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The Petroleum Centre Daily Record
Petroleum Center, Venango County, Pennsylvania
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A company drilling for coal near Fort Scott, Kansas, discovered a gas vein one and a half years ago, igniting a 50-foot flame that continues burning. A stone building now covers the site, attracting hundreds of visitors weekly, with gas piped to rooms and plans to extend to the city.
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One year and a half ago, a company sank an artesian well the depth of 200 feet in a valley at the edge of a creek, for the ostensible purpose of prospecting for coal. They succeeded in finding, and piercing through a vein six feet in thickness, but were unable to work it, by reason of the density of gas escaping therefrom. A torch was applied at the top, when instantly a flame sprang up fifty feet, which still continues. A stone building has been erected over it, and it is now visited by hundreds weekly. The gentleman in charge informed me that the rooms above were supplied with gas from the well, and that pipes were to be laid from it to the city.
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Primary Location
One Mile South West Of Fort Scott In Kansas
Event Date
One Year And A Half Ago
Outcome
flame still continues; stone building erected over it; visited by hundreds weekly; rooms above supplied with gas from the well; pipes to be laid from it to the city
Event Details
A company sank an artesian well 200 feet deep in a valley at the edge of a creek for prospecting coal, pierced a six-foot thick vein, but dense gas escaped preventing work; torch applied ignited a fifty-foot flame that continues