The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-01
-'-.-,-- valuable $p"n.ine sprins was
Hew sa ..m b, sne A.d Of sa'"t""
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spirits. ~ u,,s,on News s@

HeW ..r.d by the Atd Oh ''"'''
,r,om the Beiston News
-, .nc famous boiling spring
The ofis'n ,hc name Of Benjamin =, rram n,,
"h:.' ,,.o,l known to our rea ,u',rtod Frank.
I'm Is VIC" thn shirt Of the dcpafl1," linn
wears ns n through spil.t"ia no Eo,,nd
W.! I'M vein OF mineral wafer eV ,hc snrinr IL
hr boring on the spot Wh I'm. the spirit OF
now i"c, n'..o- ~, mankind has turneu us
the ""e pew, rom heavenly pursuits, anu oc
attcn','n; =, al, hy locating sites ior miuesn
cupicu nSe S,nn after the Franklin was mn
fountains s.,,amin announced that by boring
tshcu, da,tn of Gs56 feet on o spot little
I" t thc northeast Of the first Weii announcer
=, ro;n If water might he developed. InaS
t,,f was stated 10 ., citizen OF ING Vh'sSe,
who is not believer in splrltuan.n' mnit n nf
marked the figures "6o1 on inc mmn
the spring-house, where they st'ii rr ,r;,,r
soon after this time the work OF noiI,S
commenced and proceeded stcaoii! am
Quietly with no remarkable incident UNI"
ono cvcninr. when the required depth M.o
,,nar,,, reached. the proprietor went ihCo
the derrick and found the man VINO VII;
horng. sitting directly over tnc "Sm;
drilling away IL though inc sptl.s .n i'
no control of the 'ntcfi'"l i ,.iaW n.y.
At.
,ordinr to announcements. TIC 'u' .'' .;n,
MIN IN lie cautious and get away III .ln,1 ,
,nt tbc unhcloycr scoifcd, and the re@ulhi
mud nf Inc i'll still kept time 10 the care
loss whistlinu of the talthlf>s o"Ii' I'll
az ,h, l.,s, fraction of the six hundred anu
i;,ty.sixth foot was drilled away there CANT
n roar and rush of mighty waters GU
everything before IL; slooi. mi"i!'; ,n - ror,
ond iii went III and came down WIZ " toi
Tnn. NJ water and gas. The bury, pearucu
,,,,n or the drill looked like the mgSiiich1
Santo Clans "A he came down through .ilo
1arr;ck and landed on terra tlrmi, a hr"'
believer III spiritual manifestations :. ,,os
The well WAS tubcd, and ever SINCE ~ naS
Snouie,l daily. On last THURSDAY aitei noJn
II WA, announced that the huil'lhS M"o, ~
be open to the public, ana htluo .t.. ea ,',,e.
people gathered to witness 'ho
nOmcnon. -,,,.od from
tb. tube. and the water commenced now
i'm. into the tank; this continued ouC
moment, when the water began 10 receue'
md lis descent could be heard until IL was
,hn,t one hundred feet from the surface,
where il rested, rs if concentrating ltS po"
crs for the mighty effort when was Is Soo'. ~ "
astoniSh the waiting spectators. SOON ~.
bubblng and rushing OF the aestcii",,s
waters WAS heard, and at five minutes pas
,i'roo ina watrr again flowed over the top o
the tube, gradually ascending ana rec vi
alternately for about five minutes, w ncl
the limid column had reached hclsut o
thirty feet, the spectacle became Deau,'.ul
The stream of gas and water spollteou up
ward in n solid column in the cehtrs
Of the building, and upon reachihs
ITS greatest height gracefully turheu
and falling, formed circle OF snow
white spray, which, wherever 1t wa
touched by the sunlight, displayed all tn
rolors of the rainbow. AT quarter past :
the column shot up to the roof oil Tue ger
rick, as if propelled by force which l.
would be impossible to attain by artilcE'
means. 1t seemed as if the mighty myster!
must have exhausted itself, and that Uni
must be the final throc. Of the great VEN
which were being drained OF their preciou
: mineral fluid. But the beautiful column
now nearing sixty feet in height, continue.
spouting as if the great heart OF the e;l,,l
itself were thrObbing out its LIKELIHOOD. III
grand display continued until nall laSG D
when MIR. Mitchell, with much dIilcuitv
and after several Intellectual attempts, sue
cccdcd in rccappin. the tube.
Since the discovery "f this iaat sllilG
the name of which has not yet been re
ycacd, Franklin'S spirit has announced li''
location OF two more springs, the lr>t :"
which. Il white sui phur >ptlng, VIII be nc
yropcd before another season.