Show A well a milt mile la in depth who among the readers of botet for the he curious knows what has become of the he much talked of enter pric e of sinking a i well a mile in depth on the bogg farm arm near wheeling ava five or six aix years ago in 1890 or 1891 the newspapers of the land fairly leered teemed with ith accounts of the wonderful bogg run well which it was said would eventually he be the deepest artificial hae in the earths I 1 surface about the summer of 1891 it was reported that the bogg run wonder had been drilled to a depth of feet and that in all probability the other jaso feet would be finished before snowfall since that time the editor of this department has patiently awaited the announcement that the well had been finished finish td but no such announce ment meat has as yet been made so far is r we know about the time the well reached the foot mark it was reported that the united states geological society had taken the matter la in hand with th avowed intention of penetrating the earths crust to the greatest depth ever known this tor for the express purpose of studying the increase of temperature at different depths there are several wells in the world that are upwards ot of a mile in depth one at potsdam germany Is exactly feet in depth or within io 10 feet of a mile in Powe con conerity rity iowa there Is a stock well on the farm of one Fal fairhill rhill which is s over three quarters ol of a mile in depth george westinghouse the famous fir air brakeman brake man has a well at al his place near pittsburg which Is dac feet deep or only feet less than a |