The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-15
OIL FIELD NOTES

The Welsh Oil and Land Develop {
won't Comnany last week contracted |
to supply 5000 barrels OF fuel OIL eooo !
to Walsh & Buck and 3ooo 10 "oA
w. Daniels.
The Mac Faddin continues to no"
With no apparent decrease in its pro-
duction of the greasy fluid Inc ois
storage tank and two smaller ones
have been filed with oil ana III Is
pected that tank builders Will De mere
the latter part of the week to erecV dill
other storage tank.
In connection with the gas olo"ou'
in the water we'll being drilled on 'ne
farm of c. f. Buck near the OIL helo
last week. in which a considerable
showing was made, it must be renehi-
bered that wells have been orllleo
outside of the proven field in several
directions, only to find dry holes, ana
the finding of this show of Oil on lana
not vet prospected for, may, ana Ike
lv will. be the means of extending the
, oil field in that direction, and perhaps
result in locating a big pool OF OIL
which oil experts believe must De near
"welsh oil, after having gone
through the refining process, makes
the hest lubricant of any 1 have ever
seen in all my long experience as
, refiner," says lobe Slaughter, OF the
Central Oil and Refining Company,
in speaking of the merits OF the local
nroduct. Mr.. Slaughter claims tna'
; none so far discovered will equal the
Welsh nuid for lubricating purposes
The refinery will shortly be in opera
ton now. as the side track has beer
completed and the cooling tanks ane
y other machinery are rapidly being
:, installed.
nl The Texas Oil Company hav
l. abandoned their we'll on the Woo'
tract a half mile southwest OF tn
proven field, after reaching q dept
of about 1900 feet. At no time wer
Ie the indications favorable for goo
IN oil we'll and when the required dept
Ut was reached the showing OF OIL wa
g, not sufficient to justify further deve
w opment and the hole was abandoned
ne For a time the matter of drilling
additional ousand feet was conslt
on cred but the rig has since been move
as away and it is presumed that the Te1
III as company will cease operation
10 here, for the present, at least.
SIN INV opinion the Welsh oil fe
"a ia going to be one of the best In u
whole of the southwest with posslo
one exception and that is Jennings,
Mt said J. C. Maui, manager OF q
he welsh Oil s. Development compan
-, who was in the city over night loo
, a ing after the business affairs OF
company and purchasing machine
IN for the drilling of another we'll as So
AS all arrangements can be mao
ID. s"rhe coming in of the Metropolis
He we'll yesterday, gusher, is gong
vir revive operations in every portion
~, the field and If rumors can be bel1eV
xed there Will De operating IL
II inside of sixty days at least tWer
of companies. Jennings T1mes-Recol
&C. "The Hill Top company's we'll II
was Friday accepted for that co
pany Dy lC0-I AoSAuohO
'ial Manager Frank N. Butler. This "
'wa and strainer are made on plan OF
on B. Speed, it's driller, by which
on drilled six-inch we'll and set
the inch strainer with one string OF
null with watertight joint on cap TO
rees and therefore no water from aoo
ous- so common in this field. can come
fore this we'll. Mr.. Speed says that Fro
ung morning some salt water was SHOW
pro- up, and he expects more, but still
best very little as compared with the gu
tity usually found in the wells OF
new field, but he is of the opinion
and when there are four wells pump
'ater that the salt water will be greatly
full duced and finally exhausted. he
food Their said that he did not think OIL
the Welsh field could be ham
his without some salt water, as the
king was too thick and heavy; indeed
nself much. SO that it looked to him as il
salt water belonged to it and was
Erles, of the oil itself and necessary to
! on the oil to get through the sand.
alton Speed also said that this well,
was have to be pumped many days b'
its value as an oil producer ca
ne in determined, but he was quite SUI
I'd di. would be equal to the best in the