Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-07-20
FOUND BY THE NEEDLE.



A Huge Iuaccss,lble Mass OF Iron Gro "a
Russia.
Science has Just demonstrated thu
there lies under the historic Russiar
town of Moscow mass of iron ore
miles In length and breadth, and pow
erful enough to defect the magnetic
needle and pull plumb line from the
vertical throughout a large region
but Investigation also makes 1t proba
BILE that this mass is about seven miles
below the surface-a fact calculated tc
cool the ardor of spectators for some
time to come. We translate from
"Gaea," Leipsic, April, an account OF
the discovery Of this inaccessible ore
bed, which human eye has never seen:
"When recently. for the first time In
fifty years. n new triangulation oil
European Russia had been begun. the
remarkable fact was discovered that
in the neighborhood of Moscow the
plumb line suffered very notable do
viation from the vertical. This devia'
ton appeared greatest within u zone
that extended about forty kilometers
Twenty -four miles) north and south
and one hundred and eighty kilometers
lone hundred ana twelve mlles) east
and west. Here the lower end of the
line was deviated eleven seconds to the
north of the vertical. About twelve
kilometers (scvcn and half miles,
south of Moscow, on q line running
approximately east and west, It's direc-
ton Is normal, while farther south the
lower end of the line Is deviated about
five seconds toward the south. So
noteworthy n deviation of the line
in level region seems to indi-
cate that heavy masses Of consider
able thickness must be situ-
ated there, under the earth's
surface. Great masses of iron were
naturally thought of first, and an ut
tempt was made to demonstrate the
existence Of such masses by means of
measurements of terrestrial magnet
ism. The scientist II. Fritsche, SO well
known on account of his researches in
terrestrial magnetism, made, in June,
1893, q magnetic survey of the neigh
borhood of Moscow for eighty kilome-
tiers fifty miles, around. The terres-
trial magnetic elements were precisely
measured for th!rty-one localities, and
indicated geographically on map.
1t was shown that in zone twenty
kilomcters Twelve and half miles,
wide from north to south and one hun
drcd and fifty (ninety-three miles, long
from east TO west, inclu lin Moscow,
the total intensity OF the earth's mag
nctic force is considerably greater than
north or south of this zone; the anom-
ally Is greater than in the eastern. A
chart of the anomalies of magnetic in
ciination shows that the deviation of
the magnetic needle from the horizon
tai Is greater than the normal north of
Moscow and smaller to the south, and
Il chart of the anomalies OF dec,ination
deviation from true north shows sim
liar Irregularities. These researches
lead to the conclusion that where the
neighborhool of Moscow, huge masses
OF iron lie buried underground, and
that they possess north ma gnetism in
u middle zone ami south magnetism In
two subsidiary zones stretching north
and south therefrom. The question
how deep this mass lies cannot GER
tainly be answered., but, according to
Fritsche's estimate, it may be assumed
that the middle zone lies scarcely less
than thirty-fve THOUSAND feet below
the surface An exploitation OF this
immense mass of ore is therefore i'm
possible. owing to the depth at which
it is situated. Digest