, 1879-03-13

new Rochester q 8tnto-Line Railroad. which
atIords the only mode Of transportation
rany being Unable 70 msks sat'.factory freight
l,g arrangements with TIM railroad company,
nnd believing that tho onondaRn eait group ~as
m underlying atrntum OF all thla region, con.
locality. Az Leroy, LigIngston County, the Com
pany received oycry ENCOURAGEMENT, and cutn"
nenced operations on we'll there few months
On Feb. 81 last, the drill being down zoo feot,
On lnlmcnse veto Of gas and "hltter water :" wah
cntered. The commntton beneath the surface,
created bT the gas struggling through t11e water,
could bo heard for sono distance around. Two
hotlra after the rein was entered the 9as rushed
from TIC opening with fearful velocity. and was
stanily tho derrick and engine -honfa Wcra filled
with Ilanes, md the wofkmcn barely cscaped
with their lives. The entire works wcrc threat
cnell With destruction, but grcatspout Of water
from tho Vein followed tho rush Of gna, and ia
few seconds cxttuguibhed the 1apcs. The Usser
VIA thrown 10 TIC hight OF ITO feet, and was &C.
cumpanled With a roar that tutnmoned psopln
10 the scene irom long distances around. The
tnlnutcs' duration, by now Of Eaet which in
turn gave way to the water al5atn. Ths Inter-
mission Of Eat and water continued for several
hours, when the water rushed out In steady
stream seven !nchfs In diameter and more thau
100 feet higl'. It flowed thus without cessation
for 6vt days, at tho rate Of 5000 barrels day.
The Gel ID were flooded with tl,e brine, and It
wns q question OF no little moment 10 The
dwel1ets In the vicinity Of tho we'll ~ to wlnt
could be done With tho great water-Bpout. On
the Nth day It suddnnly caased, and the gaA
rus[lcd out a,afu with fncroaAcd velocity. The
velocity is 80 great Tint tile tgnlttng pointa OF
the jet Is fifteen feet nbove tho we'll. A three
!bch Eas-ppe sixty feet long has been attached
10 the tubing. and the aame Of gas lights up the
whole ueigh5orhood at night. Operations have
bcsn suspended at thu we'll for the present, but
will be resumed again early III May, by
WHICH time increased facilities for testing fH
value WILL BE- ready. It is the Intention Of the
salt vcln is struck. md II the deposit gives Cyl
deuce Of belug anywhere near as valuable Is tho
bod at Wyoming, the praecnt well will be ueed
solrly to furnish gas for running the machinery
Tor putting down a1otler well and works for
cYaposatiaE salt. The head OF 8as Is 30 great
lint tic Company thinks II too valuable to
exchange eyeu for salt deposit, and II the
theory TINT the Onondagn salt group ID an un~
derlytng deposit from Syracuse 10 the Niagara
River u not proved, It will at any rate remove
Ills o!l.works from Rochester to Leroy, using tho
gas-welt for fuel, which nov costa 500 a tlay.
Prof. Walton. the geolo,stst and expert Of Byra-
cnset has visited the Leroy well, aid gtyeA il al
his opinion thatA heavy deposit Of salt will be
found At q depth Of less than zoo feet further
The Ens and brine we're found 100 feet nearer
the eurfRce than thor we're at Wyoming, and ut,
Bloomfield 100 feet nearer the surfaco than At
Leroy. This indicates that the salt deposit M
prouches tic surface M It extends northward,
and In time will be discovered very near Il.