The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-08-18
ARTEsIAN WELLS.

The following article we cut from the
Marietta Express, published in Mar.
shal CO., Iowa. 1t will answer many
questions directed to us, concerning the
Artesian wells of this town.
"The deepest krtesian we'll 10 the
| United States is now being bored in St.
Louis, by Belcher 81 Brothers. AT last
accounts. the anger had been sunk in this
wei to the depth of 1900 feet, and tho
boring was still continued. The next in
depth, is perhaps, the well in Louisville,
KY, which is COG feet deep. There
is a welr now being bored in the State
HensA yard at Columbus, o., which bad
at last accounts, reacHeo P~i--4f Ez0
feet. In other portions of the couBtry,
water has been found nearer the surface.
A. Mr.. Startling, of Vermillion county.
ILL.,, recently bored for water, and at the
distance of only % feet, obtained a CO.,
pious and excellent supply, rising ten
feet above the surface Of the ground. u {
We learn from California paper, that .
in Santa Clara CO., in that State, there d
are over 400 Artesian wells, of an ave-,
rege depth of $50 feet. Ten or twelve.
of these are from $50 to 400 feet deep.
These wells throw up jets from ten tot
twelve feet high. From pipe seven
inches in diameter, 900 gallons permin-
ute are discharged from those California
wells 1E8 IA z T7aF
Purhaps the most noted Artesian
wells in the United States are those at
Byran, the country seat Of Williams
county, Ohio. In that place the water
is attained at the average depth of about
Ok Tho 0f harf0n ic
until within foot or two of the water,
when what is called "hard pan" is reach
ed, which is bed of blue clay, SO hard
as to require drill in many cases.
When the auger gets through the '.hard
pan" it suddenly drops, somo times to
the depth of three or four feet, when
the water rushes up with great force, and
for several days throws up large quan;
titles of fine white sand, after which, it
ever runs clear as crystal Byran is
very properly called the Fountain City,
for the cost of one of these wells is so
small shat almost evry family has beau
tiful and healthful fountain playing in
their door-yard. At several places in
the town, there are fountains pouring
forth treasures at an elevation of IS feet
above the surface Of the earth.
The most remarkable feature, however,
connected with the Artesian wells at
Bryan, is the fish that inhabit them.A
When the water is permitted TO flow out
without the obstruction of spipes or
stocks, immense swarms ofSfsh from
one to four inches in length, may at all
times be seen spoutiog in the wells, but
they are very seldom seen beyond the
circumference of the we'll. and have new
er been known to follow the streams =
many rods from their subtefranean
homes. These fish resemble the trout
very mitch in appearance and are most
beautifully marked with white and yel.
lowish spots. In the State Library
Rooms at Columbus, O., may, be seen
some pretty specimens of these fish, kept
alive in glass jars. These little under.
ground travelers,in consequence of their
beauty, and the romance of their lives.
have been taken to many portions of the
Union, to grace Offices and parlors. of
the learned and good. They are not
blind like the fish found in the caverDs
of.the earth, but OH the contrary, are
cry sharp sighted. '-Bry1n Democrat,