Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-12-01
Coal Hunting In Liberty..-.A New and
Valuable Drill.


Mr.. ANDREW Roy, Of GirArd, this
County, writes the following to the Shar-
IN, Pa, Herald:
Several weeks ago q gentleman, who halls
from near Lake Erie, made his appearance
he had, alter six years OF intense study,
made . discovery by which he could ascer-
.ain the existence of coal with mathemlatl-
al exactitude. His divining rod, which ap-
pears to be of whalebone, or something ike
u, he held in both hands, somewhat afterthe
manner that the w~ater-witches mold the ma.
eel twig, when searching for water. lie had
the most implicit confidence in thisrod, anu
Is he walked across the fields, or through
the woods, this rod tipped over the monen
ne stood above the coal, being attracted by
as Drawn to the pole. He discovered coal,
where no coal was supposed to exist. Inc
lucky farmers were beside themselves with
joy; even o-ctogenerisns. whose days were SO
nearly numbered, caught the inspiration
and appeared thirty years younger at the
tIoughtS OF the immense mineral treasures
they possessed
The Church Hill Coal Company were tost-
ing up some lands in Liberty township, ana
mad not yet struck coal The coal hunter,
ike Don QuixOte in search Of
armed himself with his diVining rod, and,
marching across the territory, soon struck
the basin. Of which fact he straightway ap-
priLed the drillers, who in turn gave the
coveted Information to the company, and
pAC CA ~ oAAOh C AK IN ANA - 49,
and dollars, Of which sum the hunter was 10
receive his proportionRte share, as, Indeed.
lie well deserved. The company, however,
failed to see the matter in this earnest lght'
but they would agree to pay, in addition TO
the price for drilling the hole, q hundreu
dollars q foot for all coal drilled through,
crowded II should prove 4 yalun6l VEIN
The dlyining rod had advised the hunter
hat the vein vas four feet thick A bargain
was struck, and the drillers addressed them
selves to the combat. They struck coal; not
F-.l. - fw,- g,.N WhFaG- hnuwaN-ar h-N ton 10
twelve inches, and experienced drillers who
nave seen the pumpingS smile and SNAKE
their heads. The hunter has LETT. but pro-
poses TO return in the spring and prove be-
yond caviI thai his rod, like open sesame"
in the story, is possessed of magical pOw1Is.
II In Just possible, however. that he may Tor
get to call this way again, and b he walt
seek other fields to display his abilities IL
hunting coal.
drill, introduced by Messrs. Severance &
Holt, of Middlebury, Vermont, now at work
on the Holmes road, two miles from 1oungs-
town, promises TO create a revolution IN
drilling. This machine consists of an up
right boiler, q small engine, an oscillator.
q screw shaft of hydraulic pipe, seven feet
long, through which the rods pass. The bit
is a steel thimble, two inches in diameter
and about three inches in length. into which
Is firmly imbedded three rows OF diamonds,
The sides of the bit are ~one-fOurth Of an
inch thick. The rods are Of common gas
pipe. A stream of water Is elected intO the
uTlll-nOle, LnEOdEn the Inferior 81 lHC IDus.
which washes out and carries away the
borinRs. The rotating drill, armed with
diamond points, pass into the rock, leaving
a core one inch in diameter, which passes
up into the hollow rods and is eKtricated
with the tools, as they are drawn out Of the
These test cores show the nature and
OF the respective strata as plainly
as though n shaft were already sunk. Only
one man is required to run the machine, and
nifty or sixty feet a day can be easily bored
1t is truly a labor saving machine, and will
supercede all other methods for search
for minerals where drilling is required.
They have the hog cholera and the
measles in Franklin county.
K. A. Waters sends tho Garrettsville
a 134 III. turnip.
General J.. A. Garfield has a new house
corner of and 18th streets, Washington
General William t. Wilson, Of Raven
ma, is a candidate for clerk of the Ohio
Senate.
The snti-C onfederates have q large
majority in the Newfoundland Assem-
bly,.
The Catholic Church at Biloxi, Missis-
'ippi, was demolished by the recent
storm.
1SiS hleSlhhno hltSHuS 70 u0llFer q
lecture in French at the Cooper Institute
l9.
The subscriptions in aid Of the propos-
ID worlds fair, at Washington, in iS7O,
has reached 100000.
Burbank's new hotel, at Pittsfeld,
Massachusetts, six stories high, was
blown down on Saturday.
r. S. Howe, Of West Salem, Mercer
Co., Pa, has two calves, six months old,
Oneweighing Cos and the other TO5 lbs.
Attorney General Hoar will be appoint
to fill the present vacancy on the Su-
oreme Bench.
The whisky tax collected in the Second
Districts of Ohio part Of Cincinnat) for
October, 1868, amounted to 1867 1872.