Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1900 — Another Big Oil Well. [ARTICLE]

Another Big Oil Well.

Another big oil well was struck in Gillam tp., Monday. It is in section 83, on an 11 acre tract off the northeast corner of the old Swisher farm, sold recently at SIOO per acre, to Monticello parties who put down the well. The oil rose to 80 feet above the surface of the ground, and flowed until all the ground around was covered.