Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1888 — A Flowing Well. [ARTICLE]

A Flowing Well.

The water- now flows out of the gas well into Makemself ditch in a good strong stream, nearly or quite as large as that from the old “coal-oil” well. The water is good, although .considerably impregnated with sulphur. The well is now a little more than 1,300 feet deep and, according to the decision of the state geologist, who examined a sample of the rock, is now in Potsdam sandstone, the strata which everywhere underlies the Trenton limestone. The thickness of the Trenton is nearly 400 feet, at this place. Not much progress has been made during the last week, as several days were lost in waiting for casings and after that arrived, the large wooden wheel which operates the sand pump was badly damaged, and the work of putting in repair is now in progress.