The Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1844-1847, 1845-06-07
DANGER APPREHENDED.

KANAwHA s4Lr WoRxa The Charleston
;lEanaahu, va.) Republican Of las. week has the
following aflicls with regard to most curious
phenomenon Of the salt wells there:
Il has been known 10 The public foF some two
Yeas that several exlsasive salt furnaces 10 the
Kanawha sall region have been operated exclu
sively by gas. The kas forcing up the water
frusn tho depth af Thousand OF fifteen hundred
fsei, spd Nhen beiaa oqlAetsd "a barrel which
sereea IS q rasUrnf fefs II Is CunYey cdBy Psa-in
thp lurnsas, farnishing eli ihe heat necessary To-
carry m, al the same li:pc. all the processes Of
the manufacture Of salt TO its completion 10 an es.
lublshmenI capable Of making hundred barrels
day, and at night brilliantly lighting up The
Whole w0rks--lhus saving the expense eta steam
engine 10 pump up The water, all The fuel and
lights. Last week in deepening one Of tbs wells
OF Messrs. Dickinson & Shrewsbury, the anger
struck a stream Of gas q The depth Of one thou-
sand feel. thai in quantity aud force laF sutpasses
any thing Of The kind heretofore discovered here,
or pefhaps 10 The wolld The anger was pressed
np with such force as almost 10 overcome the ex-
sluOns Of the workmen 10 hold il down while they
could nuscIBw the gas delachmenis. The way
being cleared, the gas having full play, semi chi
umn Of water me HUNDRED feet tand il tubpd,
would raise Il 10 double thai dslancel oceasion-
ally dischareing stones fIom lbe SIZE Of mus.
kel ball 10 that Of hens egg, almost with force
Of 4 grape shot from piece Of ordnance.
When We we're there on Thursday last. ali
hands were engaged in active Efforts 10 gel down
plug 10 check the force Of the gas, SO as 10 en-.
able them TO insert The lube. They have, We
learn paFiially suecesdsd and 10 few days, both
lhe gas and water will be Turned 70 good account
Serious apprehensions we're very Justly entertain
cd of the destruction d The furnaces In the i'm
mediate neighborhood, IS well as Of The Tssdene,
Of Mr.. VIM. Thompkins, should this immens'
body Of gas take FIRE, which il vas Thought nigh
occur from a steamboat passing on the tIvcr
40 extensively was it dIffused in he atmosphere
strong guard is kept up day and night TO pre-
lyenl such catastrophe. On Saturday The thir
we'll from The one We are speaking Of took hri
and with the most active exer,ions, wac moi ex
tinguished till considerable damage was done I
the wnFk.
That our readers may have some idea Of h
: extent of natures abrainTy or gas manufactor
on the Kanawna, we will say, that gas enoug
tissues from this single we'll to light ell the elite
, IN the U. States, and vs think we might saiel
} throw in London, Pafiss ST. Peersburgh, an
? half 4 dozen other big cities Of Europe.
Some entertain feaFs that both The gas and va
water w shortly (ail; but we incline 10 the opi1
Y 100 that The upper stratum, the uulskirts only
4 E,he treasures Of sab snd gas as well as many
g sublemnean wonder, ave just now hsing reached
! No mailer whose dominion down here may b
/ encroaehed upon, whether those Of Pluto or EC
!, lus. OUT snierprising sab manufactures are a
. determined to explore them, to annex them, rev'
b in their paaces. as the Wings say the annexation
i isis are b and b. 10 Feve IN the halls Of III
Monleznmas.