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, February 25, 1923
Near Ligonier, Westmoreland county, located on Chestnut Ridge, the Peoples Natural Gas Company has now reached a total depth of 6,865 feet at its deep test on the Seger Brothers farm and drilling in a dark slaty (sic) formation. In the same locality, the same company is down 6,305 feet at a second test on the Booth & Flinn property. This well must go to a depth of 6,822 feet before reaching the sand in which the first well got its gas.