Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1911 — STRIKES VEIN OF COAL [ARTICLE]

STRIKES VEIN OF COAL

While Boring Well Just West of Newton County Line. Frank Phillips came down from Momence Monday and from here went to Monon to see about buying some well drilling tools. He is engaged in , the well drilling business at Momence and states that while putting down a well on the old Clark ranch southeast of Momence and about 20 rods west of the Newton county line, he struck a 15-foot vein of coal at a depth of 45 feet which has occasioned considerable of a flurry in that locality, i ‘ ' 1 r 1 The vein is inlaid with fire clay, he says, and the state mining department is investigating it. Mr. Phillips thinks the vein is even thicker over in Newton county than where he struck it, and if it is found to be all that is anticipated it will mean'a big thing for that section.