Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1899 — More From the Gillam Oil Field. [ARTICLE]

More From the Gillam Oil Field.

From Rensselaer parties were in Gillam tp., Saturday we learn that in the neighborhood of Gillam post office there are five very promising wells. The old Swisher well still continues to be a gusher, since the volcanic eruption in the vicinity caused by the shooting of oneof the new wells, near their vicinity. The oil rises in the pump spout, and its flow is difficult to stop. All the farmers around there use the oil for lubricating their machinery. It is much more valuable than coal oil and an expierenoed oil’man reports it as his opinion that there is an abundance of this oil there. The durability of the wells is the only feature now questioned. One man is so enthusiastic iver the outlook that he is now asking SIOO per aere for his land. —