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SISn ofisrtoiveint.theoBORING FOR WATERHischinery Create a Sensation InAtlanta.uldCol. J. W. Baum who is well known inWholeiivethis place and who it will be rememberedwas in town last spring to purchase drilling| machinery of Struthers, Wells Co., hasA ^ I ^ a ■didon-been creating much excitement in Atlanta,— a *a «Ga. In this section of country where drill-•estthelzeing is as common as profanity, the followingaccount of the Colonel’s operations, whicha . . • • V 1we clip from the Atlanta Constitution, willFrBargafinestcOurpossibidsprove very amusing.ireindlive VCiJ I pAn immense jam of people collected about j0J°the artesian well machinery yesterday after-ndve-noon to see it started off’. At three o’clockthe place was full, and the jam increasedlatconstantly from that time till four, at whichndtime the crowd amounted to a crush. The;edderrick was dotted over with boys and menwsi:ik.who had climbed up on it, and the fencesand shed roofs were loaded. The windowsof the adjacent buildings were also filled• M _ Awith anxious faces, waiting for the impor-- ATheir-tant moment. At fifteen minutes of fouroninthe augur stem, an immense iron rod aboutwfour or five inches in diameter and twentyor thirty feet long, was hung, and the cablerun up, and it swung into the air. Thennt-the big steel bit was fastened on the lowerProdarddinarIIolHalfSizlt;brassend and with great wrenches tne bit was\r ! screwed on as tight as wax. Then it waslowered into a square hole several feet deep $m.that was cased with wood in the center ofo- j the derrick. The cables were all gotten in •lv i readiness, the word was given, the engine in_ j throbbed almost noiselessly, the white steamirt i blew out and about the little shed, the wheelsmoved, the cable went up and carried with [0 it the augur stem and drill, a second and a ! down the sharp point came and struck in the soft clay. Up! down ! up! down ! away it went amid cheers of the crowd and theAn;on Nlt; Thlt;as c wetaurhall,citiesItlup EduceneartverittuiiboSafpointManir-tvmerry whistle of the engine a great crow-* _ -itbar cutting into the clay like a man digging42-t;a post hole. A barrel of water stood nearis-by and a few bucketfuls were poured in andthe clay became mud. Down went the drillj ! and away tugged the machinery.After go-ii}v — —ing down seven or eight feet in the clay, _A1-ofwhich required about fifteen minutes, thedrill was stopped and pulled aside and afr -small cable-the jerk rope—swung into thenhole the sand-pump with which the soft mud?1 i was taken out, leaving a hole about elevenrhor twelve inches across. A colored citizenwho peered over and saw a little hole askedh earnestly).if“How dev gwine ter send er man down dar» oter clet) n it out ?”The hole will be bored sixty-five feet deepThin# tand ] Phytn i wllilV'perbAino n: tion your thisi- I before the walking beam can be used, butthat will take a few days onlv. The wellwill be bored six feet into the granite and adrive pipe put in to keep out the surfacedrainings. That will bean eleven inch hole,and will be followed by an eight inch hole — j. « A « • •42the balenee of the way down. The drillingI | was done yesterday by Col. Baum more foithe amusement of the crowd than any thing•A A *•else. There were so many people in thewav that it was impossible to do anythingm ...hardly. In the morning Col. Baum willhave the gate closed, and having satisfiedthe rush, will now admit onlv such minibera as he can safely take care of. lie hasno objection to le'ting the people see the; i work, but he has to be particular not to let— _ a. m %Sthe crush ot sight-soors hinder his work.A large number of prominent people werepresent yesterday, among others (io\. Me-1 lavonI fa lii1 )amel, Col. John 1. (iraut and the niem-U rs of the city council.lt;¥Kvervhodv locked happy—especiallyCouncilman Vol Dunning, who somehoworother, has got so he hears a striking resemblance to the pictures of Grover i lev elandthat we see printed around. Colonel Grant— a • • B mhas spent several hours every day at the drillsince the work was started. He takes agreat deal of interest in it. Col. Baum ismore confident than ever and says he willbore till the drill melts; The machineryWhha vi 1)1.- ! Wea-iHejiuk aiworks like a charm.
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Warren Sunday Mirror
Warren, Pennsylvania, US
Sun, Sep 21, 1884
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