Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-01-23
SOME WONDERFUL WELLS.
A TRIO THAT PRESENTS EXTRA.
ORDINARY FEATURES.

ORDINARY FEATURES.
Isoarerx. blowers and Gushers-Wells from
Which the Wind Whistles, and Ono Pos
sensing Remarkable Electrical Proper
ties.
Today's excursion among wonders and
shall be taken beneath the sur
face of the earth, in description OF the |
location and character Of "wonderful |
wells"
The old time well, with its long
"sweep" and single rope and bucket at
tached, or the more modern windlass,
with its labor saving device of two buck
cts attached to single rope. wound
around Il cylinder in such manner as
to let one bucket down while the other
one is coming up, the same that was
known to and SO graphically described
BY thcauthor of the ''Oid Oalen Bucket"
or even the present wooden or iron pump
with its manifold attachments, are com.
mon objects in every small city and in
the rural districts. It is not these, but
others dug on similar plans, which it is
proposed to describe under the above
caption.
BRITISH FREAK
One of the most remarkable of the
many wells, which the reader will be
willing to dub a. wonderful" before he
has finished this dissertation. is on the
edge of the Bridlington harbor, in York
shire, England. This we'll was dug in
the early part of the present century and
was first described in a paper read by
DR.. Storer to the Royal society. The bot
tom Of the Bridlington harbor is COM
posed of gravelly. porous clay. In bor-
ing the we'll this stratum was penetrated
and bored through its entire depth and
into q bed of other and more solid clay
below. a copper lining was provided
and the sides of the we'll properly &C.
cured. When the first tide arose after
the we'll was finished it flowed to within
fifty inches OF the mouth Of the boring.
This was nothing singular within itself,
it having regularly SO flowed during the
four weeks that work ON the we'll was
progressing: the well itself furnished the
free show. Before the tide had reached
within thirty yards of the we'll the water
began flowing from the mouth and by
the time it had reached its maximum
height, was gushing out in torrents.
Tho water from the we'll was perfectly
fresh. although the sea water flowed to
within less than five feet Of its mouth.
As the tide rcccdes the fountain gushes
with less aud less impetus until at last it
disappears from view in the cavernous
depths Of the well, only to reappear and
form perfect fountain when the next
tide flows.
THE SIERRA BLANCA ROAEER.
| An American wonder, similar in many
respects to Johnny Bulls Yorkshire mar
vel, and which was fully described in
the columns of the old Republican some
three years ago, is the Sierra Blanca
magnetic we'll on the Texas and Pacific
railroad, in Ell Paso county, Texas. The
well was drilled on the artesian plan in
the spring and summer of 1884. Some
little water was obtained and prospects
were bright until depth of over 600 feet
had been reached, when the tools sud-
denly dropped into a cavern; the bottom
had in reality fallen out" and they were
treated to a rush of cool-not water,
but air. Correspondents by twos, by
singles, by dozens and by scores visit
cd it and telegraphed the results of
their observations to tho leading papers
of the land. Ono of these. in speaking
of the similarity of the ebb and flow of
air to the same phenomena as exhibited
in oc,an tides, says:
From 1915 a. M. to 10:15 p. m. cur
rent Of air rushes out of the pipe with C.
sound resembling the noise made by a
locomotive blowing off steam. and 80
loud that it can DO heard for forty or
| fifty yards. At l0:l5 p. M. the overflow
of air ceases and strong suction sets in
which lasts for t:le next twelve hours,
this ebb and flow continuing day after
day, and it has been observed by horse
men that whenever they get in tho neigh
borhood of this we'll strong magnetic
forces arc felt and sparks given of If
the horses name is touched"
THREW STONES.
| Mr.. Peter Taylor, of Sarnia. Ontario,
was more fortunate than the Texas Pa
citic in getting something tangible from
his roaring we'll, which was sunk some
years since in the suburbs of the city
above mentioned. The well. which had
been drilled 10 a depth Of about $50 feet
before it developed abnormal propensi-
ties, was situated some 300 yards south
of his house, which is one Of the largest
and finest in Sarnia.
AS soon as the cavity had been pene-
tratcd the rush of air. which. by the
way. was expelled with much greater
force than that from tho Sierra Blanca
we'll. was accompanied by millions OF
pebbles and bushels Of sticky yellow clay,
the pebbles varying in size from about
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