El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-15

-ANPICO. MEEICO, March Is
This Will soon be the chief oil
port Of the world X lies in the
heart Of oil lands which are nov 55To-
dvcine 200. OO0 parcels OF petroleum a
dav. and great oil tanks are going up
which VIII hold a supply OF mlllIons OF
barrels Tampico is situated little
back from the coast, half way between
Vera Cruz and the Rio Crauoe river
1t lies near the mouths of the Panuco
and Tamesi rivers, and II has harDOr
so deep that the biggest ocean steam
ers can land. The WharFes ana Jet
ties and other narbOr improvements
were DESIGNED and built for the Mex
lean government by American englu-
GERS and they have cost mllllOnS- me
port is 1000 miles from New 1Oik'
1900 miles from Liverpool and a niue
more than 5000 miles from Hamburg,
and tank steamers viii soon be carry
ing oil from here to all parts OF the
world
The rivers. which Join just above
Tampico, flow through the oil 1Ielcs,
and during the past year so steel tanks
have been built on their banks an DelA5
tanks belong TO the Pearson syndicate
or Mexican Eagle Oil company, ana
the same company IS putting Up re-
fineries here. It is q British syndicate
has large interests in Mexican rall-
ways. electric plants and mines us
oil branch has paid up CAPITALIZATION
OF S25,000,0O0, and the market Naiue
OF the stock is twice that amou
II has altogether more than nan
million acres of oil land
The WaterS-Pierce company was IN
til lately a branch Of the Standard On
company. It has large interests, N
Guiding storage tanks on the rivers
And then we have the Mexican PetrO-
leum company, which IS largely con-
trOled by California OIL men II mas
a. z H.1 f11 slf
If owns something like 100000 acres
of land which IS still uneNplored- one
OF the Mexican Petroleum company
wells has been producing for more IMAM
two years. and although only partially
OPENED il turns out p, 200 barrels OF
oil a day This company is now erect
ing stora &c tanks near IamplcO. Wnlle
the Texas company is doing likewise
on a tract Of land Of about thousand
acres opposite this port The latter
company has already constructed q,
temporary wharf and is shipping oil to
the United States ports
In addition to these companies there
are others operating in the vicinity
and altogether there are over thirty
different organizations at work
The New Oil Territory.
These new oil fields extend for hun
dreds Of miles along the Mexican gull
The profitable wells are scattered al
the way from here TO Vera Cruz and OIL
has been found in paying quantities
farther south and on the isthmUs OF
Tehuantepec- The exact width Of the
territory is not defined. but they are
striking oil so miles back from the sea
and the region in which the prospecting
is going on is said TO be about as large
as the state of Illinois and over dis
tance twice as large as the state OF
Massachusetts wells have already been
sunk IN many places oil has been
struck at 400 or 500 feet, but the best
wells are much deeper. and the great
gushers have come from a depth OF
1900 or 200O feet
Big Mexican Gushers.
Take. for instance, gusher No 4, or
the POtrerO del LlanO No f. which has
2. capacity of no. barrels a day.
That well belongs to the Pearson syn
dictate. The hole was bored three years
ago. When the oil was struck il burst
forth in great stream which rose
to a height Of 400 feet, and Il con-
tinued to spout for more than three
months before il could be controlled
During that time 1t was pouring forth
petroleum at the rate of 5000 barrels
an hour, and II covered the whole
country with oil. 1t filled the rivers
and lakes and contaminated the stream
Thousands Of cattle were lost from
the fact that the oil covered their graz
ing places and they could not get fresh
water Acres of oil flowed out to the
sea, and the Mexican gulf had a. coat