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id in ball d reinemg»cratoubtre or-:bart i the have ugan if or-the incie hond e butfDtionThe iy be .tters■y, at»4Mri.in tbeMr, Frederick Huber of Hew Corner, begun tbe drilling of a gaswell in October 1886, soon after thefirst welt was sunk in the Indiana evening*•gas field at JSatoD. Mr. Huber World,made his own tools for performing #Uh re the work and did all his own labor lady is and many times since tbe drill first ed inspstarted it looked as though the job spiritu:would be abandoned. But to the are nccontrary Mr. Huber kept pegging Octobe away at odd times when he could hear thspare the time from other work, and♦several times for weeks the drillwould be fast in the bottom of the The hole, but each time the difficulty ing a g would be overcome and the job wait u ing went on until one day last week plain.Mr. Huber was rewarded with a gusher after .more than four years of an effort.TheThey All Want the Contract. ” .j oa1Various electric light companiesare vying with each other to get a*
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Muncie Daily Herald
Muncie, Indiana, US
Fri, Jan 16, 1891
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