Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1900 — Gas, Then Oil. [ARTICLE]

Gas, Then Oil.

Last Saturday, in the southeast comer of the northeast quartes of Section 32, Walker tp., drillers struck a strong flow of gas at a depth of 72 feet. The flow is said to have been go stong that it raised the casing after the well was capped, and heavy weights had to be placed on the top to hold the casing down. No sign of any oil appeared, but Tuesday drilling was again resumed on the well and at a depth of only about ten inches further a good flow of oil was found, and the well is now flowing from the top the pipe, we understand, and promises to be one of the best wells in the territory.