Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03

WlIhlU II I'VE IeeC OF llS mouth.
As the rtdes the fountain gushes
" tn les, . less impetus until at last it
disappear, from view in the cavernous
depths Of the well, only to reappear and
form perfect fountain when the next
tide flows
tn :!.RRA BLANCA RoARER.
An y .r....;I wonder, similar in many
respcc NY Bulls Yorkshire mar
vel, a was fully described in
the CO The old Republican some
three ..s -, is the Sierra Blanca
magl., u the Texas and Pacific
railro :. t'Lso county, Texas. The
well q ON the artesian plan in
the sp,, . Summer of 1854. Some
little w. 'loitained and prospects
were is, / adebth of over 600 feet
had II, ned, when the tools sud
denly Gy .''h cavern; the bottom
had in r. .., a,lrn out, and they were
treated g.. d rush of cool-not water,
but ali curFeapondents 10y twos, by
singles, .,2'Hs and by scores visit
cd it g. a@raphed the results of
their Of, .' s to the leading papers
of the ,e of these, in speaking
of the SIM. of the ebb and flow of
air to jan...a.' phenomena as exhibited
in &C ans. .,. says:
"Fr ~ - Il. IN. to 1915 p. III. a cur
rent OF :..t' ,,'ias out of the pipe with
sound l- .1olng the noise made by
locomotive flowing off steam, and SO
loud that il can be heard for forty or
fifty yards At 1915 p. m. the overflow
of air ceases and q strong suction sets in
which lasts for the next twelve hours,
this ebb and flow continuing day after
day, and it has been observed by horse
men that whenever they get in the neigh
borhood of this well strong magnetic
forces are felt and sparks given off if
the horses name is touched"
THREW STONES.
NJ. Peter Taylor, of Sarnia, Ontario,
was more fortunate than the Texas Pa
cifc in getting something tangible from
his roaring well, which was sunk some
years since in the suburbs Of the city
above meiiiuH",.. The well, which had
been driie,. 10 "a depth of about 100 feet
before il d.. oped abnormal propensi-
ties, was si,nnted some 300 yards south
of his hou &c. vhich is one of the largest
and finest l-. mia.
AS soon a. ',.e cavity had been pene-
trated the rusll of air, which, by the
way, was expelled with much greater
force than that from the Sierra Blanca
we'll, was accompanied by millions of
pebbles and bushels of sticky yellow clay,
the pebbles varying in size from about
the bigness of hickory nut up to some
which were almost as large as a mans
head, the latter weighing from eight to
fifteen pounds. That these stones were
expelled with great force may be guessed
from the fact that they were thrown hun
dreds of feet high, many of them going
entirely over the Taylor residence, which,
as above mentioned. stood 800 yards
north of the wen
During the time of this remarkable
display there was constant, ever in
creasing roar issuing from the bowels OF
the earth through the well, the small
ness of which seemed slowly to check the
pent up forces iii the subterranean boiler
and save the whole town from coating
of clay and hombardment of rocks. It
was about 4:)0 o'clock in the afternoon
when the first premonition of coming
trouble was noticed in gurgling sounds
proceeding from the well, and for about
an hour and half, or until 6 p. M,
Tovlor's home made pevser was the won
der of all that part of Canada able to get
within hearing or to catch a glimpse Of
the cone shaped column of mud, stones
and water that were being shot into the
boreal almosphere.-John w. Wright in
st. Louis Republic.