Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1910 — Thayer Oil Well Shot Last Saturday Still Uncertain Quantity. [ARTICLE]

Thayer Oil Well Shot Last Saturday Still Uncertain Quantity.

Kankakee Valley Review. The first well drilled by the Kankakee Valley Oil and Gas Co. on the Adam’s ranch two hundred yards north of town, was shot by an expert from the Dupont Powder Co., and the usual number of sightseers were on hand, and it is said drillers and promotors from different oil territories were* on hand. The sight after the shot was fired was well worth seeing. The success of the well will not be known for some time yet, and the company is preparing to keep the pumping going until a good test is made.

It will not be known for some time the exact strength of the well, so far as a producer is concerned, owing to the fact that the casing will have to be replaced and the pumping machinery started and worked for several days. The indications looked very promising and it is hoped that this first well drilled by this new company will justify the drilling of many more and result in making the Kankakee valley one of the greatest oil producing sections in the country.