Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1901 — Town Oil Fields Exhausted. [ARTICLE]

Town Oil Fields Exhausted.

The town lot oil field in the Rife addition on the Hartford City (Ind.) limits is very nearly exhausted. From one to two wells were drilled on every lot. In nearly every instance a paying well was found and rigs were almost as thick as trees in a forest. Being so close together and worked for their product night and day has had a telling effect and the production has fallen off to an alarming extant. Wells operated in the town lot addition that were then pure producers have since been plugged and abandoned.