Ligonier Valley Rail Road Newspaper Articles
We have compiled over 1,400 newspaper articles that mention the Ligonier Valley Railroad, or related subjects. The articles were originally published starting in 1873 and our collection runs through 1995. Enjoy!
Pittsburgh Daily Post
Sunday, December 10, 1922
Deep Well Not Completed
The Peoples Natural Gas Companys deep well on the Seger brothers farm on Laurel Ridge, near Ligonier Westmoreland county, was expected to get sand before the close of the week but failed to connect. They are still drilling in a formation similar to that found at about the same depth in the first deep test.
Making a hole is necessarily slow but they expect to tap the sand at any time now. More inquiries are made as to progress at this well than any other in the Eastern fields. The second deep test on the Booth-Flinn property is shut down, awaiting the string of 5 inch casing. As soon as the casing has been placed, drilling will be resumed. The well has been drilled to a depth of 6,250 feet when a cave was encountered.