104 OIL FIELDS OF TEXAS-LOUISIANA COASTAL PLAIN, [bull. 212. 
Dry and abandoned wells in region surrounding Spindletop pool — Continued. 
No. 
on 
map 
38 
39 
40 
41 
42 
43 
44 
45 
46 
47 
48 
49 
50 
51 
Name. 
United States . . 
Hebert . . 
McFaddin Oil and (las 
.do 
Island 
McCluer No. 1 
McCluerNo. 2 
Acme Oil and Fuel Co . 
Queen of Waco 
Madeline 
Gravier 
Sanger 
Walker 
I >ecker 
( '.Mil ml 
Location. 
East end of Spindletop 
Humphrey's league 
Lot 144, Humphrey's league .. . 
Block 31 . W. Carrol league 
Smith Island 
Humphrey's league 
do . 
Veatch league 
Block 1 1 . Veatch league 
Block 103, Gladys ... 
Stephenson league, Orange County . 
D. Easley . . _ . 
do 
South half Stephenson league, Or- 
ange County. 
3 miles south of Lucas 
Depth. 
Feet. 
2, loo 
2, 000 
1,500 
1.500 
1,500 
1,170 
1,878 
2,160 
1,500 
1,500 
1,200 
315 
PORT ARTHUR-SABINE PASS DISTRICT. 
This district includes an ill-defined region on 1 he Gulf coast around 
and between the two towns named and extending sonic distance into 
the Gulf. Although several test wells have been put down to moder- 
ate depths, no producing territory has yet been developed, and the 
chief promise in the district is afforded by Iho so-called "oil ponds" 
in the Gulf and the undoubted presence of oil in the mud at the 
mouth of the Sabine River. 
OIL PONDS. 
Situated a short distance offshore and within 3 miles west of the 
mouth of the Sabine are two small oval areas less than a mile in 
longer diameter, in which the water is always relatively smooth. The 
approximate size and location of these areas are shown on the accom- 
panying map, fig. 4. This peculiarity of the water in these areas, 
but particularly the westernmost of the two, has been known to local 
pilots, fishermen, and others for many years. It is stated on reliable 
authority that no matter how hsavy the sea may be on surrounding 
portions of the Gulf, within these restricted areas it never breaks, and 
this fact is constantly taken advantage of by coasting vessels, which 
find here a safe anchorage during storms. The commonly accepted 
explanation of this peculiarity, among sailors and others, is that oil 
