, 1865-09-29
THE ARTES!AM WELL.
History Of Its Bore...Prcsent Flow...
Putting Down new Well--.Wa-
ter for the Million.
What the Proprlctors Expect to Do
Improvements In Perspective.

averages about four 10 dye feet.
began boring for oil IN December, 1868. updcl
spIi!nal directions, trance-medium haIing Us
FuEd them thai abundance Of petroleum would bs
e1Ra at dpf qRae IND t1e
for maeadamixfng onF stseets is procn1etl- Iht
limestone theseabouts exhibits strong .'sattaca
indications" cf petroleum ltEequtred no Asptrits'
to create the belief In the nInds Of many pessoai
that oil might exist ia that vicinity u some depth
As We remarked, the boring Tor oil began ia De
| Gambler, 1863. In the January following, when a
| was abandoned, and the work had to g commenced
February, ISL, un,il No!ember, 1881, when ihs
bottom q the rock VA broken through into the
eubterraDeAn lake or strca1n tho water gushed NJ
with great force carrying up large pieces q stone
petroleum. Immediately under This ID etsatuu
Of what We call here Joliet marble. one hundsct
Joliet, and furnishes our fsyorite building stone
crate Of sand and tint Of Is feel ID llicE
asas Informed II u st a ssE he nas & &f'S
s'one. Il depth of - fset. 1t 80 tel lhe dls
eand o Mss Thsa J.
containing flint and sulphu1els Of iron was struck
At this point considerable gas escaped from tht
wen, SO much u to c4rry up The clippings OF tht
nothing by which to determine ansthfns farther 1t
relation TO tho geological formation: The drill
continued to 70 down until al the depth of III fee
the .*head OF the barrel " knocked in the arct
Of the rock Was penetrated, and the water sMldenl,
burst torth on The aGth Of November. 16G4-tet
months ago. It ia clalmcd that oleaglnous tndica
thing il cer.aIn-that while It ia flowing we'll
beating anything at Pit Hole In quantity, the sub
Etanee II water. and not OIL.
o1NKH WE1Ie.
The Superintendent WIS not able to ascertain The
1snesu stream; b9s il i certain iii be- developed
s. s,, Iii tnon nt R5,Rs IN H. Eel E9s
Etesian, nes1 FIJI, Is much larger bore, an5
from dep!h d l,soo iset, nd an only hs n.sa "a
tsn an s bsss. Ras? e 81 piIisa s
wafer a. the Chicago Arteslan well. The water u
s ,ses d. ,..s md md % s,s pSn',aSS a.rst e
purposes. Two wells ii Charleston arc 1,a5o feet
Id Il roeeo. ef eoa ND
tcssan wells Of 81 to 100 feet IN d.p,h, used for
Supplying ca.tle on ta.ms There are several large
AftfTi3ns In China, Eomt Of which have been flow
ing for SOU years; but we know little OF the quality
Of their waier. The Colambut, Ohio we'll We be-
was abandoned after boring down ha!f E1tle In
H,tsD feet--no wnter and abandoned. No .Arteslan
well errr struck gives promise to quantity and
quh!ity equal to the one In this city.
THE new WELL.
The water escaping from the Chicago well, a ouE
rtalers have tcen previously informed, Is c1lr'ed
twenty five lect above tho surface !n atnht and out
OF The top Ut shis pipe the water nuxs into 'unc
"hesi, twenty feet ID diameter. which i used IS
power to drive tho drills and machinery Of the new
iEen now tapidlJ approaching eo1aplction. The
or seven horte; but the Wheel with the sa1ne ele.
,at,on Of head might easily hare been constructed
twenty fret in diameter bJ digging ta!l race
to that OF double lis pretent force.
bore being fse inches in diameter II has been car
r;el down to 6lB feet In depth, and yesterday
lacked hut a3 feet Of reaching The leEe1 whero the
other et1uck-uot oi, tut what is morc valuable to
The ciJ-pure water. The new well is sunk with
Ter IL reached Il Il the intention Of the energetic Su-
pedntendent. Mr. ". 7. B. Read, 10 team It out TO
i diameter Of eight !: ches. When this IS done an
oy.r thot wheel Of - feet will BE- constructed,
viii be eupplicl to ream out OF widen The old well
to df<en fnches diameter. 1.-THE snb,e.anean force
e % saRa
Tic present well dlsehsfged thsonsh, fonrlneh
sSe T g. sdns se Of .e tsS ,eu9 Il hs
day This il the estimate Of the propfictorr. but
we think It is much too high, and Thai s0O gallons
Rsr ssns or csS yss ass The 9aSs ms,s ..
hfteerrineL vel vii dfschsiEe 2,sbd gallons pef
minute, or four millions per day, which: should
roughly estimate, wonl fnlnish With . feet over
Of sio feet, got d.. u he roct, and
q pieee, I'VE tsst q he npRer end, e The
inch rod, md the dill In tic bottom Of the well.
yery delicate and difficult JOB to get Il ont,
se1anee @ % nd iaakes @ % fnsenal Owe ove1ea@e e te d
c1lty, md st the end q Ten dsys labor TIC grsp-
wheel triumphantly brought up the broken rod.
This was On last saturday. Dy Tneeday tho dill
ling rseommeuccd, and e now processing through
siderable interest. There Il bare chaoce
that no wafer may be found. The present
terrancsn river, and The new well, though hut a
dozen feet 10 the west Of It, may be beyond the
Lethean stream-We mean hidden, not INTERNALLY
than 100 feet below where the drill now Il, it will
st1ike gushing fountain. The question Of great
cst uncertainty Il, what quantity Of rsater this sub
coodly city. According 10 n. precedent, AI.eslan
wells are limited In t fr capacliy. It s the inten.
tlon Of Mes.Er Slnfeldt and CEoskey. the propric-
prh ter Me o1nE h Sse S s
four inch one, would supply The people OF Chica-
60 Nth sufficient wafer for al domestic purposes,
md Of quality immeasasably supegtor to III ithy
equally good az Ely TINT can be- procured even two
miles from tbe shore through the proposed tunnel
sCrFLfIsa TUE crrf+
Some Of our citizens think that work on the tuu-
mel ought 10 be suspended until 1t is demonstrated
whether the A1tesfan wells can supply The city !;
but Ills would not be w,se, lor several reasons.
for centuries 10 come. while the Atcsiau supply
might give out or b tapped by speeuators uuiilits
quantity became Inadequate, and TO- buy them OF
to shut ihelE well might rcqnire considerable hoaus
better bargain with tho Arteean propzfetors II able
10 supply {tse1f With good pure water at moderate
expense than II reduced to the alteroatiyc Of coz
tuing the present nnsaTorT stuff or paying for the
ATteeian ffqufd What its 0WneEe might demand.
II ia we'll for the city to have an extra string toSts
bow.
It ia the rrofeseed with and object Of Mcs.rr.
Shuiel1t and Croekey to supply tho people Of CHI
caeo with an abundance or Parc and wholesome
Wate1-as pure y crystal and clear as damona.I
IN diameter, to hei:ht of serenity q eighty teet
sSa,s sS e. e. e. sss o f s ss es fesand 81 Mo so
portions OF the clty.
1t ta claimed that when this 'sunter Is once In
diseases will disappear and that bans Of our West
ern cste. low typhoid fever, Will be abatcd In Chi
1cE-CuEAr AND FuRE.
In addition to the sanitary aud CULINARY aiyanfa-
dow nom tbe bowels of mother earth, to the cit.
7ens Of Chicago, the proprietor are contemplating
other advantages to be derived therefon. They
have pNrchased and enclosed with \ substantial
fence, forty acres Of ground. Within this space
they are creating pond, Of thirty acres.