Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-10
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| SOM. WONDERFUL WELLS.
A TRIO THAT PRESENTS EXTRA
ORDINARY FEATURES.
Roarer.. Flowers and Gu.hrrs- Wells from
which the Wind whistles, and One Pos
s-.sing Remarkable Electrical Proper
ties
Today's excursion among wonders and
marvels shall be taken beneath the sur
face of tile 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 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 the author of the "Old Oaken Btu ket,
or even tine present wooden or iron pump
with its manifold attachments, are com
mon objects in every small city and in
the rural districts. 1t is not these, but
others dug Oh 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 As "wonderfui' before he
has finished this dissertation, is on the
edge of the Bridlington harbor, in York
shire England TIN, well was dug in
the early part OF the present century and
was first described in paper read by
Or. Storer to the ROYAL society. The bot
tom of the Bridlington harbor is com
posed OF a Gravelly, porous clay. In Dor
ing the well this stratum was penetrated
and bored through its entire depth and
into a bed of other and more solid clay
below. \ copper lining was provided
and the sides of the well properly Sc
the well 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 well was
progressing: thu well itself furnished the
free show. Before the tide had reached
within thirty yards Of the well the water
|,
the time it had reached its maximum
height, was gushing out in torrents
The water from the well was perfectly
fresh. although the sea water flowed to
within less than five feet of its mouth.
AS the tide recedes the fountain gushes
with less and less impetus until at last it
disappears from view in the cavernous
depths of the WELL only to reappoar and
form perfect fountain when the next
tide flows
THE SIERRA BLANCA RoARER.
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 40. is the Sierra Blanca
magnetic well on the Texas and Pacific
railroad. in FL 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 dcplh of over 600 feet
had been reached, when the tools sud
denly dropped into cavern: the bottom
had in reality fallen out, and they were
treated to rush of cool-not water,
but air. Correspondents by twos, by
singles. by doz rs and by scores visit
ed it and telegraphed the results of
their observations to the leading papers
of the land. One of these, in speaking
of the similarity of the ebb and flow Of
tir to the same phenomena as exhibited
in &C An los. says:
From 1913 a III. to 1913 D. IN. n cur.
rent of air PUSHES out of the pipe with a
sound resembling the noise male by a
como I'VE blowing OFF steam, and so
loud that it can he heard for forty or
fifty yards At 1915 p. M. the overflow
Of air ceases and strong suction sets in
which lasts for the next twelve hours.
tins ebb and flow continuing day after
DAY, and it has been observed ~ horse
men that whenever they get in the neigh
oorhood of this well strong magnetic
forces are felt and sparks given off if
the horses name Is touched.
THREW sTOyEs
Mr. Peter TAYLOR. of Sarnia. Ontario.
was more fortunate than the Texas Pa
not. l..
his roaring we'll. which was sunk some
years since in the suburbs of the city
above noniioued Tie wei, which had
been drille't to a depth of about $50 feet
bef'r. ii developed abnormal propens-
les. WAS situated some 600 Yards south
If his luiise which is one of the largest
and in N Sarnia
As som as the cavity had been pene-
trattei the rush OF air. which. by the
way. was expelled with much greater
force than that from the Sierra Blanca
well, WAS accompanied by millions of
pebbles and bushels of sticky yellow clay
the pebbles varying in size from about
Che higness Of a hickory nut up to some
which were almost as large as a mans
H'dA 4itt ldtNti NtisfililE from tiEnt TO
fife pounds That these stones were
expelled with great force may he guessed
from the fact that tfey were thrown hun
drv'is of feet high. many Of them going
entirely over the Taylor residence nich
as abNe mentioned, stood 3Vo wards
north Of the well
Uurin. the time of this remarkable
displat there was a constant. ever in.
crras'iia; roar Issuing from the bowels ol
the ear;h through the well. the small
ness Of which seemed slowly to cheek the
p.nt ny for'',- in the suoterranesrN -lilt,l
ami sas the whole town from Il coating
Of cll5 aad 4 Commandment of rocks II
was a'slui i:.i3 o'cios !; in the afternoon
when tile tTst pTemonition Of coming
trsu5ie was noticed in Eurgiing Sounds
procees,iag from the well. and for about
an houf and half. or until 6 p NJ.
Tay Tor home una,le geyser was the wen
des Of all tHat part of Canada able to gel
within hearing or to catch a glimpse OF
the cone shaped column Of mud. stones
and water that were being shot into the
boreal atmosphere John W. Wright in
St. Louis Republic