The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1911-02-17

," hF IHasessinn. Hnd these give IN
detail the general locttlpn M this
snfveY w. considers the nipst lm.
pufiant ~ all the survey. We hss ever
made, howctef. IN NJ, twenty seven
PEARS N experience IN tbis cliss ~
WORK the geological ana mlnefolovl.
cal survey and examination " the
hussltn nuw, much stronger and
more important titan the rennsyl
vania how, and which forms Iune
ton with the rc1nsyivanla nuw 10
the territory NJ this pnft, with Lane
as thc direct centre
TIE RUSSIAN FLOW
TINS Russian How, which gct- he
name from the fact that II was arst
discovered and developed in the
realms of the czar. belts the entire
world 10 a n0rthwestcrnly aud south
eastcrnly direction, crosses into this
continent under the Bchring Straits,
coming down through Alaska and
the Dominion of Canada, and bcIng
divided by the Rocky mountains, part
OF The How coming down through
Idaho, the Indian reservation at Po.
catello, into Utah. Arizona, New
Mexico, western Texas and into old
Mexico, west Of the Gulf OF CalIfor.
MIA, and under the gulf at a point
thirty.nvc miles west OF Tampico at
Tuxpan, Mexico, where the largest oil
well 10 the world Is now gushing forth
10000 barrels OF oil daily.
The main flow OF the Russian tleld,
however, crosses to the eastward Of
the Rocky mountains, traversinp
under Montana, Wyoming, Colorado
Kansas, old Indian territory ~ Okla
hona, Louisiana and Mississippi
spreading out In this general course
to the southwest corner OF Arkansas
and over the eastern end OF Texas,
taking In the great fields OF Beau.
mont, Sour Lake, Saratoga, Humble
aud Caddo, eighteen miles from
Shreveport, La, and functions with
the other, or Pennsylvania flow, Just
east OF the city OF Pascagoula. The
east Texas flow breaks out OF the
main lead OF the Russian survey at
Caddo and runs south TO the gulf,
Various places all the way up the
lead Of the Russian flow have proven
that the oil breaks out from this
main a1d makes Its way, always to
the south, to the gulf. Several stratas
10 the professors maps aud surveys
show large territories covered with
sheet oil which, by his thorough In.
vestigations, and scientific tests, have
proven to his entire satisfaction to be
unworthy OF development.
DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
After completing these exhaustive
surveys and Investigations, Professor
de Lamorton went to Europe to make
bis plans In Paris and London for the
development OF this promising terri
tory 10 Jackson county, at the juno.
tion OF these two streams OF oil which,
he says, surpasses any other locality
Ia the world for this product. Al
though he does not anticipate, from
his analysis. more than from 10000 TO
30 900 barrel gushefs per day, still he
claims that The quality OF the oil that
will be produced, will be so far 10 ad-
vance Of the Mexican flow, and that
the quantity Of gas that will be at
the command Of the field operators,
will be located at such q point that
many more millions 81 dollars will be
made out OF this field than have ever
been made out Of the Mexican field
on account OF being able TO run pipe
lines 70 New Orleans, Mobile and ali
other ports along The Mexican gull
coast.
After returning from Europe ht
quietly dropped into the Port OF Pas
ca2oula, and began buying up all th'
land between Orange Grove and Pas
caRoula, that he could possibly Ia,
Fhis hands on, not debating 20 tn,
land owners what price they shoult
sell for, or without asking any ques
tions, but trying TO keep the matter
profound secret. He has been buyInl
up these lands for the past 1--WE or 81,
months ~ rapidly as he could possibI
secure them for himself and hl
English associates. Only at the las
moment, when the lands have bee
pretty well bought up, have the cItl
zens Of this port become aware q
what was happening, since whIcl
time they have been securing q foo,
hold W yet holdings 10 and aroun
the neld, and 70 organize 1 local stoc
company, IN which they have 80,
ceeded 10 getting Prof. y. II. de L,
morton to give them HE hearty 6,
operation. Ha says there IL enoug
of u here for all. and there IL no nee
'lof being : "hog" over q, y the ~