Hemingray Glass Company - Covington, Kentucky

ANXIOUS TO FIND GAS.

MILL OWNERS WHO NEED IT TO COMPETE

WITH PITTSBURG RIVALS.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 16. — A number of iron mill owners in Covington, opposite Cincinnati, are arranging to bore for gas, the expense to be shared equally in case no vein is struck. They say it will be impossible to compete with Pittsburg unless a supply of gas for fuel can also be secured here. The Hemingway [sic] Hemingray Glass Company recently bored down 2,000 feet in the hope of finding gas, but failed. A vein of the blue lick water was struck which throws out about 25,000 gallons a day, and it is a noteworthy circumstance that since this remarkable flow began the famous Blue Lick Springs of Kentucky, 100 miles distant, which have been a resort for invalids for two generations, have partially dried up.

It is believed by some of those interested in securing gas for fuel that, if the Hemingway [sic] Hemingray Company would sink their well a few hundred feet deeper, gas would be found, but that company has already spent $10,000 in the experiment and is not disposed to go any further with it. In boring for water at the Brenner & Seiler brewery some time ago a vein of gas of considerable volume was met at a depth of only 480 feet. This gas is being used for lighting purposes with good results, and its presence strengthens the belief that gas in sufficient quantities for running the mills can be secured. The experiment of the millowners will be watched with much interest, as its success seems to involve the continuance here of a large industry.