Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1902 — Asphaltum and the Oil Fields [ARTICLE]

Asphaltum and the Oil Fields

T. E. Haywood of Waupun, Wis., who is here in interest of the Duglas Oil and Gas Co. has recently purchased the town site of Asphaltum for oil purposes. He has begun pumping some of the wells just completed. By next week he will hav« all the wells in operation. Mr. Haywood is very much pleased with the showing his wells' are making and will push the development of bis property to farther orders. The Federal Oil Co. is shipping oil almost every day: they have nearly 450 wells already and are still drilling with several rigs. The St, Joe Oil Co., are still working as vigorously as ever and shipping quite a lot of oil. The Davis Oil Co. that purchased the Peter Owens fam lias struck some good wells and are putting in a large band wheel power. » ' V r>

.. 1 " I The New York QiKDevelopement Co. will again revive work and drill all then wells deeper. It has been discovered that there is a second lay of crevises and all the companys are drilling deeper and in almost every well they have succeeded in getting more Oil. This would have been done long ago but there was a fear of breaking into heavy veins of blaok suTphur water, but it is “found this rarly happens, and this alone makes the prospects of the Jasper county oikfields producing beyond the expectations of the oil men themselves. The Creoent Oil and Gas Co. is operating now in the field are blowing the fluid out of the wells by compressed air which is a success. Mr. E. O. Mudge, general manager of the "company is the promoter of the new process it is quite likely the other company will adapt the new process. Geo, Hershman who has been attending school at Valparaiso, Ind,, returned home Friday to spend a few days vacation with his parents. He returned to his studies again last Monday, accompanied by Ed. Harshman, who>js_going to take a teachers course. Mrs. Edwin Faris and children of Chalmers, and Mrs. Rilla Kennedy of Knox, are visiting friends and relatives in Gillam this week. B. F. Rouse, wife and son Grover, are going to start for California next Monday if he is able to travel. J. A. Grinder is cooupying the house Mr. Rouse purchased from Mr. Marker. Miss Clara Grimes is visiting friends and relatives in Kankakee, 111., this week. A very beautiful little baby girl came to the home of R. E. Farlow *Nov. 12.