Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1901 — SCIENCE AND PROGRESS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SCIENCE AND PROGRESS

Gejcas Has Oil “boom. Since oil was struck at Beaumont, Texas, on Jan. 10, the town has been crowded with investors and speculators. This well is one of the most remarkable In the United States. A stream of oil eight Inches in diameter gushes to a height of 150 feet in the air, and it is estimated that the output is 18.000 barrels a day. For a number of years accumulations of oil have been noticed on the Gulf of Mexico between Galveston and Sabine Pass in sufficient quantities to cause an appreciable subsidence of the waves in stormy weather. For nealy a decade prospectors have tried to locate the reservoir which they knew existed on the coast, but owing to defective or inadequate machinery they failed to go deep enough. The new well is 1,300 feet below the surface of the earth. All the prospectors who have visited Beaumont declare that a supply of oil can be obtained from other points, and the pricFtrt TahdTms--gt>rz' wjOuj tha reach of all except millionaires. J.

GIANT OIL WELL AT BEAUMONT. Cullinan, manager of one of the Standard Oil company’s refineries, was one of the first persons to visit the big well. He declared the flow phenomenal.