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Author: Susan Leigh Carlton
with his father in the barn, shortly after returning from Cuba. “Pop, we need to talk,” he said.
“I don’t want to be a farmer, Papa. I know you want me to take over the farm, but it isn’t something I want to do. Besides, you will always be the boss. Pop, most of my training at A&M was in mechanical engineering. I believe oil is the next big thing. I want to be in on it from the beginning. I have an interview coming up with the Texas Fuel Company. I expect them to offer me a job. If they do, I will accept it.
“I don’t want to hurt you, Pop. I want to make my own way. Besides, it wouldn’t be fair to the girls for everything to come to me. I’ll help manage the business end, but the farm does well enough to hire people to do the field work.”
“I’ve been expecting something like this. All of our kids have gone off and gotten an education, and now they are leaving us. Are you sure this is something you have to do?”
“I am. Texas Fuel is doing a lot of drilling around Beaumont. So far they’ve only found some small pockets of oil. It’s there, Pop. They know it’s there and are putting a lot of money out to find it. The area just smells of sulphur in a lot of places. That’s where they are sinking the wells.”
“We have a couple of places like that on the farm,” his father said quietly.
“We do?” Johnny was incredulous. “Show me. Pop.”
Clint and Johnny mounted the horses and with Clint leading the way, they went out into one of the cotton fields. “The ridge right over there, there’s a pretty strong smell around there. There are some others.”
Johnny dismounted and walked to the ridge. The ridge rose out of the ground and ran above the surface before dwindling away. “We are on a salt dome, Pop and salt domes mean oil. If we have oil, then farming won’t be necessary. I want to bring Texas Fuel in here, Is it okay? At the very least we would have sulphur, for fertilizer. Do you have an attorney? Well, we need one. Who is it?”
“Our lawyer is Rebecca. Then we had better get her down here to go over this. My suggestion would be to sign a lease with Texas Fuel and let them stand the expense. They pay us for the lease and spend their money, and give us a royalties when they have a strike.
“Could we do the drilling?” Clint asked.
“I know how to do it, but it would be expensive and we might not have enough money to continue so while you are starting up, you let them take the risk. We need to get Becky to draw up several leases, leaving the name and location blank. Then we get Texas Fuel Company in here to put a well down.
‘I’ll call Becky and ask her to come and do some contracts.” He called her and told her what he had in mind. It was arranged. She brought Josh with her, introducing him as a friend. While Johnny was not outgoing, he and Joshua hit it off early. What cemented the friendship was Josh telling him about the break-in at Becky’s apartment and him staying around to make sure the intruder didn’t come back.
Together with Josh, Becky drew up what she called iron clad contracts that Johnny would sell to Texas Fuel.
Chapter 4: Jonathon Has A Job
Gusher… uncontrolled release of oil and gas from a well while drilling was common and was known as an oil gusher, gusher or wild well... Wikipedia
Jonathon’s interview with William Barnes, vice-president of Texas Fuel went well. “Your work at A&M is impressive and your selection of classes was excellent. We can use you at Texas Fuel in our Engineering and Exploration department in Beaumont. If you are interested, I’m prepared to make you an offer today. Are you?”
“ Yes sir. It’s been my dream since my first year in college. I’m ready to go to work,” said Johnny.
Barnes stood and extended his hand. “Welcome aboard. Texas
“I don’t want to be a farmer, Papa. I know you want me to take over the farm, but it isn’t something I want to do. Besides, you will always be the boss. Pop, most of my training at A&M was in mechanical engineering. I believe oil is the next big thing. I want to be in on it from the beginning. I have an interview coming up with the Texas Fuel Company. I expect them to offer me a job. If they do, I will accept it.
“I don’t want to hurt you, Pop. I want to make my own way. Besides, it wouldn’t be fair to the girls for everything to come to me. I’ll help manage the business end, but the farm does well enough to hire people to do the field work.”
“I’ve been expecting something like this. All of our kids have gone off and gotten an education, and now they are leaving us. Are you sure this is something you have to do?”
“I am. Texas Fuel is doing a lot of drilling around Beaumont. So far they’ve only found some small pockets of oil. It’s there, Pop. They know it’s there and are putting a lot of money out to find it. The area just smells of sulphur in a lot of places. That’s where they are sinking the wells.”
“We have a couple of places like that on the farm,” his father said quietly.
“We do?” Johnny was incredulous. “Show me. Pop.”
Clint and Johnny mounted the horses and with Clint leading the way, they went out into one of the cotton fields. “The ridge right over there, there’s a pretty strong smell around there. There are some others.”
Johnny dismounted and walked to the ridge. The ridge rose out of the ground and ran above the surface before dwindling away. “We are on a salt dome, Pop and salt domes mean oil. If we have oil, then farming won’t be necessary. I want to bring Texas Fuel in here, Is it okay? At the very least we would have sulphur, for fertilizer. Do you have an attorney? Well, we need one. Who is it?”
“Our lawyer is Rebecca. Then we had better get her down here to go over this. My suggestion would be to sign a lease with Texas Fuel and let them stand the expense. They pay us for the lease and spend their money, and give us a royalties when they have a strike.
“Could we do the drilling?” Clint asked.
“I know how to do it, but it would be expensive and we might not have enough money to continue so while you are starting up, you let them take the risk. We need to get Becky to draw up several leases, leaving the name and location blank. Then we get Texas Fuel Company in here to put a well down.
‘I’ll call Becky and ask her to come and do some contracts.” He called her and told her what he had in mind. It was arranged. She brought Josh with her, introducing him as a friend. While Johnny was not outgoing, he and Joshua hit it off early. What cemented the friendship was Josh telling him about the break-in at Becky’s apartment and him staying around to make sure the intruder didn’t come back.
Together with Josh, Becky drew up what she called iron clad contracts that Johnny would sell to Texas Fuel.
Chapter 4: Jonathon Has A Job
Gusher… uncontrolled release of oil and gas from a well while drilling was common and was known as an oil gusher, gusher or wild well... Wikipedia
Jonathon’s interview with William Barnes, vice-president of Texas Fuel went well. “Your work at A&M is impressive and your selection of classes was excellent. We can use you at Texas Fuel in our Engineering and Exploration department in Beaumont. If you are interested, I’m prepared to make you an offer today. Are you?”
“ Yes sir. It’s been my dream since my first year in college. I’m ready to go to work,” said Johnny.
Barnes stood and extended his hand. “Welcome aboard. Texas
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