The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-05-04
NATURAL CAST


For two years and At heavy cxne,..
the Natural Gas Company, OF Wiucha.
ter. Randolph county, Ind, has 49,.
drilling wells. On The 9th Of Ami, \.
struck big gusher II the depth OF IDA
feet. and The town IL Wild with excj..
nlent.
AFTER more than = years drilling ana
large expenditure 81 MONEY. y biz 80
well has been struck about four MI.
from Perry sburg. d. II u said 70 \.
producing 3.oO0Oo0 feet III gas Der Al
| The abandoned gss we'll NJ tie NJ
Albany Glass Works. New Albany. INA |
lis now flowing about 5000 gallon. =,
water daily. Il IL strongly impregns,ss
with salt. sulphur and iron.
1 ANDERSON. Ism. April iS.-Thc ain
In tho brick-kiln gas well. north ON.
city, was stopped 1t depth of nbou, 4,
teen feet IN Trenton rock. aud the MI
packed. The gas WAS then piped ~
from The derrick aud fired. and A. NIX,
the whole Of College Corner was :lIuml.
Mated f'om the well. which has cApssI.
l'y Of Al least 100000 feet per dsy
There j. gas enough coming from hIs
well 10 burn brick. enough to supply ne
State OF Indiana.
A real estate boom has already been
inaug urated in that vicinity In anticipa.
liion Of the large brick yards and o'bsr
factories soon TO spring up there.
The company II New Albany. Ind
wanted 10 hire an expert from Van Wen
10. who said that he could tell iu.,
where 70 lccate wells; but The cxper,
wanted 81, OOO, and the company dluu't
make the engagement.
| WINCHESTER. IND., April Win
chester's fourth productive gas well wa.
struck yesterday at depth Of O69 feet
The roar can be heard mile.
Hartford City, Ind, has drilled anoth.
Ter well.
Lime is 10 be burned by natural gas At
kokomo, Ind. The stone is 10 be
shipped from Peru, Ind.
PORTLAND. IND, April The gas
Icompany's we'll two miles west Of Port
land. just flushed. has developed an oil
well with a capacity OF 100 barrels 4 day.
The Camden well in the same county,
just drilled IN, shows 6,0C0000 fee, q
gas . day.
a noie from Greensburg, Ind. SAYS:
The Watson gss well was shot with
100 quarts Of corduroy" new explo-
sive manufactured by Vim Winchester,
Iof this city. The shot was Witnessed by
thou sands and was the most successful
lever made Ia the county. A four-inch
pipe was attached 10 the casing and S
match applied, when the blaze shot up
!. l50 feet high and made rumbling sound
that could be heard miles away. This
makes The twentieth gas well In this
counfy, and experts say II IL the best vet
Iput down aud will flow nearly 100000
Get per day
"A new series OF five wells l. being
sunk BY the gas company u Mun'ie
Indiana.
IxpiAxAroLIs. April ~. ~ Gas well Va
II. drilled BY the Howe Company, d IA.
Idianspolis. nj point eleven miles ouAn|
,of w abash. proved 10 be failure q 4
uldepth Of ~ eniy Eve feet ~ the Trenton.
ilSslt water was encountered. This ne
first gas well failure ~ Grant county.
Iand about the first Ia the acknowledge
:. Ices belt OF Indiana. The great wei 81
Somerset. Wabash county. whose nov
lie IL 100000 feet Of gas daily, has bef1
J. ,aban doned, owing 10 the presence OIL W.
4, tier. which cannot he shut of Ibe ~
Iis escaping In great volumes from u'
lwel! which IL Of no utility whatever.