The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-05

Cntte+I staies-os.er.atious and So,.,
There and BY the way.
s;s4L 70 TIE Ia;s1iseoeet.
wrLLssrEo, May 4-YoEr reporter
in company with Messr. E. W. Pax
ton, Beniatnin Herrey, ". c. Barclay. W
Il. Tar and David Brown, yesterday paiS
the great flowing gas well on he MeGusir
farm in Washington county, Pa, 4 risi.
going via We!hbu.yand Washington pike
The distance from here is abou. eighteen
miles Going, we passed, OF course, through
The villages Of Independence AID we,
Middletovn, Pa Thence 20 the we'll b.
"tas is known as the Waller roai.n The
WI Is iron Eve 10 six miles from wes:
Middle.own.
from VIA. we heard about It and the
burning Gas, We expected to SIZE a biz thing;
bat when Wedrew near and heard the HIS.
Ing OF the c2s and the roaring fame, ne
were all more than surprised. The sigh,
was more th7n we had imagined. There
vas moderate breeze stirring. which, BY
times. kept the lame ri an angle Of abou,
to:ty.hse degrees ...
On drawing nigh ocr frs. impressions
were tina. the internal regions had in re-.
a.iiy broken loose, and tina: sarelr tie he'll
wSe,e the fire is not qaenchei WIS below
u tos ! fact The well IS located near The
N 2uth Of small ravine that empties into
oae OF the branches OF Co.'s creek. and 4
ier rods from the public rad. The -as is
c1nveyed from the well, in part Uy 4 ,aree
inch pipe, then By ! SIX inch pipe 10 a
pint on small hill abou: fifty Zee, aboye
the mouth 0. the we'll and distant about
fur hundred fest. There it is discharged
With such force and rapidly tina. the fire
DOES no: consume more than oae-,en,h OF
the amount tia; escapes The noise made
by the escaping sas and roaring fAmes Is
ceatenin:. The Gas escaping makes noise
eq1Al to tia. Of the dischArsi1- OF steam
from the safety valves OF two locomotives.
The fearing Of the flames reminded Us o!
the noise made by hezry train oi ca-s
previous TO tAll OF rain. Originally tie
pipe extended th;rty-seyen fee: pe-pe1d:c-
1las, bu; the intense lea, sooa melted !,
OF Close 10 the ground Il seems now IS ii
the garth 10, i've 0. six teei around The
F:5e VAS full Of s.s. The fame 4; the base
a9pears to be about SIX ieet in diameter.
Increasing as il rises 10 Mss apparently
fifteen o. swecty lest in diameter, extend
ing over dtty feei in the air. Lesaiar Is !.
does with lightning .apiii,r, and Tsithi1g
AID twisting into ali imaginable shapes,
presenting an o:asce-co!o7ed appearance,
you are tiiied with vonde, and ason:sh-
melt Sanding within one hundred lee,
otthe h-se lass offre, il reminds one G: be-
ms be:oEe the We heated furnaces ci
some OF l.. la7se manufactures. The z-ass
: much icrthe- advanced IN hefeli where
the Tres are than elsewhere. i, times,
when i Is calm, the flames vii reach .
heighth OF eighty iee:, and OF dark nights
eliminates the couni-T :o- miles around.
! reliable gentleman has s.ate1l that he
co1ld readily red g neEspaps. three riE!es
distant IN the cich. tine By the l-h, OF
the c2s. As 10 the fire We Tel tbs: re
ca2aot do L lCsIioe- We hayeSivea simply
he fac.s.
NoE Is TO the veil From Nj. Fred
srcs Checker, superintendent :o- tie CON
!any, whom re tound on the grounds, AID
10 whom We are indebted :or much 7slua-
BE information, We obtaine; The following
extracts trom his -ecorE 80 les. frS;
cal vein, ) 10 .sff.iss-s;;-2 81 ieet. second
coal vein, loto Is ieet thick: .62 iees, first
sind vein: So teei, second SAID veia; gSS
lea, iniEd SAID vein; a. 99S ies,, and il The
i5r sacd vein struck irs, gas 100 lee;
toQr:h sand ve!a-in this vein GOT some
Little oil; 80 feet fifth sand veiL-;n this
vein, AID al depth OF 1,cc113l feet, struck
crev!ce Tat shoxer! ell; 1915 iees sixth
sand VEN; l,s0 fset ssverth scn,i vein;
c,GS3 lee: eighth sand vein: .e,:es337 les:
struck the great body OF "a. Ore vein OF
sand ~As so ieet thick; the others sen.
orally tEom 70 TO 60 :ee.- s.Q35 lee; sal.
water.
ne as mas been burning sinee the last
Ct March. and there 2-e 10 signs o; dinia-
sizing. The pressure Ct the cgs coadcsd
Is three hundred pounds TO the sorase
iach, flowing one hundred pounds. In
putting II ping TO sop Of the Gas it .e-
CURED the strength o: six s.ort men
Three tied It and were lifted of their :ee,.
The FRS. gas found vas utilized 10 make
steam Tor driving TIE drills. Scch was the
nose made by escaping -as and the IRE
Nat gu! patty WIS compelled to retire set-
er7l hundred Fa-6s iFon the well 10 be
able 10 converse easily. There are many
things OF late-es. tbs, We would desire 10
seeoru here. but space Will no: permit
Washington county. Pa, L land iow-
lcg with milk and booe.. Sins OF pros
Perry are seen on every hard The cocn-
t.y l. beautiful; farmers understand thsi.
business Corn planting Is IL f1Ii bl.st
oct there, sed sheep sheariRc has begun.
Meadows lock well, As also wheat fields.
mi rets seem 10 sand irus. and freezing
Qc!tc we'll Our pa:ry were highly pleased
With the tip, aad sre generally Of the
opinion that We have the ines county in
the world. Alr. Ceccke. will commence
boring smother well about three miles fur
ineT dow the valley. The derrick i
already up. Re Is veteran in the oil
business HIS company have $4,000 acres
Q: laad ieasad. G.B.C.
cErELuEs OF THE PRIESTHOOD. !,