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shows that they are very much inter-
ested.
The. story continues that the man
saw the well still spouting and burn
ing after the derrick had been burned
and that he related how the men got
control Of it again. He said, according
to report, that the Workmen putt wet
tarpaulins over themselves as protec-
ton from the heat and gradually ap-
preached the we'll and drew back the
fire from the burned rig until they
could get to the cutoff valve in the
casing near the ground-it was below
the floor of the well rig before the fire
and shut it off. At the time the
burning well was shut off, it was said
to have been spouting flames so feet
high The story is that the officials
Of the company told the man that he
only saw gas burning and that the oil
did not spout.
May Extend Proved Field.
The other wells no7y being sunk are
in widely different localities and all
could be dry and still not prove that
the Texas company has no oil; the
striking of oil in these wells would
merely prove the large extent of the
field One of the wells is being put
down almost on a line between the
town of Toyah and the Texas COM
pany's wells and The other is being
sunk little further from the city and
e considerable ways to the southeast
of the Texas company's well. Another
well is being put down right in town
and another well is to be put down
away over towards FL Paso on the
county line, almost just to see what
can be found in that region.
The field will be thoroughly pros
pected in the next few months and the
secrets Of the Texas company will then
not be worth much. One of the sup
posed secrets of the company was the
depth of well No 1. This is now said
TO be no further secret Men who claim
TO know say the well as only down
1900 feet and point to this as proof
that oil has been struck in paying
quantities or work would never have
beer stopped at such depth. This
is considered shallow for oil, they say,
and the very fact that the company
stops there and begins sinking other
wells close by is proof that the Off
Gals are amply satisfied or they would
go deeper before sinking any more
money into improved ground. But re-
gardless o the depth. the last argu-
ment appears to hold good-that the
company has the oil and is satisfied
or it would be spending no further
money, sinking more wells in the same
region. and especially sinking them
and Gaping them. and then going on
with further work. as when well No.
2 was completed and capped
Believe Gusher There.
It is a certainty that the Texas COM
pany is securing oil of good quality
IN the wells it is putting down; nobody
has any doubt about that. for no sane
person would be spending any further
money on the field after learning as
much as the Texas company people
know, unless this was fact. The only
question now to be settled is whether
the wells are gusfers or not. Most
everybody believes that they are. the
things The Herald learned last sum
mer about well No. 1 make 1t appear
that it al least is a gusher-the pipes
running direct from the cosirg 20 the
boiler and the oil tank, VIII no pump
near. the oil dripping into The tank
from the end of the pipe; the Kissing
noise as of escaping steam from the
tops Of the casing; the bubbling Of
oil up through the top of the casing.
although it was plugged in the most
approved fashion, all were strong in
dications of gusher-and Toyah is
not going TO believe anything else Xxx
cept that a gusher has been hit until
the Texas company shows up"