, 1870-03-18
TEE INSANEWELh.
Rissory Of tho Boring OF tho Deepest
I1ole In tho WoEld-The Einnf tsc-
poFR OF tho SUPERINTENDENT


f1v4n ths *. Louis Mpubliaun, 4atch Il
1t Is well known thAt one fsAtura N cohnoc-
tiuu with the design of the new County Insane
Asylum was that the water s1RPg 1850 w;s 70 %
derived from en- alteslan well 4ne ootMe w. ~
commenced al1nott at the same time with the
esectien ct the building, md Wis continaeo
Tithout fnte,ujs- ion until within fav months
ago, uh.u it was abandoned The bonne Haa
csrried to depth greater, wo 5ehexe, eaaa ,sa !
sutter1anean watcF wAs not resched, at lest
where il hsd suf6Gent strength and ynluae 70
rise above the surface of the ground. loaIe
was something evidently wrong IN the gs0aoGs-
cal and other forecastings, and, after = hlges
sid, 900, the work was thrown mp in despair
yssterdsy. III. c, u, Atkinson, superintend-
| ent Of the Undertaking, submitted lengthy
| report embodyng history Of the To1k tfom
l which We make the following abstract: :,
| The work Of boring WIS commenced on tAe
| grounda 1t the south side OF the 1nsane Ass-
tu1n, in . well which had been dug to the depth
OF seventy y-one and half feet The tubing
having been placed in position, tnca - a afl1 ~
March, 1s66, and tho boring commenced, ana
was continued day and night, with only the
necessary etoppagce, until tho 9Th OF August.
1873, when it was stopped finally. At wtIca
depth Of a,sA35x feet A book accompanying
the rrport exhibits the particulars Of each
days work, aud furnishes Bone interesting sta
tietice. gives description Of cach fotm1-
tion or subdivision Of formations. Of which
there were t1l1t5-two in Ill bored through. In
! The entire depth, G. feet Of clay has been
passed through, 6 feet Of coal, $50 feet OF
shale, 2,725 feet Of limestone, and ESQ feet Of
sandstone. A number Of specimens have been
\ sayed from esch formation.
When the boring commenced, TIM water
| stood about forty feet Of the surface Of the
surface ut the depth Of la feet An eight or
ten inch opening WAS struck and the water
sank TO 12s feet A. $50 feet small opening
vas ALSO struck; Or the 18th Of April tho isia
.. | broke In the = el and the f11gmenaas were re-
I removed tho same day. The work Of roaming
tho bore to si1 inches waa commenced, and on
the 23d Of the same month IS feet Of S inch
tubo WAS put down.. and boring
resumed. on the 18Th Of June the jars
Tic Hhalc bed felt in and obst1ucted the work,
| ing Of the drills ut tho depth Of 1.006 feet.
J From the 9Th Of July, 1866, ei3 months were
ccnsumed in en1srging the bore and putting IN
tubes to secure the work against the falling n
. inches to tho depth Of 1917 feet. Mr.. Atlin.
: son then mentions other important particulars
Q in the progress Of the work. At tho depth Of
1,2c2 feet the water WIS little saltish- Al
: the depth ef z, 14o feet finty opening was
!. straight course, and the spot WAS passed viii
t difficulty. This opening contained sulphu'
q water. At 2, 613 feet the rock was found Tint.
:, With small openings and tho hardest yet me
. with. On tho 14th Of November, 1867, the pole
), well and also parted near the top, al
|, lowing twenty seven poles to pass down By tn
}, ] side Of thu lower poles. At the begin
n ming Of the boring the drill fell on the bottom
s IS 70 80 times per minute. At tho depth
;1,sla feet, q to rs times per minute. At Ii
l, denth Of 8 3019 feet tho Temperature is 107 de