The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-10

Fsnds pecssd about the outh OF tina tabs, and al
mas rapidly increased they dsseeadsd requiring
powerful leverage and Leavy blo-s Of ran
ner :, face them down. When atsrtei ho~evss'
thsy frequently dc. cend very easily ua srrestot ~
rick The preen. system can ssircsly b sunk any
lover for al houeh the bottom ID feee 80 ecsst We
lserl pressure dat tns tubes canvos DO started ~
power under which the joints show signs OF giving way
OtrsE tubing OF such size 70 b. let dss1 inside o.
The present system WI be spssdiy procsIsd wasa u
hered the sork viii sRain be prosecuted via Vlgor
B, lief notice &C Tbs pTsc ~ Tools sy nts oa ous OF
place. Tie reds used are OF pue about "a neaas aia
uetsr ard 80 Get leug, Qperug ~ tnair e1romt"es
wi efe Ines are armed Il iran hsadJ besriog
The tool 10 he used is screwed 70 rod and DO "a are Let
n Into II vel until osy end of tia rod bearing
i raj tc,ew protests above the mouth or ths wetl,
wlelt IL Guly held b. Al ron catch or yoke bsoeash
suitable Ior bs,d on The aczeg second rod is then
screwed to the first one, and is similarly let down
caught. thGd q socaEed 10 the second;
$40 10 until the bottom is reached Tho u1p rod
+ beld sus IeEe td ether wholly in part tia 4.
siEe desires, BY movable pulley. sas bssrs foss
bar or lapdls. By means Of which tho woFkmea may
Tim Ire rods and tool as they please. TIE ohisf tool Is
The sugeT, used for boring elays, mari or any cen
sscnt layer OF scney hardness. 1t IL excsstosly
DE GAo ingenious ssao GLADE al inch vi snd A
~ On thick slshtly Ia eriug towards sxrem
ie.twsted lie auger terminates Ia two cutting
tdaes, Ike hose Of dnl 70. boring iror About SIX
irchss above the point two bits Lac those o. osue
securely fastened each s.oe c; the trail Btt
and iDclEed ~ angie Of 40 degrees, 80 70 %
oxacty is auger Ike twist Of tia blaze; tho oapsr ex
trenites OF those b.9ts are extenaed bsosrAsds
hcIi2eltsly, go as 70 give some support 70 sAo
load when pac ed abOvc the anger The uppsg poytoa
he cent? al blade terminates IN str0og tuba, with
screw. TIE anger thus made i screwed 10 = install
be eighteen twenty feet long, aEd this again u
70 the lowest 6rst rod. The earth cut ~ as
sec bits Ia fhAviugs ascend tAer necaaent and ~
gradually packed around tho Eto. In teuaclcas soil
such iad becomes air srd -ater tight piston
IN we'll which cannc be extracted from great depth
Uihoat r-eat risk az breaking tools and machinery. In
III. Netop's augur (patened by hta and Dir. Coocer,
lis former partner ia Alabama this difficulty Is admi-
rUby o5yialed. The stem, metal tube aboyo tho
per has three four suitable oTees Is top. As
tie load is raised tie water above enters into these pas
down through tho and upper portion OF the
Ger spd isAUes through two aler.ares beneath the
SIDE bits into the cavity under the load By dezte
rcus manipulation Of this Instrument, ia suitable
sob ten ieet may ne bored ana tue entire load 0roughs
At single insertion o. the augur Where rocks arc en-
conrtered tie chisel mast be used This is made IN
ae usual foEH, and Is rendered weishy by toe Of
tso iron reds to which i is scce1ed A slip
lick tWo eet ong mites this tool 70 the wooden rods,
which are SO SUSPENDED tnat when the chise il on the
bottom slip lirk has fre six inches play. The
upper rod IS raised say tvo feet and halt By wtioh .he
up Ink is gnteDed and the cassl is raised tso eet
rods ccntnue their descent for elk inches more, and
thus escape the shock Of the asson, which woaid
otherwise quickly shater their joints The dotritus OF
rocks Clipped by the chseli OF the mud or sand that
cohects in The bolo Of the wen is extracted by cop
per tube or bucket 20 feet long Of nearly the saae dis
meter as tia sell and having waived bottom. This
IL EEewise the moas efficient tool Tor penetrating
loose sands, provided the tubing of the well ia
made to ktep pace with it. The eccentric chisal
and various otnsr tools for enlasging the well,
and the instruments for exs citing broken rods lost
TOOLS &C., are equally ingenious and efficient descrlp-
ton of thsIa however, would tedious and perhaps,
lot exactly made Ineligible without drawings The
Charleston BASIN s formed BY depression in the cretA
strata they descend the Atlantic slope AID pass
under the Of the Atlantic, It's diameter
minor axis, from Georgetown to Beaufort, is
little loo miles along the coast northeast aud sou n
vest, while the semi ma axis from Charleston to Lex
inston is about 40 mles. To the northeast the
taceous strata crop OUT 70 The southwest the lower
beds Immediately the orstaoe0us strata,
the surface while 10 the north vest, the sands
and artiary c!lys be on the granite 1t was originally
hoped that the lowest tertiary stratum under Charles
1jC N a Wat Srl
that which on the northwest edge, immediately
over, lea the granite, and IS trsyersed by the
been realized. The lowest tertiary stratum proved
to be under Charleston an srgillaceous mari, in which
those sands which exposed the north.
east edge Of the basin, and which, in Alabama yield
plentiful supply of water 70 several hundred Wells So
far several streams OF water have been met the lowest Of
which in the tubes ten feet the surface OF the
geological results Of the well nothing need be said here;
the fossils has yielded viii find appropriate place in
the coming work of Professors Tuoney and Holmes
The temperature OF the well has been examined from
time 70 tune - the work pSsrsses For Gh this Purpose
Pike, in View York. With the first the temperature at
the dept o, 900 feet repeatedly taken, and found
to Be in no wise deranscd by its submsrsion
in water 70 such depth. We compared 1t
during and alter the trials Unfortunately, it wa.
afterwards accidentally broken. Another obtained
from the same source which was not tested or compared
with other er1eters by before it was submerged
Tie inst was again 70 try the temper Ature at
tn nine hundred feet. Tue index marked S2n
deg s. before Some time afterwards, other experi
meats we're made AZ various depths with errac
tain results careful comparison Of il with other
Instruments 1hows that permanently MARKS IL
deg above tie real TEN p6raurs. The Ieputaton OF the
Inabsr. tie frst trial by myself, giving true
aver satisfy that It then accurate Is the pres
due 50 the pressure OF the column Of water 10 the
wen informed that al such submersion would
shat & the glass In the wen We could handle j. more
gently. II guarded by tin cylinder, and let down
ana hauled up by hand with al possible oencscy and
caution. Tie following interesting table Of the tenpera
tule OF the well depths. has bseR prepared by
Professor VIZ. Home, Of the state Military Academy.
Nv owl egper Ilents coincide with it al far tney CO.
Degrees FahfeahsM.
Attic surface. the Temperature % the water s,.eS