The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-30
A DERRICK DEMOLISHED
Lightning Did Damage on Spindle Ton
Early Yesterday Morning.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IS INTERESTED
Has Money in Several LEADING gnter-
Prises in the Oil District--Work
at BIG Hill.

beaumont, Texas, July 2o.-sometine
aIter midnight last night there was severe
electrical storm that took up Spindle Ton
ior mark and came near playing havoc
generally. The Palestine Beaumont I'm
ana Development company, the concern
mat owns that famous Wild gusher that
wrought death and destruction last sum.
mer' was the victim Of thunder bolt and
the derrick was practically demolished
The lightning also took to the escapnr
gus made a furious fame for awhile and
spread to an underground tank Of Con
tractor w. B. Sharp, where II did a little
damage. The oil, however, did not burn
through the prompt efforts Of the men,
though the Independence well is said TO
! have lost some. This is Simply another
que OF those proofs that the Beaumont oil
| IS NOT hazardous when 1t comes To lire
! All the wells and rigs were working as
! usual by noon today and President Bass
! o. the company states that they are get
lns along now just as though nothing had
happened.
gentleman came in from Big Hill this
morning in the southwestern part OF the
county and stated that they have been
fishing for more than week for two Joints
of twoinch pipe that were at the bottom
of the well and In the way. 1t will be
remembered that the Texas OIL Fields
Limited took charge of the ]. NJ. Gufrey
WEI" which had been abandoned by the lat
4 ter' ana placed their heavy Russian rigs
there for the purpose of gong deeper to
see If oil could not be found. The drill
mad under the efforts of the Guffey com.
any, gone through 500 feet OF solid rock
ana tney thought that 1t would he danger
Gus TO so deeper with rotary rig and
therefore abandoned the Well The I'm.
glsh people, however, are equipped for
Just such work aud VIII have 10 trouble
IN gong a nile deep through the rock for
mation If they SO desire, though they
nope no such hard luck awaits them The
TWO joints of pipe have now been found
ana they think that the drllers will make
GOOD progress during the next few days
They are confident that the cap rock they
are now drilling In is a cap rock to gusher
OIL Ihere Is great deal of gas there
and they think that 1t is certain to orgl-
nate from the oil below. TIE indication OF
oil, according to the experienced oil men,
are also very noticeable.
~
Monroe W. Carroll this afternoon brought
in his sixth private well on the Yellow
pine tract and it is good strong one
Mr.: CARROLL is perhaps the most scientific
drller on the hill and his wells are all
drilled so accurately and well that they
flow without assistance. He sold one TO
the Mower-CoX zinc smelter people.
~
Information which can not be other than
positive has been reviewed here in the lnst
few days indicating that John d. Rookie
Teller is heavily interested in the Burt
refinery, the MowerCox zinc smelter en-.
terprise, the Kansas City Southern and the
water ways at Sabine Pass. Ii will be
remembered that The Post published from
here report that this sort of rumor was
generally current and believed but the in.
formation now AT hand makes the assertion
positive. 1t means a great deal for the
field for the purpose is evidently to de
velop to the fullest extent all these indus
tries and enterprises.
Four of the big southern Pacific com
pound engines went through here tn $
afternoon for the Pacific coast work. they
were all equipped with oil burners, which
shows how generally the system expects ia
make use of fuel oil II Is very seldom
that coal burner passes through this city
, now and the consequence Is that clnders
are scarce and the travellers are comfort
able.
Captain w. Tyrrell returned this morn
Ing from a days visit to Jennings. The
captain is heavily interested with the Hey.
woods in the Jennings field as well as
( with the Haywood Oil company OF this
city, Of which he is perhaps the largest
> stakeholder He states that the rapid man
S ner with which the men resumed theiI
work after the FIRE, which lasted for a
week and which they all thought would
prove disastrous and would 9ehrna{R1s 5eoei
I No . or Jennings No. .. which was tht
well that was burning, Is roy In use a nn
I they are drawing at least 5000 barrels PEI
d t from il. The well is flowing Of ltI
p own accord and with pressure apparently
as strong as when. 1t was first brought IN
e and the Jennings citizens are again light
hearted and are building their hopes hig el
what big city sD they w snd s %i S bPnl
nney a ctorie a in there as fast as pos
y SHE, holding out the cheap fuei induce
ment. The Jennings shipments OF oil ar
running from fifty TO sixty cars per DAY
5 t tbroueh the Mermentau
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The recent heavy rains seem TO hav'
}. stopped or retarded everything on spindl
). Ton. except the carrying Of lumber an'
:, steam heads there for pumping outhts
These are g ore going to considerable ext
V exnense TO handle them quickly
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e There was much better and hyehe
L tonn IN the market this morning and IN
h sales covered wider number OF STOCK
a than on yesterday. The bidding and OF
e tar,ne was at times most spirited and tn
n n brokers seemed TO handle themselves W.T.
t ths old.time ginger that wa. 50 plainly MI y
evidence last January sl " n tFan SECTIONS
= io GHo1d Eagle 10000 shares at Joe
Cold Eagle, 5000 shares at loc'
. Anglo, COCO shares at Sc
Rnffsio so shares at A12c.
Duu1lv, ii 0OO shares at 1c