CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-02-21
BOY LOCATES WATER
MANY TEXAS RANCHES HAVE
BEEN BENEFITED.
A Wonderful Fourteen-Year-Old Youth L.
Credited With sX-Ray" Sight-Judge
and Member of the Legislature Declare
1t Is So.

Guy Fenley, the fourteen-year-old boy
with the ''X-ray" eyes, Is creating a
big stir among the stockmen of west
ern Texas, says an Austin correspond
ent Of the Chicago Record. This boy.
with his remarkable pair of eyes can,
1t is alleged, see water at any depth in
the ground, and he has located a num-
ber of wells, each having an unfailfng
supply of water, on ranches in that
semi-arid section of the state. His ser
vices are in such demand by the ranch
men 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 at Uyalde.
The alleged fact that he is possessed of
"X-ray" sight was discovered ebout
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
near 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
flowing stream far down in the ground.
Upon reaching home. It is said, the ex-
pertinent was made with a bucket of
water being set under n table and the
boy could see 1t plainly through the
wooden table when the room was dark
ened. Soon after this Mr.. Fenley de
termined to put down stock well on
his ranch, and taking his son with him
one night. the latter. It is claimed, soon
located what he asserted was a fine
stream Of water about 200 feet below
the surface. He described infinitely
the different strata of earth and rock
that lay between the surface and the
water. The well was sunk on the spot
Indicated by, the boy, and one of the
finest flows of water ever obtained in
that section up to that time was struck
at a depth of 1877 feet
Judge Van Sickle Is member of the
state Legislature and is now in Austin
Speaking OF the wonderful gift of this
boy, he said:
That Guy FenIey, this fourteen.
year-old boy. is possessed OF an .X-ray'
sight cannot be questioned. He has
demonstrated his ability to see under
ground streams of wafer no matter
what their depth may be. on a number
of occasions. and the stockmen of west
IeAas nave ample PROOF OF his power
in this line / engaged him to 20 to
Brewster. county and locate two wells
on the ranch which is owned by d. ].
Combs and myself. This ranch is 10
Gated in a very dry country. known as
the Glass Mountains We have made a
vain search for water on this ranch,
having sunk a well to n depth of COZ
feet at cost OF 81 500 without striking
water. This boy has already located
two wells on the ranch, one at n depth
Of 20 feet and the other at n depth OF
400 feet, both containing an abundant
supply OF pure water, and well drilling
outfits are now at work sinking other
wells on the ranch with no doubt about
securing water"
The Hon. John y. Garner of Uvalde,
representative from that place in the
state Legislature. corroborated all that
is said about the Fenley boy by Judge
Van Sickle. Many tests have been
made by the people Of Uvalde to dem
onstrate fully The "X-ray" power OF
the boys sight. Buckets of water have
been placed under buildings and the
boy has never failed to loacte the wa
ter. His eyes have been carefully ex-
amincd by local medical men, but no
apparent peculiarities in them have
been found.