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A Burning Well

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Parent Issue
Day
23
Month
September
Year
1870
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

-The New York Journal oj Commerce suya that the burnng well, sonie 15 miles from Oil City, s one of the greatest curiotities of th il rugion. It was bored iu 18G6, and ince thou bas yielded u streani of gas ar;c enough to supply a city of balf a nillion. A well is r.ow beiiig put down y its side. The engine that pumps tbe veil dry is run by gas from the old oiie, )j' moan of an ordioarj two iuoli pipe, iid the connectiou made to the engine )y on ordiuary steam pipe. No ïtiani r fuel is neeessary. 'J'bo gas nu il omes from tha vve!l ia extromuly eold, billing to the hand. The prossure is uily "0) pounds to the sijMare Lueh.

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Subjects
Old News
Michigan Argus