Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1915 — Gas Found at Richmond. [ARTICLE]

Gas Found at Richmond.

While digging a well on a farm near Richmond, workmen struck a flow df gas at a depth of 183 feet. An expert estimated the flow of the gas to have a pressure of 200 pounds. Explosive caps will be shot in the well in the hopes of opening a large pocket of gas. _