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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1907
Page
2
Advertises positive and certain action for itching and piles with claims of disappearance. Mentions large nickel capped glass jars priced at 60 cents sold by T B Shaffer. Also notes Dr Crowley cures gall stones and bilious colic with forty six years of success. Includes furniture trade and cash or easy payments by Index Furniture Department.
The 1906 Indiana State Geologist Blackley report spans 772 pages detailing coal land, workable reserves, and mine operations. Sullivan County shows 440 acres of coal land with 365 workable. total coal tonnage 4 650 000 000 with 9 000 000 tons mined and 950 000 000 left. The text lists mine crews, daily wages, production totals by county, and mine accidents including 31 deaths nationwide with 12 in Sullivan. It notes key mines such as Superior, Dering No 14, and Little Giant and records fires and squeezes that impacted operations. A future note hints at Sullivan oil field developments.
Dr. Shoop explains Indiana oil and gas occur at depths 700 to 1600 feet with impermeable shales above. Surface bubbles or pond scum rarely signal pay rocks, often marsh gas or iron oxide, and no single trend links Trenton rocks to other fields.
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