Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1920 — STRIKE SALT AT FRANCES VILLE [ARTICLE]

STRIKE SALT AT FRANCES VILLE

(Winamac Republican) The test oil well north of Francesville was finished on Sunday, when salt water was struck at a depth of 965 feet, the Tribune reported. This means that the first test well there for oil has been a failure, and that 7 the eastern concern will not drill any more wells at this time. The drilling outfit is being shipped to other .prospective fields. It was hoped that a good well would be brought in at the present location. Some twenty-five yean ago oil was struck here where the residence of Dr. L. A. Leach is locoted, and since that time other wells have been put down with the prospects that the oil pool would be located: some have shown indications of oil while othen have been failures. The Northern Indiana Oil and Gas Syndicate and the Plymouth Oil company, the former being local business men, have spent time and money blocking up the leases, securing the services of geologists to investigate the field and eventually the drilling of the well to try and develop the resources of the field and the conditions of the community.