Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1902 — Oil Well Near Danville. [ARTICLE]

Oil Well Near Danville.

The Fuel Oil company, which has been leasing oil lands about Danville, 111., for several months, shot its first well east of that city Friday. The well proved to be a gusher. Daniel Fishell, a representative of the company, said: “We are satisfied that this field will prove to be one of the greatest crude oil producers in the world. The entire output can be marketed in Chicago for less than Illinois or Indiana coals are being sold, saying nothing of the advantages in freight handling and the convenience in using.’’