Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1911 — State and General News [ARTICLE]

State and General News

OIL SEARCH ABANDONED.

Capitalists Sink SIO,OOO and Give Up In Laporte County. The effort to find oil in the vicinity of Xew Carlisle and Rolling Prairie has been abandoned by the capitalists who have been drilling for many months. One of the wells was driven to a depth of 2,000 feet without finding trace of either oil or gas. It is estimated that SIO.OOO have been expended in experimental wells in this county. — Michigan City News.