Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-02-21

A Fourteen-year-o1d Lad Credited
With Seeing Water at Any Distance
Underground Every Well Sunk
Has Proved Correctness of His
Sight-Attested by a Judge.
Guy Fenley, the 1~4-year-old boy with
the "X ray" eyes, is creating a big stir
among the stockmen of west Texas,
says the Austin correspondent Of the
Chicago Record. This boy, with his
remarkable pair Of eyes, can, it is al
legged, see water at any depth in the
ground, and he has located a large
number Of wells, each having an IN
failing supply of water, on ranches in
that semiarid section of the state. His
services are in such demand by the
ranchmen who want to put down wells
for their live stock that he has been at
his home in Uvalde very little since the
discovery was made of his wonderful
natural gift. This boy is the son Of
Joel G. Fenley, a stockman Of Uvalde.
The alleged fact that he is possessed
of "X ray" sight was discovered about
four years ago. He only has this sight
at night, and the darker it is the better
he can see into the depths of the earth.
On the night that his wonderful gift
was discovered he and his father were
walking through a pasture Of a ranch
"a Uvalde when the boy exclaimed:
"Look at that stream Of water!"
His father replied that there was no
water to be seen in that locality, but
the boy insisted that he could see a
flowing scream far down in the ground.
Upon reaching home, it is said, the ex-
pertinent was made with a bucket Of
water being set Under a table, and the
boy could see it plainly through the
wooden table when the room vas dark
ened. Soon after this Mr.. Fenley de-
termined to put down a stock we'll on
his ranch, and, taking his son with
hin one night, the latter, it is claimed,
soon located what he asserted was a
fine stream of water about 200 feet be-
low the surface. He described minute
~ the different strata Of earth and
rock that lay between the surface and
the water. The we'll was sunk on the
spot indicated by the boy. and me of
the finest flows of water ever obtained
in that section up to that time was
struck at a depth OF lS( feet.
News of the boys wonderful power
of sight began to spread about among
the ranchmen, but it was slow to be
believed, and it was not until about a
year ago that further practical tests
were made of his * ray" sight. He
was taken by Thomas Devine to his
ranch in the northern part of Uvalde
county, where thousands Of dollars had
been expended in a vain effort to OBJ
tain water. 1t was in the dark Of the
moon when the visit to Mr.. Devine'S
ranch was made, and the boy was tax
en- out and led over the place. After
travelling about for nearly two hours
he gleefully exclaimed, according to
the report, that he had at last found
q large stream of water which was
flowing in a southeasterly direction,
and that it was located at a depth Of
about It's feet below the surface. The
spot was carefully marked, and Mr..
Devine followed the boy for over a
mile along the course of the under
ground stream. Locations for wells
were marked at a number of places
and the work of digging for water be-
gun. In each instance a splendid flow
O1 "dISl q 81 d1h AI1OO g. CO
exact depth named by the boy.
The above is only one Of many cases
in which it is claimed young Fenley
has been successful in locating under
ground supplies of water. He was re-
Gently offered $500 to locate a well OF
f. K. Moore's ranch in Edwards coun-
ty. He refused to accept the money,
but went to the ranch and pointed gu
the spot where an underground stream
could be struck and named the dept
the we'll would have to be put down
He said thai he could see the water
plainly, and that it was a splendid
stream of pure water. A well was dug
at the spot indicated, and a great flow
Of water was struck.
The remarkable gift of this boy has
come to the knowledge of a number OF
oil prospectors, n he is being urged
by them to go to east Texas and show
them the flow of oil and at what depth
in the earth it is to be found. He vii
accept some of these offers to locate OF
deposits or flows as soon as he fnishe:
locating underground water supplies
for a number of west Texas stockmen
to whom he las already promised his
services. He is now in Brewster coun
ty, locating wells On the ranch Of
Judge w. Van Sickle of Alpine. Judg'
Van Sickle is a member of he stat'
legislature and is now in Austin
Speaking of the wonderful gift of thi
boy, he said:
"That Guy Fenley, this 14-year-ol(
boy, is possessed of an x ray sigh
cannot be questioned. He has demon
strated his ability to see underground
streams of water, no matter what thei
depth may be, on a number of occa
sions, and the stockmen of west Texa
J have ample proof of his power in thi