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. between Beaumont and Corsicana will be thoroughly wax to make a good contact with the end of the tube. ——_____—_ >_> <——_—___—_—_ exploited within the next year by prospectors. The bottle is held firmly in place by the tinger, and The well was struck on January 10, 1901, by Capt. VIII. MERCURIAL… … along with war and other evidences of barbarism. The attempting to fill the tube with mercury. new oil wel] means a cleaner as well as a better civil- The tube must be perfectly clean, and only re-dis- THE BEAUMONT OIL WELL. ization. tilled mercury should be used. In the bottom of the “Practically…

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