Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1901 — Sinking Creek Has Sunk Again. [ARTICLE]

Sinking Creek Has Sunk Again.

The disappearance of Sinking creek, a large mountain stream in Pendleton county, W. Va., has mystified the people and has caused financial loss. It furnished power for several mills, but has suddenly disappeared. Some weeks ago the water in the stream began to fall and now the bed is almost drv. There has been plenty of rain, and the only explanation of the stream’s disappearance is that it has worn its way through into a subterranean cavern and joined one of the underground streams. Old citizens say that the creek disappeared in the same panner many years ago by finding a subterranean outlet. This incident gave the name to the creek. —Baltimore Sun.