The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-04-16
BALD MOUNTAIN.
Still Another Violent COncuszion-Faets,
Figures and Hypotheses.

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Figures and Hypothesis.
The latest news from Bald mountain
comes via Salisbury, March 28. Tht
dispatch says that another conclusion
a dead, rumbling sound, accompanied
by severe trembling and qaaking of the
earth, occurred on Monday evening
March %. The inhabitants, whose fears
had somewhat subsided, became more
excited than ever, and the general con
steTnation was greater than at any pre-
vious time since the violent rumblina
on the Goth of February. A number oi
scientists from several southern states
are there, all of whom agree that the
disturbance In Stone and Bald noun.
tains is volcanic in nature, but as a pro
fesslonal expression of opinion to that
effect would not agree with the accepted
theory of geology, they refuse positive
~ to give their views for publication
and viii not submit to an interview. A
large number of scientific men and re-
porters are going into the mountains,
all of whom hear and see more after
their arrival than they had anticipated.
The excitement in the regions is un-
abated and more families are moving
out. There are no visible signs of an
eruption, and scientists are of the opin-
probably at some future time. The re-
port that the same disturbances occur
red in the mountains fifty years ago is
contradicted by a gentleman eighty
seven years of age, who was born and
reared on Bald mountain.
Prof. DuPre, of Wofford On. c.
college, has taken testimony of which
the following is a synopsis:
First sound heard Tuesday, the 10th
of February. The first sound was fol-
lowed by the severest shock felt up to
the present time, and was felt as far as
White House, on Cane creek, eight
miles east. On Sunday morning, 18th.
severe shock, another about 10 O'Clock
A. II; another, 2 O'Clock at night, Mon
day morning). The house seemed to
be lifted from its foundation and rock
ing in the air. Noise continued, some
with shocks and some without, until
Thursday following, with intervals of
about an hour. Several noises with
shocks on Thursday noise appeared to
proceed from Round and Stone noun
tains. These mountains are about half
mile apart. Houses were frequently
shaken, and q ladder leaning against
the house (of Mr.. Elliott) shook con-
siderably on one occasion. The fami-
lies on Stone mountain were greatly
alarmed. The noise begins like the ex-
plOsion of a blast, in the northwest,
with fumbling noise under ground.
TESTIMONY OF MIR. T. ]. DALTON.
Live one a d a half miles west !;
heard the reports of noises several
times in the last four weeks felt the
ground shake and quiver six times :;
work at saw mill had some plank on
my shoulder and felt it shake several
times noise begins with a blast and
appears to come from Stone mountain
and underground feel the shocks al
most as I hear the sound saw the shaw
ings on my work bench shake during
one of the shocks no wind at the time;
said he saw the trees shake; works at
Mrs. Murphy's saw mill, on Broad
river, on eastern side of Hickory Nut
gap, and eight miles from head of Broad
river heard as many as four explosions
day and two or three at night nights
clear and cool the same has been heard
and felt at J. w. Morgan's, one and n
half miles from here.
The Orphans Friend, published at
Spartansburg, remarks that there is one
fact worthy OF notice, and that is, while
tA4C AO1HC 10 ACdI0 4OL AulA6o 4EOln
the base of the mountain the shock is
only felt on the mountain and short
distance from the base. This feature
locates the cause of the explosion and
the shaking beneath the mOurtain, and
affords some ground for believing that it
is caused by volcanic action. The shak-
ing is only felt between Broad and
Catawba rivers, along the mountain
range, a distance of about twenty-five
miles.
The editor of the Orphans Friend
has been to the mountain and asks, is it
possible that the crust of the earth has
become so thin that a stream of water
has found it's way to the burning mass,
and the escape of the steam generated
into the caverns of the earth produces
the noise heard upon the surface? Or
is it the result of accumulated gases,
acting in the same manner