The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-14
NATURAL GAS.
A Small Flow nj BenwOod-Sbut on ri
WeIISburg, Etc.

a EnlNiI FLOW nj btuWOuu-SuUtO h NJ
WeIISburg. Etc.
Yesterday afternoon small flow Of gas
was struck at the we'll now being sank at
the Bsnwood Iron works. The escaping gas,
when lighted, shot up six or eight fest The
amount Of gas escaping is OF no value, and
boring will DC continued.
This Gas was shut oil at the WellSburg we'll
Yesterday in order 10 make Another effort 10
remove the obStrucsSHs from thu well. In
consideration OF the inconvenience caused by
the delay aud short supply Of gas, the Gas
Company propose to all OF itipalrons who
have paid their gas bills in full TO December
|, 1883, that from Their bills for gas for tbs
present month, q discount OF 90 per cent will
be made.
Speaking OF the gas wells about Stcubon-
Vile, last evenings Herald says: Operations
at the Buckeye will b. resumed as saon az Il
new rope arrives, which is respected to-day or
Tomorrow. The we'll is now about 1850 feet
deep aud will be sunk to 500 unless gas Is
struck bstore that figure Is reached. Alikan-
ma well Is down 1850 feet and still going.
TIC Jefferson well is down 1850 feet and
will reach its limit OF .. 800 this week. Toronto
we'll is down 2lO0 feet, and will be sunk 200
feet more. Anew company IS being formed
ut New Cumberland for the purpose OF sinh
ing we'll to light and heat the iowa. !! is
thought good vein can be tapped ut Abont
600 feet balow the surface. Fairy ew, W.,
Va, Is talking OF sinking agaI we'll. The
last ], goo feet Of the Jetie!8on we'll have been
composed OF slatc and shsle rock with no
more gas than was at 1880 feet. The old
we'll up Rush Run, belonging TO the Pottery
Co., blew itself out yesterday, shooting to a
Ia. - f.nN N.,H NtNua ) lNna nm,
gone down again. This well was put down
fifteen yeats ego, when big fl1w u gas was
struck, but lis u!e vas not then known aud
the well waI plugged.
The following gas news Is from the Wesh-
ington Reporter The workmen at the reT
oil we'll on the Rush Run farm, near Wet
Middletown, have reached depth of about
five hundred feet. They are making hole
ten inches in diameter, and find II hard dig.
cling on account Of the unusual quantity OF
limestone they have to pag1 through.
A derrick has been erected on the Emery
farm, three-quGrters Of q mile west OF Kick
DRY, and an engine set up preparatory 10
sinking well there. Boring will he COM
menCed at once.
The gas company has purchased two acres
ofground surrounding the McGuGin well
with the view OF erecting buildings and puri-
flying the gas before they send II on lis way
in their pipe line to Pittsburgh. Trenches
have already been dug about two aud a
half feet from the we'll as far as Hickory, the
pipes delivered along The line, aud work
men are ready to begiu putting 1t down. The
company, we understand, agrees to furnish
people aI1rg tho line with gas for fuel and
light in return for the right Of way through
their premiseg.
The gag we'll has now been burning for
about twenty months, woader to thou'
sands OF visitors, and the inhabitants for
many miles around who have watched its
Pickering light infected from the clouds.
The prospects now arc that the light will dis
sppear, az the gas will DO utilized for manu-
featuring nurposSB.