Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey--Oil Fields of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coastal Plain . s still reaches the surface. Con-siderable quantities of inflammable gas also reach the surface alongwith the oil and with the sulphur water which supplies the lake. Bull. 212—03—8 114 OIL FIELDS OF TEXAS-LOUISIANA COASTAL PLAIN, [ Practically nothing- was done looking to the development of thisdistrict until 1803, when the prospecting for oil then in progress atBeaumont induced several parties to prospect this field, without, how-ever, discovering any commercial deposits of oil. In
Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey--Oil Fields of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coastal Plain . s still reaches the surface. Con-siderable quantities of inflammable gas also reach the surface alongwith the oil and with the sulphur water which supplies the lake. Bull. 212—03—8 114 OIL FIELDS OF TEXAS-LOUISIANA COASTAL PLAIN, [ Practically nothing- was done looking to the development of thisdistrict until 1803, when the prospecting for oil then in progress atBeaumont induced several parties to prospect this field, without, how-ever, discovering any commercial deposits of oil. In 1895 the SavageBrothers drilled several small wells which gave so much promise thatin the following year W. B. Sharp put down a well for the TrinityLubricating Company, of Dallas. This company also commenced theerection of a small refinery, but the well not producing sufficient oiland there being no prospect of purchasing anj^ from other sources,the work was abandoned. In 1808 a Galveston company, known as the Gulf Coast RefiningCompany, with a capital of $25,000, was formed for the purpose of. FlG. 5.—Index map showing location of Sour Lake and Saratoga oil pools. operating in the Sour Lake district. A refinery having a dailycapacity of 100 barrels was erected and a contract entered into withthe Savage Brothers by which they were to supply the crude petro-leum at the rate of not less than 100 barrels daily. A 2-inch pipe linea half mile in length was laid to connect the wells with the was the intention of the company to manufacture lubricating oilonly. After about 500 barrels of crude oil had been produced andshipped in that condition, chiefly for experimental work, the SavageBrothers defaulted in their contract and the works of the company,including a completed refinery, were abandoned. The Savage andSharp wells were drilled only to a depth of about 250 feet, and,although they yielded small quantities of petroleum, were not con-sidered successful or suffici
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