The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03
A BOYS PENETRATING GAZE.
a Texas Youths Ability to See I'm
dergrouad streams.


| Austin Tex, Jan. 25.-Guy Fenley. the
fourteen-year-old boy with the x-ray eyes,
| is creating big stir among the stoc Rmen
| of West Texas. This boy. with his re-
| markable pair of eyes. can see water at
any depth in the ground, and has located
a large number of wells. each having an
unfailfng supply of water, on ranches In
that seni-arid section of the State. His
services are in such demand by ranchmen
who want to put down wells for their 1--WE
stock that ne is kept busy at that work all
the time This boy Is the son of Joel c.
Fenley, Il highly respected citizen of
Uvalde, Tex, who Is extensively engaged
i'll raising live stock. The fact that his son
was possessed OF N-ray sight was discov
cred about four years ago He only has
this power of looking far into the depth of
the earth at night. and the darker it Is
the better he can see. On the night that
this wonderful gift was discovered. the
boy and father were walking through a
pasture of a ranch near Uvalde, when Guy
exclaimed:
Look at that stream of wateri'
His father replied that there was no wa
ter to be seen in that locality, but the boy
insisted that he could see a flowing stream
of clear water far down in the ground
Upon reaching home the experiment was
made of bucketful of water being set
der table, and the boy could see 1t plain
ly through the wooden top of the table
when the room was darlSened. Soon after
this Mr.. Fenley determined to put down
stock well on his ranch. and taking his
son with him one night. the latter soon To-
Gated what he asserted was fine stream
of water about 20 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 no to that time was struck
al depth Of IS, feet.
News of the boys wonderful power of
sight began to spread about among the
ranchmen, but 1t was slow to be believed.
and 1t was not until about year ago that
further practical tests Were made of his
X-ray sight. He was taken by Thomas
Devine to his ranch in the northern part
of Uvalde county. where thousands of dol
lars had been expended in vain efforts to
obtain water IT was in the dark of the
moon when the visit to Mr.. Deyines ranch
was made. and the boy was taken out to &
large pasture and led over the ground.
After travelling about for nearly two hours
he glecfully exclaimed that he had at last
found a large stream of water which was
flowing in n southeasterly direction. and
that il was located at depth of about Us
feet below the surface. The spot was
carefully marked. and Mr.. Devine follow
ed the boy for over "A mile along the course
OF the underground stream. Locations
for wells were marked at a number OF
places and the work Of digging for water
began. In each instance d splendid flow & ( |
water was struck at almost the exact |
depth named by the boy.
The above is only one of many cases in |
which young Fenlcy has been successful |
in locating underground supplies of water |
In fact. he has never made failure. He |
was recently offered Slcj to locate a well |
ON +. X. MoOre's ranch In Edwards coun-
~. lie refused to accept the money. but |
went to the ranch and pointed out the spot |
where an underground stream could be |
struck and named the depth the well /
would have to be put down. He said he |
could see the water. and that 1t was a !
splendid stream of pure water. a well |
was dug at the spot indicated and great
flow of water was struck.
The remarkable gift of this boy in pene-
trating the mysteries that lie beneath the
earth : surface has come To the knowledge |
Of a number Of prospectors. and he is be- !
ing urged by them 10 go to east Texas and !