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tocrsday july 5th ism the acton free press acton ontario tacot nine -hr- from the very beginning ancient people were mystified by occidental discover ies of natural gas seeping from the ground or rising through clefts in rock word was passed from village to village and many people came to witness this great discovery thinking tney were in the presence of a supernatural agency they appointed a priestess built a temple thus was established the oracle of delphi not a supernatural thing but the discovery of natural gas on mount parnassus in greece a thousand years ago the chinese obtained natural gas from wells 2000 feet deep transmitted it through bamboo pipes and used it to evaporate brine in salt making probably the first industrial use of natural gas following the discovery of burning springs in the unit ed states there was a period of hunch and wiggle- stick exploration similar to methods used to locate water- it wasnt until 1859 that dn american edwin l drake after persistent drilling struck oil at titusville penn sylvania the petroleum industry was born a boom in rock oil rivalled the gold rush of the previous decade unfortunately early oil men disregarded natural gas except as a miracle to push oil to the surface so gas wells which did not produce oil were ignited and al lowed to burn out over many years hunch and wigglestick techniques were suc ceeded by scient m of the geophysicist the magnetometer measured abnormal magnetic forces indicating the existence of geological formation favor able for oil and gas accumulations the torsion balance measuring variations in specific gravity at different points on the earths surface indicated the same condi tions the seismograph measured sound waves and earth shocks induced by dynamite charges thus chart ing the location of a dense structure or rock salt dome where gas would exist natural gas engineering advanced slowly during the early days although gas was piped short distances at tempts to transmit natural gas through a 25 mile pipe line failed in 1872 after the miracle of discovery almost a century passed before the miracle of transmission next week the transmission line united suburban gas co ltd acton for information call georgetown tr 83921 hitf l r