The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-07-29


from be region OF j; ;.:! a"l Stone Mo:;:i.
tan< We :hink i: w!l prove interesting:
STONE MOUNTAIN. McDcwlLL, Co., y. G.,
July Sin, 1874.
DEAR s.: promised 10 write you some
:h:ng mo,c Of Stone Mountain anri lis yicir-
itv: also the probai,c cause Of lIc ''nOi>c
AMI ''>hakins' about Sionc and Ball Noun
tain>. bu: from oI;S!';c fgcS&urcs failed 10
do >n uIti now.
OF c0prsc shall not enter Into" discourse,
even Il: 10 lie PROBABLE Cause, merely
stating fAct> aS 'lcv ar, aHl the cause. Is
understand it. The<c propose briefly to do.
As regard. The "n)i;c" and "SaR ing" ric>e
| are facts: 5nt the question Very naturally
ar:>"< what ,,rniuccs them? Ny OF ! opinion
is, hey are prc"'i.2! hr foreign Agcn.'y, there
fo.... the case is foreign and not iocal-a
! magnetic nnnci cc from the volcanic regions
Of Souih America.
On the 10;h Feb, Ike "noiSc" w::s first
heard here. Increasing il frequency and
! loulntSs for some weeks, afterwards mo icr:l-
ting On the l7th April VAS the last >cv re
one heard or felt Some say they have been
! heard AMI fcl. since in Il moderate degree
| The noise seems to resemble Il blast, @S ]:
! blasting in mines or railroad tunnels, or dis
| tan, artillery the jar or shake like that
made by low, heavy thunder, LISTING only for
! g. few seconds There WAS nothing very Sc
we're ab0ut it that 7 could ever discover.
! The various accounts were much exagcer-
a;cj and newspaper reporters told the tale
As i: WAS told 10 ;Hem by an excitcl po2u-
lace. perhaps aiding little themselves, and
! So Stone AMI Bald Mountains, before un-
! known 10 fame. that had stood in their SUlicn
| grandeur. "rnhOuorcd and unSung,' since
tue time God first made The world and !hc
sons Of GD1 sang together for joy, and
cause the la!en: heat beneath :" bubble
them up lis m"r!H:ainS on iilc S'ob:; those
mount IinS noted only for beautiful scenery,
are now LcrallcL ahro ID - volcanic. The
people on the cast sid: were more excited
tlan those on :hc w%st side Of those m%uIl-
tnin<, the rcno:t i, thar the ''shakin.f was
| much more severe tlcrc; is |aS not Oh
| t:iat side 1t anv time OF :: cOuvul>iOn, | i'm
| not :ih'.' :" vou"h :ipr is rnrIT":n">>.
On the 9th of Feb, as stated by telegram
al earthquake occurred 1T Laguayra, q
town in South America, the seyereSt since
1912. One was also reported at Copobiapo,
ani about the same time Il volcano broke
forth n Chill, doing much damage. In ISL
Missouri was disturbed by an earthquake
and New Madril p-r;lv destroyed, this con
,iauel until March. 1912. wien the earth
quake cuimiEatcd at Caracas iE SoutiI Amer
icl, AMI destroyed that city. The effects
were felt here then more than now, is stated
bv persons then living. About the same
time . "noi>c" and "Sliaking' were heard
ami felt in Bald Mountain, similar to that
in February last, and the people were much
al armed. These are facts rs Stated by good
authority.
1t is said Dy those. who arc we'll acquainted
! with the matter, that the mountains west OF
this. in HAYWOOD, Madison aad other couu.
ties have been, Vt stated periods, Similarly
! affected. and :ha;g n" have been made in
some Of those mountains By ,hcsc con7ul-
SioH>.
There is nothing seemingly volcanic about
Some and Bad Mountains, nor so flr.a< M
knowledge cx'cal$, il ANY o, the mountains
in Western n. &. Thc POSITION Of rhc rocks,
deep rlv;ncS, fiS>urcS, Sc. are all Indicative
Of Il rcsiDa OF y!O.mt Commissions in past
ages.
As the effects OF IN earthquake are ct for
! mlny miles Itom ;;lc pace it hlpD..ns. long
af crwaniS and before. AMI 4 SubicrranrOuS
noi<>. heard; aa.l rs Sinuc and BAIL MGun-
ainS he 'n"g 20 The .tn:,:liachian cha;n which
is prob bly, the vo!caIt;c axis extending from
South America, on the east side, and the
CordilIcras the axis on the west, We come %
the conclusion ilia: when an earthquake oc-
ours in tic volcanic regions the different
chains Of mountains are disturbed more Or
less, sometimes in one place, again in anc-
thcr; hence the disturbance in Stone and
Bald Mountains. a:.d in MI the mountains
belonging 20 The Appalachian chain.
Iou may ask Why The noise and ''>k.k-
ing are i'll one place and not in another? My
answer is some strata Of rocks are sympathetic
with earthquakes. Others arc NOT, consequent
| y one place on the line OF the volcanic axis is
disturbed. while ann:!;cr place on the same
line Is not. When Caracas was destroyed in
| 1912. Cumana orly 25 miles oil, was not dis
turbci, and when an earthquake afterwards
occurred at Cumsl:a, Caracas Was not affected
If have given YOU any information on the
subject, am glad. have given you only
nv views as 70 the cause Of disturbance.
! briefly as possible. | will write again soon.
Yours affcctiouatclv,
j. NJ SHUEORD