Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1899 — GREAT OIL STRIKE [ARTICLE]

GREAT OIL STRIKE

team Barrel* an Hoar. The Standard Oil Company completed the largest oil well that has "been drilled in. the Indiana field for over a year. It is located on the Nelson farm, in Washington Township, and is flowing forty-five barrels- an hour. It is a monstrous prot Hirer ami at the present price of Indiana ernth-, 86 cents a barrel, is paying its owners-as well as a Klondike claim. The big strike will greatly stimulate opera-tions-in that portion of the field.