San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-30
coated with crude" said one rough.

coated with crude" SAID one rough
neck.
Incidentally, this No. . Allen of
the United, in Guadalupe county, is
said TO be the largest we'll in the en-
tire Luling field. 1t blew in several
days ago as the crew was taking a
core. Casing had not been set and
despite frantic efforts of one of the
best crews in the field, the well
spouted oil over the 112-foot derrick
for hours. 1t was finally brought
under control after drillers had
mudded it in. 1t stayed that way
for a day or so when oil began to
spout out of the earth in n 30-foot
stream $50 yards away from the
well.
Will Be Good Well.
Later the well blew several hun
bred feet of mud and water out Of
the hole and began running wild again.
As no casing had been set several
boulders were blown out of the sides
of the hole and falling TO the bottom
with mud and slush, they cut off the
flow. Using a fish-tail bit, drillers
endeavorcd TO clean the hole before
setting casing and found that they
could not go deeper than $50 feet.
A roller bit is now being used and
it is expected that the well will soon
be completed for a good producer.
Some oil men in the field placed the
wells production at as high as 5000
barrels.
This well caused Gander Slue's
greatest excitement. Hundreds of
people from the surrounding country
flocked there to view the giant
gusher and the expert crew battling
to control it.
Crowds were furnished thrill last
Sunday when the No. / Cannon,
which is making considerable gas.
caught fire and burned for several
hours in spite of efforts to put it
out with steam lines. The derrick
was scorched n bit and several mem
bers of the crew were slightly burned
but no serious damage resulted.
Farmers Of Guadalupe county who
once boosted Of some Of the best cot
ton crops in Texas are now walking
in their fields and counting the new
oil derricks. Hundreds are being
made rich overnight in Guadalupe
and Caldwell counties. Fortunes are
won and lost in a day-hours per
haps. Many are forgetting crops in
the excitement Of finding oil on their
lands--of seeing the liquid gold spout
out Of the earth and Of seeing the
on-coming army of oil field workers.
But in spite of the fact that many
have become rich over night few have
forgotten their old homesteads. They
ride in their high powered cars. per
hnps, and go TO live in the city but
when q lease on the farm is signed II
usually excerpts n few acres around
the old homestead. One owner be-
came very disgruntled when an insur-
ance company decided TO cancel the
insurance on his old $500 house be-
cause oil wells were too close.
Some Other Bo0ms.
Nearby towns are undergoing their
greatest booms since the discovery OF
oil in that section Of Texas. Luling's
population has increased to approx
mntely 5000, which is nearly double
that Of n year or two ago, and bust
ness men say they were never as
prosperous before. One cafe owner
in Iuling reports that he is averag-
ing around 5000 n day. Motion pic
ture houses, tent shows, carnivals and
the like are enjoying an unusually
heavy patronage.
In spite Of the fact that he might
be one of the leading bankers of the
city. a Luling home owner is not
possessed with the real Luling spirit
until he takes in roomers. 1t is said
that there is not home owner in
Luling who is not taking in roomers
to help house the newcomers. So
serious has the housing problem be-
come in Luling that a tent city. called
Wilson, has been established east OF
Luling.
With the oil boom in Guadalupe
county. the establishment of several
oil towns has begun. In addition TO
Gander Slue, Hog Waller, Sullivan
and Mercerville are being establish
cd. 1t is probable that it will take
a large well at the very door Of these
to make them boom as has Gander
Slue. however. Naming one of the
little settlements Hog Waller is per.
feetly natural because several of the
hogs take special delight in wallOw-