoli for Vnter ana tbs dis
Covery was followed by The boring Of many
OTHER ,yeiIs i'm mo psIehhnrhnod for ths,
express purposc Of dudins more OF II
These undertaking were i'm large measure,
successful, aud the DEVELOPMENT proceeded
until the permanence of the district as am
cl-pr0ducing territory was established u
day Florence, which was O settlement Of a
half dozen houses when the arteSinn we'll
drllers made their "nnd Is a thriving lit
tle municipality Of about 1000 Inhabitants
wen SOME SIXTY ODD producing wells and
two modern OH renneries OF capacity OF
ABOUT l2uV barrels on tehned petroleum Il
uay Inc on Us a very bigh grade illumi
udui' ara many OF Lpc WellS nave pcen op'
Grated Tor periods Of from htteeu to twenty
SS9lh
n''l T." t,He GiN,oNel3 ny riuVen,e' anG
sp,U "titI5 cue uli1vul tIles III lut n.Hul9 t,i
w. H'iu' ptts9'CulH WIS round uoWlns
Eo 'I bs, oS III Mn,gr from sptsS Sl9hs
enstcrn footbius 6f Tho Rndtlns mani
SLIGHTLY greater defiance northwest of Nor,
I enee. It was a dark, heavy almost biackl
IN aia a "' One uS His'o,'TqH ol rSe9fu
cred {, ana, by some crude process Oh
lalnCd thtielrom an illuudnaut, ais well as
ous and snld aS f,i oviay nv t 0sp IN ""B
small well was sunk 60 a depth OF 800 feet
/ u was tho hrst put down In the state, aud
o,, s't NV p5 cue piJi3f,ut u1y
( yidrit, for oil
PioRntiS the second petroleum discovery
made V5s in tbe gamogs Rool -ri,c Wy ro,. W9S
/ cu @ branch oil Whiskey creek. In Rio
! banCo county in the northwestern part
/ G' We Hla(e. Iutie an Oh spring issu'
( ,t,s " ON iuCnl lault ia ING BeoloEtcal iof-
/ ~" ~ ul9Nu"'ttl OF! lpp OF u Hln'u spring
/ ~ Wa'tI u"M %Ne, ne lneA" luio q lAflhg
U''u " W. Wy or ppiNEs were connected
/ ~ uuV' MuUiucn WY ,auI Soiu tul9uS.
,rb L &C. 'iI,'i'v ~, HgibH,'uI N",,u
,rj,D 60 oct,,d ~ Ky U,! i.o'u Ihe
Ro alirol 6Isco,orcr ~ " eSs"Ia o..
sro vbcn tbc snr,n,. 40 ~ ii ,,
nronertv vyere soiJ ~ co,vpo "uJ i f,I
counosed Of Cbic,,go naonlc ana III, Tx y
now sinking wells near nv "'''' 70
Tho FLORENCE dlscoycrics rauscd r,ucb
stir in colorado. where decided OH boom
ut once set in Spasmodic attcmpts NJ
Boring for netroleum uers made i'm ybTlous
. localities throughout the state but 1oth.
Inc very uracfjcgl in fbe ,vpy Of rns,,Ite
Followed. Al Intervals SubqcGtIentiy there
/ were REVEALS of Interest in the ,n0ver1put
and nine wears ago some drilling was done
I I'm the edap Of vhat ~ now knoUn as tha
/ pouIdcr ali held
one wou wps sunk At Nlwor. pbout
e.rbf miles northeast Of Roultrr citv nv
l.Dar t,onRold ,ybn SINK tbe frst nr6d,,c
,., an ,,.u 40 L,lorc,,c, Ga fyg9 az a -.