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Show NATUIIAI, OAS). Interesting Arroant of the Dctrlopmrnl of a huppl In Hat !'IJcr Count. J-jhiur Ikttrtt A'tut! A few Uaye ago I vl.lled Hie noted gas well, belonging lo Mr. 12llaa Jen-an Jen-an nnd which are located about two lutks west of Ilrlghnm City, or about half a mile abovo tho Central 1'nclfla railway track, In tho midst of a rnthcr desert looking country Intersected by llough.tud alkali Hats. Tho proprietor proprie-tor of tho wells, who also owns a large tract of the adjoining lands, lnfortuod 1110 (hat he llrst discovered gres Lsulng out of Iho ground al dllleretil low places on his land aa early as 16S3, but that ho did not commence to boro till 16SS, aud then tie did It for the irpoaa of getliug water. Having readied n depth of ninety feet a stream cf mud and water shot up Hi Ihe air several feet. After getllug down Willi Ihu boring apparatus 23) hot a much larger stre-im of the samu maUrlal., I repelled by a loworful current of gas, shot forty fist upward, and eoutluiit.l thus like a hugs- tnul pillar, whkh could not be controlled for three weeks or more. At Iho und of that lime the I Ipu romrue-nrsid to ilog up with mud and thu boring was resumed un ll n etc, 111 of 23 feel Was reached, when the 1 Ipe tuddcnlt broke, ai d thelorlug hail tu bo alls duiicd without getting nelthtr water nor g. The next )ear Mr. Jensen commenced com-menced to liore for gas In a boll ire near tlio iot where Iho first altuni t was nude, lo obtain water, nnd alter rest li lug a de 1 th of about one hundrenl feot, u fliu: stream of gis wis olialuctt, which, on belug llhted, male upll lar of lire that lit up the whole nUh-buihocid, nUh-buihocid, and een Ihu sirs ets of llrlg hamCliy,two mlha dlslaut, wereto some exteiit Illuminated tsheu Ihe nhthls wurudark, Mr. Jeitisu soon commenced U utility uti-lity the gas on a small scale, and that tnmei fall (149) ho Liiruid with It r-d.iktt brick and one kiln of lime, whlllnlM)hn tin rued SIOOisi brisk und nearly five thou. ml bushel, of lime I y Iho same 1 roses. Ha could luvn reached far gnats r rerun, than theself Im hi I sinplojrd tho whole si ream an I carried on his busluese 011 a 'arttiratak. ri.o w 11 do neighborhood se cms to l full of gas, and lit lever siols ol wstsi cover the grciind the gn la seen I I bubble Ihrougli luipihk suci isloll. Uullliiulle receiitl) Mr. Jensen resided re-sided ntiir the snt with his family, whocmplo)td gas for Hahlllig their houMi aud also for coAlu; an J other I uriioicu. Al nearly every placo where at-teuibi at-teuibi have Iws-u made to bore, gnu l-stir. forth In great atundanco carry lug with It mud nnd water, whs rehy In course of time large excavations aru niaJe, some of which aro already twenty feet desp or more. The ro-pru ro-pru tor thiiika that by taking the net is-sary is-sary sti'i'" and making certain Im-rocmeiits, Im-rocmeiits, all the gas fount within qulten radius coull lo collsctel lo-nether lo-nether nnd forced IhrLUgh plas. ami thus used for light an I ludu.lrlal ur-nses. ur-nses. Hut It would i-rhaia ru-ipilro ru-ipilro an outlay of fi'i.OJD nlono lo iarry Ihe gas tu Ilrlsham ( II), whero It would bo ery doslrablu to light tho streets. Mr. Jenrcii Is confl lent Hiatal soma future day the utility of this gnat natural agent ol Illumination and heal will make- llrlgham Clly famous, and enliam o the valito of Its prui urty. llrlgham Clly Is Just tutting on her beautiful spring Uri. F.vtry tree nnd shrub Is covered with greuu leave and buds, aud old settlers say that the rrorh blostoms nevs r before npieared In such nrufusa abuudance, and never looked lovelier than they do Ihla tiring. Thulucern and graa Hell., tiiociraiowaand gardena uro coming out Slendidly, and tlio wholu country eras lo rejolcu under tho blessings of uaturu and tlio kind providence of (lod. Anmikw Jk.sho.v. lliiioiusi Citv, May 2, ISM, |
