Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1899 — Struck Oil. [ARTICLE]

Struck Oil.

Thursday while Stewarts’ men were drilling a well on the Thomp-son-—Lawler ranch about two and one half miles east of Rensselaer they strnok a good quality of heavy black oil. Whether it is a vein or only a pocket, it is, of oonrse impossible to tell. It is ordinary stock tank filled with the water would contain about a barrel of oil that, is of equally good quality as that found in Gillam, which is very satisfactory indeed. It is possible that this may be the same vein as that whioh the Gillam well taps and the find may prove worth developing. Indications seem to point to the fact that oil may be found in paying- quantities in this vicinity, and it is only a question of time until this bounty of nature other proi Uuvio oi w coumy.