Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1899 — GREAT OIL STRIKE. [ARTICLE]

GREAT OIL STRIKE.

Well Near Hartford City Flows Fortyfive Barrels an Hour. The Standard Oil Company completed the largest oil well that has "been drilled in the Indiana field for over a year. It is located on the Nelson farm, in Washington Township, and is flowing forty-five barrels an hour. It is a monstrous producer and at the present price of Indiana crude, 80 cents a barrel, is paying its owners as well as a Klondike claim. The big strike will greatly stimulate operations in that portion of the field.