The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-18

case with the Dos BOcaS Weti'
which. as / have written, caught nre
and was destroyed also by the SALT
water rushing in. Even snou1o -.
big gusher take fire it would form ohiy
a thin. column Of fame. which coulo
be extinguished above the surface dnu
h flow of Oil preserved.
The big gusheF is supposed to come
from an entirely different field than
the Dos Bocas, and there appears 70
be no connection between he giant
reservoir which feeds it and that
which supplies the Dos Bocas. Inc
pressure Of the lake must be enor-
nous, as. may be see when 1t is re-
uembered that it threw a column OF
heavy crude oil as big around as a
nail key more than 800 feet into the
air.
Streams Of Gold.
Oil wells like these are very streams
Of gold. l am told that the oil as it
comes forth is worth here in the stor-
age tanks about So cents a barrel. AT
sc cents a barrel, the big gusher. if it
could be allowed to flow at it's full ca
pacitl. would realize $4,000 a day, or
more than $2,700 every hour, or be-
tween $40 and $50 every minute. day
and night all the year through. That
is one kind Of gold that old mother
earth is now splitting out in this part
of the world. It is a pity that the big
gusher belongs to the British.
This same Pearson Company has
large interests all Owe Mexico. 1t has
oil wells on the Isthmus of Tehuan-
| tepec, and it pumps that Oil to its re-
| fnery at Minatitlan, where there is a
branch Of the T~chuantepac National
| railway. That oil is intended for the
| export trade, it's situation giving 1t
| easy acces to the Pacific ports
through Salina Cruz, while tank
steamers on the Atlantic side can be
loaded at its own Wharves.
am told hat they are now load
| ing steamers which cannot cross the
| bar at Tuxpan near here by running
six-inch pipes out into the sea to
where the water has a depth Of sixty
feet. Here the tank steamers can
catch up the flexible pipes and thus
take on the oil. The pipes are about
one mile long. and they are con-
nected with ten great tanks on the
shore, each of which holds $4,000
barrels. These tanks are filled from
the big gusher I have already re-
ferred to, which Is thirty-three miles
away.
A New Oil Fleet.
I hear also a report that the Ham
burg American Line will put on a
feet Of oil steamers to run to Tam
pico and that it only awaits the build,
ing OF enough tanks to warrant it a
constant supply of freight Of this
character. It takes about a thankful
Of oil to fill a ship, and a single
steamer will carry from $4,000 to So
600 barrels. It Is rumored that &
British company has already been or.
ganized to build a feet Of fifty tank
steamers. each to hold 10000 barrels
the same to be engaged in the Mexi.
can trade. Connected with the com
pany will be also fifty tanks Of The
same capacity. and the fuel trad.
to the various points Of the United
!, Kingdom and the continent.
5 AS it is now, hundreds of thousand,
Of barrels are being shipped fron
l Tampico and Tuxpan every month
] In september last one United State,
company alone shipped 1928, 900 bar
rels OF Mexican crude oil from Tam
pico to Sabine, Tex, and in Octobe,
, n Gulf Refining Company took so,
600 barrels. The new German tanl
steamer Adorna, which has a cana
city Of $4,000 barrels, has entere,
this trade. It will take e Of OF
from the Standard Oil Company's re
n.nery IN Louisiana to Argentina. an,
g on the return trip will stop at Tam
plco and bring crude oil to the re
n fnery.
Fuel Oil for Panama.
t A great part Of the Oil which come
from Mexico is well adapted for fue
e 1t Is of a heavy, ~viscous character An
can be used to make cam lust .
d it comes from the wells, although
can also be refined into a good stand
- ard. Illuminating oil. A large anon
It OF it is now used to run the locomc
Is tives on the Mexican RAILWAYS an
" it will probably supply the erea
reservoirs which will furnish the n
Inel Tor the ships going through tn
in our government to have oil fuel ID
pots as we'll as coal depots az pan
IS NAL. and there are many who belle
Dr. that oil like this will be the stan
re ard steamship fuel Of the future
n The Cunard company recently !,
n yestigated this matter through
J. board Of engineers appointed espec;a
I'll ly for the purpose. It tested the ~.
at Of oil on its largest steamships ar
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