Show of natural the first heard of natural ga in the states was in the year 1815 when it was found in charlestown Charles town some six years later a story is told of a woman going out one dark night to draw water at a place called fredonia in new york elate when she put down her lantern much to her consternation a spring of gas by tha well tooer fire in 1824 when lafayette passed through the same neighborhood bo in honor of the oc caon taylor house where he thaid was illuminated with the gas laid on by pipes direct from the earth great reservoirs of natural gas were st tapped in the process of boring artesian wells AS soon as one of alie drills reached a certain depth the whole apparatus was blown high up into the air and cheas escaped by with roar that could bej heard from afar one american gentleman boring for water met with this experience and having no other use for the gas stuck a tall pipe into the hole applied a light to the top when the flame shot upward and thus created a beacon fire which illuminated the country round formales for miles years afterward this light was still burning and probably may be seen to this day |