The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1909-04-29

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scun iaa opportunities elrv wi
never Ord elnH nera
A late disg5rey ~ Rich Hm 3
natural Eaa several weIis har.
busn hpusi % tle near vieiniiy az.
rae gas vas naaentiy piped into a.
tow 1he supply seerns abundant
lt o. tFins nei Tor nghtinx. heafgna
aud eniinn1 purposes To some *.
tent s. hls alneaGg suppiasssd easo.
Hne aHd ceal fgr small power plants
otteg iaf-er power plants are either
matiog Csc sary Changes Tor g.
ne ~ cDnienp atlug its iuirodue.
uou
nirh 1875 s. probably tue OILS
'oWn ia ra sfat- u uissoBn today
that - extensively using Missouri
natural gns
The discovery ~ natural ~ Rtsh
Bm waa nos an accident Ef~ er-
stanee n the aeid exploited ha.
been known Tor many years Many.
iarmers hare 80 times encountered
IL 10 shaking welis for water. II hss
asso been quite often Isund in pros
peetDg for caaL UutH nasentlr.
when pipe3 lato Rieh Hm, It has
seldom been utHiEed Occasionally
some euterprfsing farmer has taken
adTantage ~ hiz discovery and uzn
the hoF o. w-u Tor Hghtlug aud
heating BIS home perhaps loT o1-r
sting a mm for grinding corn Tor
I've stock. or other purpoa. There
= a farm nve miles vest n RIch HW
where Il has been 30 used far several
ears past. On this farm gas Hehfs
ga fhe open barnyard and other
'laces, night and day. Two years
go a nsighboring farmer IN sseklng f.
struck "a strong Cow o gas 5
IS using it now. the same a. his .
eighbor. for lighting and heating Z
il home, and for power In operat- 4
- farm machinery. The volume oil B
as today, on the two farms meu- =
oned, IS a. strong as when first +
.rcoverel. other farms are 10 h. Il
.und in the same section q country 4
here natural gas has not been al 4.
wed 10 go 10 waste.
There IS unquestionably an unde- !
natural gas field In the yiein-
% 3ch Hul Experts have ex- i
mined and prouDuce the formation nj
ost promising Straias Of oil sand 8.
.ve been lreQaeHtly encountered Ga !,
rings mnde for water and coal :,
by shallow bofings have thus far
en- made The company now sup =,
wing Rich HH with gas have five -
us, only two Of which ara being
The deepest Of these wells.
seed four hundred feet. the pres
re varying from ninety 10 one
ndrrd pounds TO the square
The Rich Hnl Natural Gas Comp 2,
3 s. "a home people o~rgaiEaiion. m
0 its members have as their chief X.
'ect the uphuiiding % the town. an
iact0ris and other large CON a..
ners 81 gas, low rates viii De made s.,
e price % citizens for domestir a.
Is thirty cents per thuu.and AN
BE ieeL Tle gas company j. stiu Nj
islrcuug aud hopeful NJ striking to
'gu,i.er when the drIl Is sunk -.
b tato tbe earth. os
.nuther u Of Rich HH arr al.
j. of shaie and clay. suitable for IN
manufacture % brick. tiies and "a
piIe a brick aud tile plant ~.
ring nyr large duwn-draft kilns. M
been ia operation foR the past al.
or two At times this plant a.
been uu4hle 20 supply the de- si
nj for tbeir pruincts. A rein % IN
8, opened on tbesite 90 this plant. 81
piies the uee3od fuel. while the Ia,
material for brck and tile Is 49,.
nd AZ the door 90 the factory.
borough tests 90 the clay beds -,r
e made by experts from ohio
yvan aEo Sc a. insult a cor ma
alton was FORMED with a capital er
uf Si- 0a for the mauuiac ~ f,
uf ule ana sewer pipe at Iich p,t
Grouga was securrd aud the 49,.
q ~ putuug up thr n~rcrssary 49,,
dInEs a woI under way when d.-
huaue.ai ptue spu-ad over the :.
itry and put a stop "a further e,y
O. VIVA ug return 80 prosper
a. e. eNIecfri thc clay b,ds % MI,
Hu wil aulitzl u
il auut hvs n-souce thatfu.
ai niueh tF N'eh Hu T. axe ofi.
3 snn uow uetFiag coa. iut.
on e tae Aariss d-s Uygu : t,et
Vuiiry lands rhc vrratic ~
.as Grs Csgu r,cf rlgsags its brna