The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-27
MAKE A BIG FIND
SPECTATORS AT TIE PROSPECT
WE'LL MAKE A DISCOVERY.

WELL MAKE A DISCOVERY.
While Grabbing In the Clay They Discover
Piece of Asphalt which Almost Sets
nm Old Miner Wild with Joy-Re Gives
a Scientific Explanation of the Dummy
Substance and Leaves to have 1t Ana
Iyzed-Every Man on the Grounds Takes
o. aft Of the Miners Mine Blossom
Down 125 Feet and Prospects Good.
When the auger at prospect we'll
coached depth Of 10 feet, there was
a crash and the machinery stood still
The break was not a serious one and
only included "a windlass, but Like
cog in the machinery of a newspaper
office, the break was sufficient TO stop
work until the next morning.
AT ITO feet the appearance Of the blue
clay had changed to a marked degree
from the specimen shown by the log
at seventy-five feet. At seventy-five
feet the clay wins streaked with gypsum
and great apprehensfons were enter
would show I'D as the next strata in
stead az soapstone. as was desired. In
case OF gypsum being reached ii will
necessitajte much more tubing than
would be the case with soapstone or
even rock.
The water from the subferranean riv-
er has been completely shut out and no
longer interferes with the work of drill
ing and work will be commenced today
and be continued night and day until
depth Of $500 feet is reached unless
som sthing of valuable nature is reach
ed at less distance.
CITY Engineer Jackson and Contrac-
tor Austin express IL as their opinion
that by Christmas they will be able to
lay before the citizens of Wichita
complete log of tine earth underlying
the city and tell them the exact depth
of each strata and how far it will be
necessary to sink shaft to reach either
salt or coal. In case either gas or Oil
is found the hole they are now boring
can he used.
From the appearance Of the Clay At rs
now 1Nelieved that soapstone and not
gypsum Will be reached within dis
tance of the next fifty feet. 1t is also
hoped that coal Blossoms will be found
but not in paying quantities, as 1t IS
expected tfept a heavy ledge of rock
will have TO be passed through.
Since the Lu1Eblica ton in yesterdays
Eagle of the successful days work,
hundreds have visited the location of
the we'll and grabbed in the cold clay
in hopes Of finding some new develop
ments II was nothing to hear some
one exclairn: Il have actually found
micar' Yes, mere is gray copper, which
Is the same fhllg as silver" IF had
q pan I could make "a a day washing
out gold and silver!
About this time some one dropped
a piece of asphalt in the clay and care
fully covered it up. II was not long
until 1T was picked up by a man named
Reece, who had years of experience in
mining. He gave a whoop which
would have done credit to Kiowa and
cried Eureka Grabbing was stop
ped and all gathered around the old
miner anxious to learn what had caus-
ed the excitement.
The miner adjusted his spectacles /
and informed them that he held in his /
hand a blossom which was always
found in the vicinity of rich mines. !
That he had worked in the great Vir-
vinla mine in Arizona and also i'm Cal |
ifornia and at both places blossoms |
like he held in his hand were extracted |
from rocks by great volcanic eguptions |
and that during the intense heat a
Tummy substance was thrown out like /
this identical piece. In proof of what |
Mr. Reece had said about the piece /
being gunrny. he asked each man TO |
take bite (which they did This done /
he carefully folded up the piece OF as !
pfiart, declaring he would send it TO |
and have the blossom fully |
analysed. So saying he went off.
Another excitement was created by |
some one declaring that Fitzpatrick /
had q fit on the north side of the der |
rick Everybody rushed round to give /
the poor fellow relief, cursing the luck 1
that doctors, like policemen, were never |
where they were wanted. After con- |
sid cradle pounding and rolling the sew |
er inspector WAS brought to, and gasp |
ed out that he had dropped the asphalt |
into the clay. and had almost ruptured |
himself laughing while the men were |
engaged in biting the stuff.
Among those present yesterday were /
a number of persons who declared that |
they had had years Of experience in /
worrying in shafts. Some one venrur- |
ed the assertion that If anything was /
found outside of oil or gas. that it would /
be impossible TO sink a shaft at Wich- .
ita on account of the ssIbteranean giV-
er with thirty-four feet of flowing wa |
ter, alleging that ii woglld he impossible 4
TO SMUT out the water; but what II /
would flow in and fill the shaft. The I
question was asked one of the miners 4
and he gave the following plan. which /
he declared had been successfully tried |
at other places, and could be adopted /
here, but said There were many other |
plans. but he believed his would be the /
most successful. He said:
You dig the top part of the shaft at /
least sixteen feet in Hamter, and place |
a water tight wood casing. On the in /
side Of this casing You place another |
casing at least two feet less in dame /
ter. and clean out all the sand from
between the two castings and in this 1
space you fill UP the cavity with flour. 1
What little water ceapeS through the /
first casing will form a perfect dough |
and in time win pe6rify the wood. and /
in this manner the shaft will be walled /
with a casing as firm as though rock. /
In some places a third casing has been /
used, but il is very seldom necessary.
After the two castings efe firmly driven /
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