Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-05-29
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Tie existence Il large quantities # gas, al various
fonta Throughout The shoie Of the salt region On
Tie khm.la flstr, vas known 10 lbe white mtn that
FIRST explored this beautiful valley ltappeared escaping
through apeHnftn IN low grounds, and springs of water
Tradition has II, ila company Of the earliest xplo
tcB eueamped On the laHks OF the ti,er, Of their
uomlef. IN dark nnhl. TUX torch TO ligb his way
10 spnng hfar by The encampmeu. aud in waving it
fer tie spring, 10 lis great Consideration IL ook hIe
the gas burning upn the sur'acc of the water II was
heuee called tina ''BuRhNa SPRisG," aud IL the samu
nHiefd by MT 1elefsnn ~ Lis Notes Virginia. II 10
sill there. W. saw II last weel--a mere mud puddle
] he waef, agated by The las. reseaibsa boiing pot
Il readily gnlhs, and buns With blue blaze on the
lafe ii the walrr Tor Short ume-but when tho water
Is dftd Up, the gas will burn brilliantly lnEu
another.
When. in rtoeess Of time, The sail mauufaciorers eli
tier tem all1r al The sal water above the Of
REX, fome - ei lover lhan The bed Of he river
or if the purpose o procuring the water in greaier a.
hnndanee. sunk their wells by bnfing tar below the sur
Lace oil ihe eek the pas, IN various qushts, made its
appearance IN tie wells. in instances ellinp ,hs
Haler into tie air. ig0thg aud spreading the flame n,
bnui Ia the mo small amszrnenl and terr 81 the work
non. Wien this happeled they used 10 say, 'fe reu
hloWedo Tie stream Of las. however. subsidized,
Of acted only with sufficient power ovrce The water up
hln ia ghm, winch VAS thence pumped into the cisiern
oi RESERVOIR. q
Ihat hose who have never seen our sslt.wells may
have CORRECT idea OF them, Will Just that they
comutouced 1rar tie edge ofhe utet al low water
gun, shail which is pan ot ta lrunk Of a syca-
tree, ahaul nur feet daneler, hollow ed out
thai the sht Is Dol than four inches hck is ST. nix
down 10 the rock, distance Of INN 10 ~ feet the
lower end resting iiahyon the rock. The uher end is
usually lev feet above The groued. This excludes the
fresh water above the rock, aud reservoir
receive lie sail wafer when II Is reached By boring thru'
the fnek and The safeus strata If earth.
Ihree years sgn. William Innphns, Esq. first OBJ
TUNED a steady aud permanent stream Of gas, OF suf
cent power, na only 10 force tie up from the
depii 81 thousand te INTO the gum. hut 10 carry in
tn Tie feseffar e aud many feel above the bank OF hs
nYer. This saved The expense of the pump, which 10
operated ly steam engine In short lme the thought
occurred 10 his practical mnd that This gas, which.
yet. alter having brought up the ready for use.
WaB only wasting la fragrance the desert air"
~ lis brilliant ligh illuminating the works and the leigh
boho3d by night attracting tho gaze aad woeer of ina
traveller, could be turned Ia sill more useful purpose.
He ed over The reservoir cstern gasnneer,
which rs simply hugshead upright, iuo The lower end
oil which Is Inserted the pipe which cunyeys the water
and The eas from the we'll. The water funaag cut through
hole In the lower end, and Ia the top inserted Pipe
hat conveys the gas 10 the mouth Of the furnace
Then IL is lgnd and axis Gense and intensely heat
ed fame ao6g tie Nhole luruato nsder The otko>
to-, 100 iee long iy deep AID vide. This saved
the EXPENSE of digging and hauling coal.
Sn1seqnfnly. Messfs Naflh English, whuee
works the opposite side OF lie rver from The
above spoken Of obtained similar stream OF gas which
has been used successfully 10 lie way; and
recently Mr.. DRYDEN Dannally, Mr.. Charles Reynolds.
rate thtlr furnaces 10 the way.
BnI the must remarkable pienumenon in the way Of
altaa gas here. and. we have doubt, in The " hole
World, that at the works OF Messrs. Dickinson and
Shem sbury, which has been exhibited Tor nearly twn
months past. In thus we'll the gas reached al the
depth Of 1000 feet What the upward pressure Of the
ca, The sqaare inch is through the aperture. WHICH il
three inches in diameter unable 10 eil. and per-
haps II would be impossible ascertain. il has never
Ind free aud unalslruclsd There is a, the
baton, Of The well an sinker. long piece Of ruund
ion nearly filling the aperture, this are 600 pounds Vt
idn aud about 800 feet Of pole used in oorng. in
pieces Ct ten aud twenty feet IN length with heavy iron
leruIes The end, screwed into each other. Nowiih
slandin, ali this abstuctinn, stream of water and gna
issues up through copper tube inches in diameter Va
serted nn The we'll to the del III Of $40 feet. with ts
nose force of Steam generated by the baers Of tbs
largest class of steamboats,. II is computed that sui
fcent quantity Of gas from this we'll TO oil. IN
five minutes, reservoir large enough TO light the sity
Of New York twelve hours. When reflect ,hatthi
stream Of gus has unabaed hoa,d Up suI nearly tws