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Lsfman was ingnivBORING FOR WATERHiscliiiiery Create a Sensation InAtlanta.Col. J. W. Baum who is well known inWhothis place and who it will be rememberedwas in town last spring to purchase drillingmachinery of Struthers, Wells Co., hasbeen creating much excitement in Atlanta,a «Ga. In this section of country where drilling is as common as profanity;, the follow ingaccount of the Colonel’s operations, which* • 1 1we clip from the Atlanta Constitution, willFlBargfinesOupossiprove very amusing.An immense jam of people collected aboutthe artesian well machinery yesterday afternoon to see it started off’. At three o’clockthe place was full, and the jam increasedconstantly from that time till four, at whichW _ • ' time the crowd amounted to a crush. Thederrick was dotted over with boys and menwho had climbed up on it, and the fencesand shed roofs were loaded. The windowsofthe adjacent buildings were also filledwith anxious faces, waiting for the important moment. At fifteen minutes of four pj the augur stem, an immense iron rod aboutt'-f-a • I■ ■■ ■' Hi #•; ■four or five inches in diameter and twenty h1 Haor thirty feet long, was hung, and the cablerun up, and it swung into the air. Then bnuthe big steel bit was fastened on the lowerAend and with great wrenches tne bit was on ,screwed 011 as tight as wax. Then it was T lowered into a square hole several feet deep fjw that was cased with wood in the center of the derrick. The cables were all gotten in citiireadiness, the word was given, the engine I Rthrobbed almost noiselessly, the white steam dueI nonblew out and about the little shed, the wheels venmoved, the cable went up and earned with u ^ it the augur stem and drill, a second and poi,down the sharp point came and struck in Mathe soft clay. Up! down ! up ! down ! awayit went amid cheers of the crowd and the Jl!merry whistle of the engine a great crow-* - .bar cutting into the clay like a man diggingXa post hole. A barrel of water stood nearby and a few bucketfuls were poured in andthe clay became mud. Down went the drilland away tugged the machinery. After go-W —ing down seven or eight teet in the clay,which required about fifteen minutes, thedrill was stopped and pulled aside and asmall cable—the jerk rope—swung into thehole thesand-pump with which the soft mudwas taken out, leaving a hole about elevenor twelve inches across. A colored citizenwho peered over and saw a little hole asked“How dev gwine ter send er man down dar1in«urnPhHoihiepertearnestl iinoter clet) 11 it out?”yoiThe hole will be bored sixty-five feet deep thibefore the walking beam can be used, but *that will take a few days onlv. The wellwill be bored six icet into the granite and adrive pipe put in to keep out the surface4drainings. That will bean eleven inch hole,and will be followed by an eight inch holethe balenee of the way down. The drillingwas done vesterdav by Col. Baum more forthe amusement of the crowd than any thingelse. There were so many people in thewav that it was impossible to do anything■ m -hardly. In the morning Col. Baum will *have the gate closed, and having satisfiedthe rush, will now admit onlv such number.* as he can safely take care of. lie hasno objection to le'ting the people seethwork, but he has to be particular not to letthe crush of sight-seers hinder his work.A large number of prominent people werelboilI illpresent yesterday, among others Gon.Mc-Daniel, Col. John T. Grant and the mem-hi i s of tlu* citv council.Evervbodv lo iked happy—especially—Councilman Vol Dunning, who somehow orother, has got si. he bears a striking resemblance to the pictures of Grover Clevelandthat we see printed around. Colonel Crantm a m m mIhas spent several hours every day at the drillsince the work was started, lie takes aWiialhgreat deal ol interest in it. t ol, Baum is j 011more confident than ever and says he will pjbore till the drill melts; The machineryusworks like a charm.
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Warren Sunday Mirror
Warren, Pennsylvania, US
Sun, Sep 21, 1884
Page 4
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