Year: 1871

your Guy.


TWO WELLS AT PAINESvILLE.


At Painesville the gas was first dis.
covered during the present year, and is
the constant theme OF conversation.
Two wells have been bored-one on
the farm of Mr.. c. c, Jennings, and
the other on the Seminary grounds, and
both are yielding constant and abund-
ant supply of the gas.


Senator John &. Easement, the SON
in.law OF Mr.. Jennings, was the first to
commence operations. He had no in
dications that he would find gas, but he
was possessed with the idea and pro-
ceeded to carry out his intentions. The
well was commenced last season, but
for several reasons little progress was
made. 1t was bored through the vari-
Gus strata Of earth and stone, and is
lined, like oil wells, with wrought iron
pipes. Drilling was commenced in the
spring, and at three hundred and fifty
feet below the surface gas was found in
sufficient quantity to run the engine. AT
f.e hundred and fifty feet large vein
was struck Of such power as to stop
work. The boring was continued to
the depth OF seven hundred feet, which
is the present depth. The vol
ume OF gas is so great that good judges
estimate that it Is sufficient to supply a
city as large as Cleveland. 1t comes
through the pipe with loud rush, and
is Of great purity. The well has been
visited by thousands, many coming
from great distance to witness It's burn
ing. 1t is conveyed to the dwelling
house several hundred feet distant, and
is used not only for Illuminating pur-
poses but also for heating. The entire
cost was about $1,000 and the supply
is sufficient to repay the eutire cost in
n short time. In company with a
friend your correspondent visited the
place and was kindly received 10y Gen.
Easement and his wife, who showed us
everything connected with the well.


HOW THE GAs Is USED.


The manner in which the gas il used
for heating and cooking in the dwelling
house is very interesting. In the libra
ry was an open fire place and what
seemed to be a rousing hickory fire, but
in fact the logs Of wood on the andirons
were admirable limitations made of terra
Gotta. Bv turning a small faucet near
the fire place the blaze was increased
and diminished at pleasure To show
us how easy it was to light it, the gas
was turned off and a lighted match
thrown on the loga. The gas was turn
ell on and in an instant we had a beau.
tful fire. 1t leaves no dust nor smoke,
and in every room in the house fires
can be lighted at any moment with as
much facility as the chandeliers. In
the ranges in the kitchen, and in all
the stoves, nothing il employed for heat
ing but the gas. Hundreds Of cubic feet
are daily consumed, and the saving in
coal and wood amounts to considerable
sum. 1t is 80 convenient, too, and 80
perfectly under control that it proves TO
be very economical fuel The grounds
which surround the house are illunina-
ted night and day and remind one Of
your city parks.


ANOTHER WELL.


The well at the Seminary, which is
located at the opposite end OF the town,
and over a mile from Easements well
has just proved successful, and the pro-
fessors and scholars are very jubilant
about it. The drilling was done by
Wass & Brother, who also bored the
well just alluded to, Small veins were
struck about fifty feet below the surface,
and large one was reached at 800 feet
The largest vein, which they have just
reached at a depth 0! 700 feet, IS so
power'ul that the water n the bore wss
thrown 10 a great height, and with such
force that the roofing over the works
was in danger Of beng DESTROYED. The
volume can not be determined, but it is
more than sufficient TO supply the Insti-
tu,e with light and heat.