Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-05-19
THE INSANE WE'LL.

The St. louis Republican. M'rch Is,
saws: It's we'll known 'h,t the feature
in connection with tho design of the new
County Insane Asylum was that the wa
Ger supply xas.to be derived from an ar,
nlmos. a. the same tina with fss fs%ecS"a eHecsi"n
of the building. and was continued with
out iu'ermission unit, within few months
go, when i. was abandoned. The bor-
ing was carried to depth greater, we
believe, than anv similar we'll in the
world: hut the .snhtrrran.an eater w"s
not reached, at least where it had suffi
cieut siren 9Th and volume to rise above
,he surface O. the ground. There was
something evidently wrong in the geolo-
eical and other forecastings, and. after a
large expenditure Of money, somewhere
about 800. 600. the work was thrown ur
in despair by the County Court. Yester.
day Mr.. c. w. Atkinson, Superiutcn.
dent Of the undertaking, submitted \
lengthy repor. emhoiyin, history ofth
work, from which We make the following
abstract:
The work O: boring was commenced on
the grounds at the south side Of the In.
sane Asylum. in a we'll which had been
dug to the depth Of sevcnty-one and &
half feet. The tubing having been pla.
ced in position. 4 inch drill was put
down on III. afternoon Of the 3lst ol
March. 1866, and the boring commenced
aud was continued day and night, with
only the necessary sfoppage, until the 9th
Of August. 1869. when it was stopped &.
nally; a, which time tn, we'll had beer
sunk to sdepth OF 3.9i33 feet. In th,
entire depth. 63 feet Of clay had been
passed through. 6 feet Of coal, $50 fee,
of shale, s,725 feet Of limestone. and CSC
feet Of sandstone A number of speci
mems have been saved from each forma
ton. At depth Of 1.222 feet the wate
was a little saltish. At depth OF 2. l4(
feet a fin,y opening was strack, which
made the drill deviate from a straigh
course, aud the spot was passed with diff
fculty. This opening contained sulphur
water. At asia Feet the rock was fouu,
Hinty, with small openings, and the hard
est yet met with On the l4th Of No
vemher. 1867. the poles parted 900 fee
from the top of the well. and also parte
near the top, allowing twenty poles
|. At the begiuni.g Of the boring the dri
tell on the bottom 4S to so times per mir
ate. At the depth of 8. 900 feet, % I
30 times and ~ the depth Of 3, 1874 fee
"a to % times per minute. At toe dept
o, Z, ,o29 icss the temperature is lO7 d,
gress Eahreubeit; at 3.127 feet it is IL
degrees Fahrenheit; at 8. .264 feet it
lO6 degrees also. At 8, 1893 feet the Y
tsr-was 2 degrees sals The variati.,
to 3, ,45S ieet in saituess and temperate
we're .riHing. At ASA feet . sol
9 whitish sandstone vas struck. The b
: ings change BY exposure to grayish re,
!! some brown, other places yellowish, b
the r-d predominates. The water fro
- ,hi. rockshowea from seven to eight sderre
70 salt. In many places this toruasion
ezseedisgly bard. Al ASST sses {
,emperature = los Fahrenheis. The se,
= Of Temperature were made with yssistx
ing steruouieser Of Faareuheis ecsie.
Asoihrr test vss made. The white Of
err vss tightly insiossa in seovs sul
Iehh plug screwed 10 each end. and
douu S,s25 fees, and let rsmain one q
q half hours. after which Il vss taken .
lei Il had undergone no apparent change
In boring TO depsh ef s3s f.es the d