Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1918 — SAYS REFINERY IS TO BE LOCATED AT THAYER [ARTICLE]

SAYS REFINERY IS TO BE LOCATED AT THAYER

Lowell Tribune: It has just been announced that the Thayer Oil and Gas Company, a flourishing company, is about to start work on their own refinery to be located at Thayer. Ground has already been purchased and it is expected active construction work will begin next week on the first unit of what is planned eventually to be a very large refining plant. Sometime ago the Thayer Oil & Gas Company leased 2,000 acres in Newton and Lake counties under which it seemed quite certain lie both gas and oil in great quantities. They have already done considerable development work and have secured quantities of both gas and oil. The new refinery, now starting, will utilize this gas supply and by the absorption process convert it into

gasoline. The fact that the Thayer Oil & Gas Company have secured both oil and gas in a portion of the state far removed from other oil and gas fields, leads experts to believe this company has discovered a *new field heretofore untapped. - - It is also understood the, Company will install an electric light plant for lighting the refinery and extend this service to the town of Thayer which is served now by gas from the company’s wells. It is expected considerable new labor will be attracted to Thayer by this 'new industry and it should prove a good thing for not only Thayer but our own and neighboring towns.