The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-10-13

Lafayette, la oc'. nv
AnSc la Butte oil fields continue
slowly but surely in the develop
mcnt Of their capacity IN the
production of mineral resources
Some fifteen years ago Captain
Lucas. of Hraumon; oll lame.
prospcrted IN lh'S territory, and
finding that he hnid Did not
flow in any great quantity, a
bandOncd he field aud soon after
ward stuck the iirst great gushrl
i'm Texas. Since thai time, de
spite The attractions If he Texas
and JENNINGS fields ul!mrn have
continued TO exploit HE An>e la
Butte fields. With vary lnG degrees
of success. Oil and pure rock salt
have been found at comparatively
small depths, 5ur so tar lhcie have
not been any Startling results in
the way Of gush"rS. Surface in
dications of on and gas continue
to Ia as v,aniitst now as ever, and
in many places a match applied
to the earth will produce ins,an
tancouS flames. showing the pre-
sence of abundant gas ~ no great
depth scott Haywood, for a mum
her of Yeas, lived in Il house on
the field heated and lighted entire
~ by this natural gas
/ At present the field is occupied
by the Hey wood Brothers. the
Lake Grow or Martin Oil Com
pany, the Louisiana Oh Company
and Morcsi Brothers Besides
these, there are a number of 9th
or companies and individuals who
hav" holdings. but are not now &C
.,yel, at work in the field
Hey wood Brothers haze fouI pro
duciDg wells. The last, brought
in recently gu>hrs intc,mllies.t'y
and is said to How 100 barrels per
day The other wells are pump
ers and yield about forty OF fifty
barrels
The Lake Grow Company has
two wells that give 100 barrels
between them per day, but will
soon sink another in the center OF
the field, where indications are
fine.
The Louisiana OH Company com
pleted their first well today, bu,
have not screened or tested it yet
1t will likely prove a good pump
er.
\. NJ. Martin of Lafayette, wht
has valuable holdings in the field
will start a new well in about tw,
weeks, and expects to strike some
thing rich.
There is now in storage on tn.
field about 5000 barrels of OF! ant
a pipe line has been completed t,
Breaux Bridge to convey oil tt
the railroad there and for ship
ment 10y barges down the Techt
to sugar plantations and export at
Morgan City. So far, however,
the supply has been taken by To-
cal consumers, glnners and other
factors, who come from long dis
tances and obtain this cheap fuel
The prospect for the future of
Anse- la Butte just now is most
encouraging, and the fact that sew
eral well known oil companies have
secured large holdings and con-
tinue to buy at every opportunity,
leads to the conviction that the
field IS only in its infancy, and
that great results will shortly de
velop.
1t is a prevalent belief that the
true conditions at the Butte have
been studiously concealed by in
terested prOspectors who desire to
secure the exclusive rights in the
field before developing the full
capacity of the wells. This may
or may not be so but the fact re-
mains that the lands within the
proven field and for some distance
outside are held at almost fab1-
lous prices. There can he but
little doubt that the Anse la Butte
field will yet rival III production
the famed territory OF Jennings
and Beaumont Brcaux Bridge
Valley of the Teche.
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