Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 1902 Page: 1 of 8
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By C. F. LEHMANN.
Halletsville, Lavaca County, Texas, June 5, 1902.
I PETROLEUM.
bract from thesis by W. T. Gar-
rof the graduating class at the
r Agricultural and Mechanical
Wi:
1901. and winner of the A.
‘brand medal for the greatest
tlfcy of thesis.)
ileum bas long been known
in various parts of the
States, and the first crude
sum was produced from a
pr
lied bv Drake at Tides-
[Pa. Since then numerous
webs have been drilled io
>us other states, but the
developement of this indus-
lid not take place in Texas
[ about thirty-three years
when it was accidently dis-
at Oil Springs, Nacog-
les county, Texas, about
m miles south of Nacog-
ihes. Many wells were sunk
that time, the oil being found
ibout 100 feet* The yield of
first well being nearly three
Ired barrels the first day but
to flow afterwards, few suc-
ing wells flowed, and the oil
to be either bailed or pump-
the surface. Upon a care-
examination of this product
concluded that it was un-
d for the manufacture of
. i mating oil, apd from want
[interest and capital the indus-
was prosecuted no further,
oil was found to be of high
by, having an asphalturn
as all subsequent oils, ex-
the Corsicana light oil, dis-
ced. In Texas have, and was
adapted to the manufacture
Yricating oils by remoral of
►jaltum residue,
ith this the development ot
Texas oil fields ceased for
tame. V However, some
later heavy, dark and
colored oils were found at
tr Lake, in Jefferson county,
; at Browh wood in/ Brown
>onty. v From these oils no kero-
sene wasmade, but almost 33
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ject to government ihvestiga-[ tion so near a seaport that no the entire production, and
tion, and the report for 1898 ‘ great, transportation sys.tem is, whenever fuel oil has come into j5^
states that an analysis of the oil required and no monopoly re- i competition With coal for steam j
proved to have lubricating.quali-1 suiting therefrom can ever be ! purposes it has practically. drivU
ties of great value and equal to 'created. ; en coal ; from the field. It has
anv produced in the United f On first impression it would, Tone it m Russia, it is now.doing
States. This.report also states .seem that as the Beaumont oil is . d California and it will do it
that there is undoubtedly an oil j chiefly a fuel oil it. would be of everywhere where it comes into
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IMPORTANT TO YOU.
ST NOTICE CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING PRICES IF MONEY
SAVING INTERESTS YOU:
y- In Gents’ Furnlshlfigs, we have -a 25c value men's Gauee
gg undershirts at ISicts.' Better quality equal to 40c goods else-
where at 25cts each.- *
taking its course along the Trini-ftive demands for fuel oil and refln-1 i ne average annual, consump- rr . SOME GOOD BARGAINS IN MENS'DRILL AND
tv Vonbp* and Sabine rivens- to pH nil nro nnnsiHprpH it, is evident ' tion 01 coal in the i nited States
ty, Xeches and Sabine rivefcf' to
Sabine Pass. The correctness of
this statement Is entirely proble-
matical and is rather disproven
by later results. It has so far
not been proven that there is
even a connection between the
oil fields at Beaurfioht and the
ed oil are considered it is evident
that a fuel oil in the apparently
inexhaustible quantities in which
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mont field, is of much more im-
portance and value than an il-
luminating oil in the compara-
tively limited quantities that
is approximately • 3340 ton for
each 1000 population. Louisk
it has been found in the • Beau-'-'- ana> Mississippi and.- Texas have
Sour Lake although it. is prob-. nature has provided it. The de-
able that the.surface oil at the 'mand for refined oil is to a cer-
two places is the same. From
the oil seepages which exist along
the Xeches river it is e&fe to say
that the oil lands of themew Tex-
as oil fields, having the Xeches
river as a center, include a large
part of Nacogdoches, Angelina,
San Augustine, ? Tyler, Jasper,
Hardin, Orange and Jefferson
counties. There has never been
a new oil field when at such an
early stage in the development
the oil sand was known to under-
tain extent limited, and the sup
*:
lie so much territory as in the
Beaumont field. While the ex-
amounts to more than eight
times the combined consump-
tion of all the refined oils. The
Beaumont oil field is almost
identical in character of oil, rela-
tive location and geological con-
ditions with the Hussiai? oil
t-reme limits of the field are only
conjectured the weils fiave such a
large production that there is up
doubt that Texas Will be the lead-
ing oil state in the union.
yvOf all the petroleum produced
ra* Texas the Corsicana ’ oil is-
one-, that is
4.T;ing purposes.
gravity and an engine qil
degrees gravity.. In Lamar and
Hardin counties a dark, heavy
oil was found to exi^ m* limited
quantities, and may be used in
its natural state for lubricating,
purposes. > These dark, . heavy,
tary oils are found in many oth-
er localities in Texas. Not until
some time prior to 1894 Was oil
in paying quantities, known to
exist in Texas, when it was dis-
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covered at Corsicana by digging
city- < Ot
an artesian vVell. The city
Corsicana ■sunk an artesian well
for' water supply, when at 1027
feet an oil vein was struck. The
oil was then cased off: and the
boring continued, when at- 1470
feet a flow of warm water whs
encountered but no more qil.
The oil from the first named
depth, however, soon inl^e. Tits
continual!V sinee. This whs con-
[y
company was at once formed and
wells varying from TOGO td 1040
feet in depth were sunk tothe.top
of the oil bearing sand, which is
from ten to. forty feet thick. Af-
ter oil was struck a1 period of
twenty-four hours elapsed before
it reached the surface, 4 having
been forced, up by gas and in
some instances spouted 100 feet
abo ve the ground.^ Some of these
wells h ave fallen off considerably
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but those in thecenter pf theoil
producing area sfkiw practically
the same yield as/Vhen: first
bored. In 1899 tl^e /weri* ’400
wells in operation, /blit' this
has caused no appreciabfA di-
minuatLon in the flow of ine in-
ahd the Nacogdoches and Beau
fnont oils are . excellent for fuel
purposes. The daily production
of the Texas gushers is more
;he
.than six times th^daily produc
prod
United States, ol.which there are
about 90,000.- All flowing wells
decrease in production as the
pressure decreases, and the Tex-
mim' M m fwm
as gushers will probably do the
same; fwhich simply indicates
that the enormous gas pressure
has been relieved, and that the
oil will have to be pumped from
.the wells, as is done in all of the
older fields. As oil wells, how4
0ver, are now pumped by gas en-
gines which uSe the gas from the
wells as fuel the cost of pumping
is only a nominal consideration;
The hew Texas oil afield at
Beaumont is eighty-four miles
from Houston, one of the largest*
railroad centers in the state, arid
eighteen miles from Port Arthur,
one of the principal seaports ori
th«4 gulf coast, it. is difficult to
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grasp the significance of the dis-
coi^pv of oil in probably inex-
haustible quantities so near the
the seaboard in Texas. It would
ply at the present time Ais ap-
proximately equal to the d'e-
a combined population of over
3,000,000 and a.t the average^
rate of Consumption require over Is somethingln which we leave aU^*ompetltore in the rear.
20J)00,000 tons of coal a y^ar.
Louisiana and Mississippi pro-
duce no coal and Texas spnly
883,000 tons, or about 434 per
cent of their combined consump
tion. The
coal produced in Tex|
mand for fuel olfhas been muffin j f8 “ partlyfcitumiiious and part-
only one country, Russia,-»*where ; lignite, which is a brown cold
Buy your Fans,-HaQdkerchlel8,.«.Gloves and Parasols here
____ ^ ___,_____pPBjBj pP..IWHIv' Ladles vests at Bets and up. Ladies Kld-GJove« at TScts a pair
the consumotion of fuel oil no\v I hetttsen bituminous coal and gs: Embroidery and Laee%;at extraordinary tow prio&s.
* . . 1 «««<-?tv -aM'SEr There is but one Racket Store, so if you would - economise
^ get our prices before making ppur purchases.
fields.f The Russian oil is a
heavy fuel oil of about 20 de-
grees B. gravity. The Bedn-
mont oil is also a heavy fuel-.oil
of about 23 degrees B." gravity.
The Russian oil fields are located
near the shore of the Caspian sea
and the Beaumont field only a
few miles front the Utdf of Mexi-
co. The . most productive oil
strata in the Russian field are
found from 1000 to 1590 feet be-
low the surface and at practical-
ly the same depth belowsea level,:
both t>f which facts are exactly
the same in the Beaumont field/
The Russian/ wells are entirely
through loose soil anil sand
tion of all the we®s jn California, which is practically .the same* in
the Beaumont wells. The . Rus-
ian an'd Beaumont ’ojls both
and
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common. The Russian field now
produces 150,000. barrels a day,
and-If the first Wells can be taken
as an indication, the Beaumont
field will certainly / become even
more productive when sufficient-
ly developed, f : /;/v -U
AS a .steam producer fuel oil
has no rival, and. the demand for
that purpose in Russia is con--
stantly bn the increase, Accord-
ing to government reports' the
demand for fuel oil bas increased
900 per cent in six years, and if
the supply was doubled it would
now* be absorbed by the home
demand. .Nothing else is burned
on the railroads of central Asia/
Caucasus, southern Russia, the
Caspian sea and the Volga river.
It is used very largely in the in-
dustrial works throughout Rus
peat- in character. The lignite isf
a very inferior article and brings
alow price, but the bituminous
coal, although of ordinary qual-
ity, commands at' the .mines 4
higher price than in part Of the
United States, except on the Pa-
cific coast; bringing even a high-^
er price at the mines than 'the
anthracite coal of Pennsylvania.
The Beaumont oil field is located
nearlv at the«geographical cen-
ter of the coast line oi these
states and is most faVorablv lo-
cated for supplying the deficien-
cy in fuel supply./
There is no question bu t that
fuel oil which can be put aboard
a.vessel as cheaply as oil ffom
the Beaumont field can be de-
livered to any jpbint in the Unit-
ed States that* can be reached by
water, or at a price which will
give it a great advantage over
jsteam coal/ The Atlantic apd
gulf states contain 41 per cept of
the population of . the • United
States, and at the average rate,
qf consumption these states re-
efuire 104;000,000 tons 'of coal
last year. The total production
.of all the
these states is only 15 per
cent of their requirements. As
nearly all the large cities in these
states are On the seaboard it is
evident that the market in this
direction alone would absorb the
entire production of the Texas
»il field
oil field at a price which gives its
use an advantage over coal.
That this willrbe the case cannot
be doubted when it is consi/etfed
how sensitive industrialworks of
eveiy kind are to the cost of fuel,
which is only second in import-
ance to water transportation as
a factor in location and growth
of industrial centers! - and the
sia, aud it is also beginning to
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sidered sufficient evidence* ahd a: atmost seem as if. nature had
dividual wells. These wells.hhve
established the existence, of ah
extensive gas field, the product
ui w uroii iiae oeen, usea -success-
fully and economically 4ctr fuel
ana ‘ ittuminating ' purposes.
Storage tanks of Sufficient ca-
pacity to hold all the /oil pro-
duced and a refinery have Seen
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placed it where it would do the
moat good to the greatest num-
ber at the least cost -of produc-
tion. When the many advan-
tages are compared with the
great disadvantages under which,
oil is produced elsewhere the pos-
sibilities are apparent and it be-
comes evident that if the new oil
Afield is as productive as now
seems probable it will certainly ,
revolutionise the fuel question of
the Atlantic and gulf states. No
transportation monopoly of the
oil production of the Beaumont
field can ever be created, for it is
too hear the sea board. The or-
dinary Schooner ean carry freight
as clie'ap, ptobably cheaper-than
the largest steamship line.
The present monopoly of the
eastern oil fields was possible for
the reason that those fields are
Scattered over: a territory>pf
be used' hy the Mediterranean
steamers and those -in the East
India and China trade. The; ih-
creased.demand has caused- the.
price of fuel oil ia Russia/to rise
from 37l,c per barrel in 1897 to
60c in 1899 and 8% in 1890. J .
Thq special advantage which
Beaumont Oil has oyer any oth- ‘
er oil in the world is in fact that
it can be produced and marketed
at a minimum cost; Being pro '
duced within eighteen miles of a
seaport it can be piped into tank
steamers at a veH* si
1 ooo square, miles in ’eitfetit
built.
which required an' enormous
transportation system to mark-
et the product. The res\ilt tigs
the construction of 35,900 mik‘s
Indications of the existence of. <>f .pipe . line, extending over a
petrr Jeum are found in mvmeroiis large part of New York,- Penn-
#ti4>AACi tn f Via f a t Lam, . X 1. 1 _ . * - • itr • Ya . t** 4 . t •
small' cost;
and it* can, be ^delivered at the
seaports of., the United States.
Mexico, ^he West* Iiitiies, South
America and Europe at a cost so
small” that no ot her fuel .can. pbni-
uete for steam purposes.; The
location is (^peeially ad vantage-
slightest advantage is immedi-
ately taken by all ‘ large consum-
ers.
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The cost of . transportation of
coal by water is 'approximately
81 pep ton for 1000 miles, 1$?'
gr KNIT DRAWERS. 3
5E: Fast color shirts, bcrautiful patterns at only 59c each. Men
■££'. and boys’ goo<l quality, overalls at 25c to 50c a pafr. Mens’ wide
btim straw hats at from 10c to #1.15 each. Latest styles in
wool and felt hats at*60ctS and up.^
HARDWARE
5^ Files of all kinds kt'ficts and
Hammers and Hatcn^ts, Brace and Bits, Chisels, Horse*Brushes
Saws at 13c ts $1.85
S3-, and Combs, and.all klntfs of useful things
E AT MONEY SAVING PRICES.
SSt.i'., On all kinds of Tinware, Glassware and Crockery we can
SAVE YOU 20CTS ON THE DOLLAR
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YOURS FOR BUSINESS,
- W. G. BAIR, PROF
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VALENTA BROS.
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GENERAL MERCHANTS of Sweet Home, Texas,
have just made a contract with a large firm inNewJOrleans,
La., for large shipments of Chickens and Turkeys, there-
gr fore will pay a higher price than any one.
p We waiit 2000 Chickens per week. Also have a
S3: large contract for $Eggs and will pay the highest market
•p price. WeV.au use 150 cases per day. *
Please buring your Turkeys, Chickex£s' and Eggs,
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satisfactbTy service.
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less for a greater distance. Oil
in tank steamers or barges * can
probably be carried for less per
ton than c#al on account of the
decreased cost 'of loading and
unloading, the bulk of each ' in
proportion to Weight being about
. the same..; A coal mine with an
inexhaustible output located
made.a close study of the Wants of the
people of Halletarille and Lavaca coun-
ty, in our fine and feel capable of supply-
ing them perfectly. Once a patron al-
ways a patron is what weaijn to accom-
dilish and our inducements have been a
v winping combination of fair deeding,
courteous > treatment and moderate
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near an Atlantic or gnif port
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prices.
that the product could oe loaded
directly into barges. Would be
able Uo,deliver coal at all other
Atlantic or.gulf ports so cheap
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that it would drive from the mar-
Furnish your house from top to Bottom at
Uet every ton of coal 'which had
to be mined in Uhe interior
and ./ tJ^b^SIl^rted/ dis-
tances. to /those marketed by
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figures that will surprise you,, ' Prospective
buyers are invited to call and figure with us.
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oils for shipment to Mexico Upd rail. The Beaumont oil field has
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places in the state, but tiiere are
only two fields of real commercial
importance, cme is’ located/ at
Corsicana and the other at Beau-
mont. The oil wells in Hardin
county, wjjich are abdnt 30i>feet
sylVania, . M est Virginia, ! ihio
aiid Indiana. It required inn
nieiise trunk lines totreaefi the
t he West Indies/ f which a re the
importers of American coal, re-
ceivjng, nearly 80 per cent of ail
*the coal that i$ ■ exported, ex-
cepting that which goes to (1anri-
da. In.; consid^iiig; the export'
featureol’ fuel oil aiul the .advau-
tageous location /of the Beau-
mont field . the grivwiiig imfwVr-
tafice of New Orleans aiwHOal-
veston as seaptirts-slioiild m)t he
overlooked. These ports jiow.
stand respectively^ fourt h and
fifth in the value of^Jkir ex*|hjrts
which'in each ease aiiumnts
every transportation adviadtage
that a coid niine with a similar
location would have, with the
We Sell
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added advantage that each ton
fuel
of oil has, fully twice the
value of a ton of cokl. and cqrn-
sei juently v the transportation
■:-* i : \.y $'.■ .4^0
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The Dixie Mosquito Frame and Net, the beet
to be had, and - bave been-selling them for
seaboard, and the trunk lines of; iiiol^ than (U)Uble that of Sari
amount' to more . than 5000
deep, and thoee near.Sour.’ Lake, mfies.: / -In th^’B^aUmont oil Sta^Tor steam and ihdustrml j the ship the same as water. The «
Jefferson county, have been sub- fields nature has chosen a looa- purposes 'is about -80 percent of'" Tcb«ti«ue<» on • p««e r». y' J
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Francisco
The coal used in... the 1 nited
charge inproportion to the fuel
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value is oifiy half as great oh* the
Oil as on the coal. .
(hie great advantage; which
fuel oil possesses for useoh steam-
ships is that it can be carried in
| >1 ace of ballast, t hereby , occupy-
ing space that is usuallyvuseleHS.
Foal must Ire (-arrfKl in bunkers
;«i<X*essibig to t lie boilers,. While oil
can be pmhped from any part of
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years past:/ Ask vour neighbor what . they
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HALLETSVILLE, TEXAS.
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