The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1909-04-22

aN8N fuea u~NbNNtANiAta NNt WIZ
never aud tl-awhfrs
a late diseouv ~ kieh Hii T.
natural naa several wells have
been bonsdin ths near rieiuiiy and
the g8a was recently piped into me
town The supgiy seems abunaapt
belng deed Cor lighting, beating
and CULINARY purposes To sone *
tent t has already sDpplauted gaeo-
Tine and coal fpr small power plants
other larger power piants aFs other
making the aw changes toF ~
or contemplating its inirodue
IOn.
EIeh HM q probably The oily
town mfhs state 81 Missouri today
that S. extensively Using Missouri
natural gas
The discovery % uaturSi az hich
Hu was NOT au accident tt eK-
istance 10 the ned exploited has
been known for many years Many
farmers have at times encountered
81 in sinking neiis for water. II bas
also been quite often found in pros
p-cuur for csnL Uutil Hoently,
when piped into Rich lin. It has
seldom been uuIizal Occasionally
some e-nterfrising farmer has taken
ADVANTAGE IS bis discovery and used
the Tow o. w-ll for lighting and
heating bis home. perhaps for oper
atinE q mIiI flr grinding corn FOR
i've stock. or other purpose. There
is "A farm I'VE miles west Il Rich Hlll
where Il has been so used for several
years past. on this farm gas fgbts
barn ia the open barnyard and other
places. night and day Two yean
ago "a neighboring farmer In seeking
water struck @ strong flow Of gas.
He f. using itnow. the same a. his
neighbour. for lighting aud heating
his home. and for power ia operat-
ing farm machinery. The volume OF
gas today. on the two farms men
toned. is as strong as when first
discovered. other farms are TO b.
/ found in The same section Of country
where natural gas has not been al
flowed to 20 20 waste.
There is unquesuonably an unde
/ veloped natural gas field in the vicin
1.-TWO Rich Hin. Experts have ex
lamiped and pronounce the formation
most promising Stratas Of oil sand
have been frequently encountered II
borings made for water AID coal
! only shallow behring's have thus IA
been made. The company now sup
plying Rich HIl with gas have hy'
wells. only two Of which III beinl
4 used. the deepest Of these wells
lexosed four hundred feet, the pres
ture varying from ninety 20 on
hundred pounds 10 the squar
inch
The Rich HiH Natural Gas Conn
any IS a home people Organization
aud its members have az their chi'
object the uphuilding Of the towr
To factories aud other large COT
sumers oIgas. low rates viii be mad'
The price to citizens for domestI
use S thirty cents per thousan
cubic feet. The gas company IS ST
prospecting and hopeful of strikin
gusher when the drill IS sun
deep into the earth.
Another resource 81 Rich Hin al
beds oi shale aud clay. suitable L
the manufacture OF brick, ulei an
sewer pine a brick and tile plan
.hayin- hyc large dowB-draft kiln
j. has beeu Ia operation ioE the pa
wear or two AT times this piaI
u has bten unable 10 supply the d
m,nd for their products. A vein
coal. Opened GOA thssie Of this plan
supplies the needed fuel, while q
faW material for br,cs aud tile
found Il the door Of the factory.
Tbaroueh tests of the clay Les
p we've made by eXpeTts from Oh
NV. hNEkA~ aAkr ~ q ANaAtN ~ ~
nornuon was lormed with "A capt.
' stasa of sI2l0U for the mauuia
ture uitae aud sewer piIe az ldl
ann Grouud was secured and g
WORK ui putting up uic uecessa.
1. builJi-s was well under way wh.
tho financial panic SPREAD oSer q
country 4ud puJ a stop ~ mrth
WORKS Wita tAc ncgaru 81 prosp'
ty 81. Is expected the clay beds
R.ca utt. WA tZ uuiircd;
etW another Usourv al
pettui s much fur Rch hti Il q
iraiua4 s,>Jrm nuw ueariaE coI
pl,tlla. 81 the Marits dos Cysa
t.yer valley lands The ezra.
Nauas drs gsgurs river ugmgs
course at varying distances tp &
uorth an csst og Rica HHL It's