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Rich Strike Of Natural Gas

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Parent Issue
Day
30
Month
November
Year
1888
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Ttjscola, 111., Nov 27. - Natural gas Ín graat volume was struck Monday morning on the farm of Hiram Buck, near Decatur, nine miles from this place. A well waa being bored for water, and at a depth of 867 feet a vein of gas was struck. Tbe tools were tbrown out of the well, and a volume of water and sand were dashed high over derritk, as the gas, with a roaring sound, escaped from tbe well. An inch pipe was with great difficulty inserted in tbe orífice, and, upon being lighted, a jot of fire forty feet high sprang into the air. Tbe heat from tbe fl müng gas is so intense as to keep spectators fifty feet from the well, and the light can be seen for many miles.

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Subjects
Ann Arbor Argus
Old News