The Hillsborough recorder., 1845-05-08
A REMARKABLE PHENOMENON
Pun he chu.lesO4n lya) RePdhEraa. APsl :
Kanauhn SAM works.


4, has been known 70 ihe public for
some two years that several extensive
al, furnaces in The Kanawha salt region
have been operated exclusively By gas.
The gas forcing up the water IRON >
depth of thousand or fifteen hundreo
feel, and lhen being collected IN bsrEei'
which serves as a gasomeier, u y convey.
ed by q pipe 10 he furnace. furnishing ~
the heat necessary 10 carry on u ihe same
lime al the processes of The manufacture
or salt 70 is completion in an establish
ment capable Of making hundred barrels
/ in day, and ai night brilliantly lighting
up The whole work; thus saving he e.
pense Of steam engine 10 pump up The
water, and an The fuel and lights. Last
week, in deepening one Of The wells oi
Messrs. Dickinson & Shrewsbury, the au.
ger struck a stream Of gas, al the depth Of
one thousand feet. that in quantity and
force Gar suIpasscs any thing OF the kind
heretofore discovered here. or perhaps n
the world. The auger was pressed ~
with such force as almost 10 overcome me
exerlions Of the workmen 10 hold q dowT
|. while they could unscrew the delaeh
ments. The way being cleared, ae "a
! having full play, sent . column OF waite
, one hundred feet, land, ifiubed, would NJ
doubt raise il 10 double that disiance,) oc
casionally discharging stones from The siz'
iof 4 musket bali 10 that Of hens egg Al
, most with the force OF . grape shot nom
piece OF ordnance. When We were ther
ON Thursday last, all hands were engage
. in active efforts 10 get downa plugio ehee
: the force Of The gas so as TO enable them
: insert the tube. They have. we learn, pal
!. tally succeeded, and, in few days, boi
4 The gas and water win be turned ioagoo
!, account. Serious apprehensions were "
i ~ Justly entertained of the destruction |
!. The furnaces in the immediate neighbo
! hood, as well as Of the residence Of Mr.. "
!, Tompkins, should this immense body |
!. gas take FIRE. which il islhonght mighto
!. cur from a steamboat passing on the rive
!. 50 extensively was Il diffnsed in the aimo
!, phcre. A strong guard is kept up mig
: and day, to prevent such catastroph
or On Saturday, the third well from the o.
!, we are speaking Of took FIRE, and, vi
:. the most active exertions, was not ext
Il tpuIsneu TN c0usIueraulc uauagc was uul
: 10 The works.
!. That our readers may have some id
4. Of the extent Of natures laboratory or 9
or manufactory on the Kanawha, we will 8;
NJ that gas enough issues from this single W
- TO light all the cities in the United Stat
nd and we think we might safely throw
r.. London, Paris, 81. Petersburg, and ha
ne dozen other big cities Of Europe.
ed Some entertain fears that both the {
o. and the salt water will shortly fail; but ,
Of incline to the opinion that the upper s,I
N. ,um. the outskirts, the suburbs only Of I
,ss treasures Of salt and gas, as well as ma
a subterranean wonder, are just now bel
reached. No matter whose dominic
Ia down there may be encroached upon, wi
~ :" ther those of Pluto or Eolus, our ent
" prising salt manufacturers are as determ
- ed 10 explore them, annex them, and re
:. in their palaces, as the Annexaionists
- by and by to reyel in the halls Of The M
teZumas.