The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-27
SPIRITS STRIKE GAS.
MRS. ALDRICH OF MENDOZA, ILLS,
LOCATES WELLS.
She Excited the People Of Princeton, Ills,
by Her Wonderful Pewsr-Mysterious
"Guids" Said to Direct Hsr-shs Works
While In a Trance.

by Her Wonderful Pswsr-Mysterious
While In q Trance.
People III Princeton, Ills, are greatly
excited about clsirvoyant who is dis
covering oil wells through the assist.
ance Of an Indian guide. She is Mrs.
II. b. Aldrich of Mendoza, Ills, and
her successes have been 30 remarkable
as to convince prospectorE that she has
some power which is away out of the
ordinary run Of everyday affairs. Mrs
Aldrich has already located l 1 wells out
of total of 10 trials. Gas has been dis
covered within the city limits of Prince
ton by Mrs. Aldrich's clsirvoyance or
the ability of her "guide" to see under
ground or by some other power the ex-
act nature Of which is not and perhaps
never will be known.
The Princeton we'll was found by
Mrs. Aldrich on the property of the
creamery firm Of Wood & Vedder The
| location was made ON Oct. 26. Drilling
began Nov. 25, and after three days OF
labor and anxiety gas was found at
depth of 1870 feet and yielding pressure
of six pounds On the following Mon
day the pressure had increased 10 nine
pounds, which 10 enough to not only
furnish heat, light and prepslling pow
or for the creamery, but heat and light
for q numbs Of dwellings in that vicin-
ity.
The Princeton find is the result OF
that spirit Of curiosity which 10 30 nee
essary TO progress at times. Considering
the wide prevalence Of natural gas in
this county, several gentlemen OF this
city recently decided to form club for
the purposs of pros citing investigation.
After little dissu ssien an organization
Of 28 was formed, with the simple plan
of starting with = fund Of $llb, or SO
apiece, this money 10 go toward locat-
ing and developing gas wells Ii the
party on whose ground the well was To-
Gated should succeed in finding gas, he
was then to assume all the expense OF
obtaining it, and the original sum was
to 20 toward finding gas on the proper
ty of some other member Of the club.
OF course if gas failed to appear after
two or three attempts the club would
naturally dissolve, as the expense in
Cured in locating and drilling for the
article in two or three cases would ex
haust the fund.
The smallness of the sum set apart 10y
this club and the general limitation
imposed were all owing to a peculiar
contingency that entered into theil
whole movement They had heard o
the successful locations made by thu
clairvoyant and were anxious to test he
themselves, and their fund, though
small, was sufficient for that purpose
They had heard of the wells OF Messrs
Joe and Fred Albreest Of Ohio station
/ of the we'll located for John lsaaos
Maiden, Of John Ellis, Henry and Har
| ysy Coddington, farmers living mort
Of here, and the satisfaction given them
| Here were ten locations made by hsi
each one yielding gas The club decide
. that she should locate for them also
, True, she had marked out two other lo
/ cations which had failed, owing, as IN
explained, to her directions not havln
been obeyed-one for William Suite
of Maiden and one for Henry WsllI
living near Dover. But 10 successes OF
of IL ventures were considered a sal
proportion from even strict busine'
: point of view So she was sent FOL
with the result already mentioned.
. Mrs. Aldrich is large, comedy won
a an of about 46, pleasant and quiet
y her manner. She has followed clairvoy
: ancy for IS years, having begun for tn
{ medical treatment OF her two children
a who were delicate. From this begir
s ming she has developed through diffe
j. emit stages and 10 now especially prom
nent for her gas we'll locations and h'
o ability to locate stolen or lost proPsrt,
v The locations Of the wells are mac
Y while she is in trance, during whic
J. she follows the direction of what OIL
Is calls guide, tracing the gas veii
Is to a convsrsing point or place OF stroi
l. gest pressure, which il indicated to n
Y BY sheet Of flame appearing before h
% eyes. Here she directs stake to
d driven, and here the drill-ssnerally
/. two inch drills set to work. VINE
gas is struck, the hole is piped.
" The veins located by her are general
ID from 1870 to 200 feet from the surface
10 the ground and have been opened by
ts H. Conant d Co. of Dover, who ha'
1t drilled after all her locations. Som
L. times the veins yield internationally, b
a. usually they settle down to stea1
flow. Occasionally we'll needs clea
ing out, in which case it often ylei
even better than Mt first.
L. Some have thought, and others ST
e think, that because this is gas ar
h. therefore any one can locate gas ut IA
OF dom, but the facts show that many ha
he made q number Of attempts before nm
il ing gas; some have failed altogethe
Of while occasionally some one strikes
.. at the first attempt. He usually stops
III that one.
IN But there is no record in this secti
N Of any one having made one succsssf