Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 258, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1916 — A Soda Water Well. [ARTICLE]

A Soda Water Well.

Many queer things have been discovered by the drill since and before Colonel Drake discovered that oil could be obtained by the artesian process, but the most unique one is that recently struck in the Philippines. It is located in the town of San Fernando, on the Island of Tlcao. At the depth of 405 feet an enormous vein of water was struck, with sqph a gas pressure that the volume was thrown 80 feet in the air. It was only by exerting every possible effort that a small flood was averted. The flow was finally checked, however, and the water directed out and downward through two small pipes, through which it continues to rush with undiminished force. Samples of the water taken show that It is heavily charged with carbonic acid gas and appears and tastes like ordinary soda water.