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northern one includes parts of sections 1, 2 and 3; the southern one parts 
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includes part of the Grand reservoir. Another pool is found in the south- 
western corner of the township. It extends from the southeast corner of 
the reservoir nearly to the German township line, including parts of sec- 
tions 19, 20, 28, 29, 33 and 34. Its maximum width is less than one mile. 
A few wells are found near the middle of section 32. 
Work in this township began in 1886, the search being for gas. Both 
oil and gas were found in the pioneer well, but neither in large quantities. 
Later wells gave more favorable results, and for some months natural gas 
was the feature of the township. However, it was soon found that the 
real wealth lay in oil and not in gas. By 1890 the productive territory 
had been pushed to the eastern border of the Grand reservoir, and a year 
later wells were being drilled in that body of water. Those near the 
reservoir are reported to have been large—one or two with an initial 
daily production of 1,000 barrels or more. Those within the reservoir were 
smaller, owing probably to the adjacent wells having partly drained 
the underlying oil-rock. Many of these wells have already been 
abandoned. 
The pool in the southwestern corner of the township dates back to the 
days of testing for gas. Fine oil wells were secured; the initial production 
of many ranging from 100 to 200 barrels, and the settled production from 
25 to 50. In recent years the best of the wells drilled did not start at more 
than 25 barrels, and in 1902 the average daily production of the wells in 
the pool did not exceed one barrel. 
German Township—The oil territory here is very small;.a few wells 
are found in section 4 in the northern part of the township, and in the 
southeast corner a narrow strip extends across section 13, running into 
Van Buren township (Shelby county) on the one hand and into Jackson 
township on the other. A few wells are found in section 13 also. Probably 
the entire productive area in the township does not exceed one-half of a 
section. 
Jackson Township.—The narrow strip referred to above as passing 
into this township extends southwest, passing through sections 13, 14, 23, 
22, 21, 28, 29 and 30. In the northwest corner of section 20 a small pool 
is found. This extends westward into section 1g and northward across 
the township line into section 17 of German. 
While a few wells were drilled in both German and Jackson townships 
_as early as 1887, the real work did not begin until 1896. Since that time 
much work has been done, and there seems little hope for the future, 
_ unless conditions are such that much smaller wells can be drilled with 
profit than at the present time. The wells are now rapidly approach- 
ing exhaustion, a large number having already been abandoned.. 
