Show BIG MOSES ABLAZE the big moses gas well on the spencer arm on indian creek tyler county W va struck by lightning the other day extinguished itself the same evening alter after consuming the derrick and all the combustible matter within reach the pressure was so great th that at it simply blew itself out after furnishing the natives of that country with one of the grandest grandest sights ever witnessed the flames aames at no time descended nearer than lorty forty feet of the hole and the swaying to and fro of the thereat I 1 great mysterious invisibly supported flambeau hundreds of feet high to which was added a deafening roar made a spectacle awe inspiring and terrible I 1 nothing had ever before been struck that approached the big moses in magnitude the pressure when an avenue ot of escape to an eight and one quarter inch hole lor for three months defied every t effort to bring it under control the earth treni trembled tiled within low 1000 feet odthe of the well and the roaring i 4 monster could be distinctly heard lor a distance ot of twelve miles ati accurate gauge of this jumbo of all jumbos baa bas ever been taken at one time a partial test was made with as ordinary steam gauge and it showed a pressure of forty four pounds from an eight and one quarter inch opening at another time from a three inch opening it showed a pressure of pounds the first fifteen seconds then attempts at a tom complete test had to be abandoned when flowing through the casing its daily capacity was estimated by experts to be from to cubic feet a day it was struck in november of last year and during six months of the timis time since then the valuable fluid went to waste taking the lowest estimate feet a day and con I 1 ag ate at twenty five cents PC peri r i cubic feet as ts tsi the i aciz city gas companies for sk six months th the e result presents an array ok of futures too great for the comprehension of the human mind when reduced to the coin of the realm the bowness expended in shutting the well in and three months after it broke through and forced its way up through the surface A powerful pump was then set up near the well and for five days they pumped water into the monster with the hope that the gas pressure could be crowded back and give them a chance to put in a packer but their efforts proved futile for the water was again forced to the surface front fissure that it made and the result was dozens of geysers spurting up into theair some of them even made their appearance almost a half mile from the well some idea of the noise that it makes may be had when it is stated that two persons standing side by side find it impossible to converse understandingly within a half mile of the well the thea owners will not abandon all hope of shutting it in they expect to begin work on it again dis dispatch a |