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*•' • i I Thursday, August 30* 1956 ~v THE CLINTON CHRONICLE -■m. Pasre Seven Are There Forces of Energy That Aid in Locating Water Underground? A Study Made By G. N. Foy The Second of Two Parts In the first part, the writer discussed the formation of un derground water channels and reservoirs. He raised the ques tion of energy created by the flowing streams, and its rela tion to energy in the human body in seeking to locate un deground sources for use as wells. He told of his experience in locating a well on his proprty by simply kicking a small hole in the ground with the heel of his shoe and telling the well driller to "dig here." It turned out to be a v^y small produc er. The writer, still desired water for irrigation purposes and after partially recovering from the fi nancial shock of the 300-foot, 5- gallon per minute well, he began to consider drilling another. He reasoned this way: “I failed in finding a good supply of water without the ‘fork,’ and J cannot do any worse to use it, so I don’t see anything to lose by trying it.’’ Experiments in water finding with a forked twig were tried with peach, apple, wild cherry, water oak, willow, privet hedge, black gum, persimmon, and oth ers. It was found that any green forked twig of good resiliency and with both forks of about equal size and strength could be used. The writer spent many hours in the field and woodland adjacent to his home and used about all the suitable forks to be found on the place. The more he experimented, the more he became convinced that there was virtue in the forked twig, if held correctly to locate underground water flowing under pressure. In his experimenting, several things were discovered which aided in convincing him that the use of the forked twig was not so ridiculous after all. A two- inch water line is laid under ground across the field. The writ er tried the twig over this line when the water in it was station ary—there was no effect on the twig. Then a valve on the line was opened so that the water was in fast motion under pres sure and the twig was held above it. There was a distinct pull on the twig. Some other convincing things the water seeker discov ered were that rubber soled shoes decreased the pull effect, that leather-soled shoes gave a better pull effect, that no shoes at all allowed a still better pull effect, and that wetting both hands and feet allowed the best pull of all. Now, in these things there is a certain amount of scientific meaning which cannot exactly be sneezed at. The forked twig must be grasp ed tightly with palms up, elbow, at sides, and the fork and as he came near the first line of stakes the fork began to pull down. His face looked almost as if he had seen a ghost. As he passed each line of stakes, he felt the pall and after passing about the fourth line he said, “I believe it now.” Then he was taken to the line of the channel on which the well was located and asked lo walk toward the well as he held the fork. There was a much harder pull and another unbe liever was fully convince^ of the virtue of the .use of the forked twig. method of indicating a point practically above a channel. But, it can e^sly be seen ^hat this cannot be mathematically accur ate. Experience ha$ convinced the writer that it is safer to try for water where the fork pulls over a wide area which indicates a sloping crevice, a series" of con necting'crevices, or reservoir Now, a few words for those who have read with amuse ment, doubt, or skepticism. The writer once felt as you do and he still has no scientfiic explanatioh responds easily to the attraction from below? In other words, just what is the secret °of the “pull”? The writer would very much like to know the correct from the Presbyterian church in stitution; in Clinton. and scientific answer to five feet, four inches in height, and ^ weighing 1V1 pounds; Misa H«r- The two, who have been missing oerson, hazel eyes, dark brown since August 19, were identified! haH \. three .nobe* in as Geneva Brookshire, of Clarks- heigth and w**ighing 122 pounds these ville, Ga , and Rachael J. Hender- Anyone knowing" the wtoere- questions. The pull on the son. o? Summerville, Ga a bouts,of the g;r!s is adeed v> con- fork is fact, not fancy. Dr M A Macdonald, president, tact th^ Rev W« S Derdy, of The writer will engage in no of the orphanage, gave the follow- Clarksville,' Ga , A O FarrarJ of 'public argument or controversy : mg desrriptioq of the twe M;ss Summer'.i.,» i Ga or Thorrrvell on this subject Everyone has a Brookshire, blue eyes, brown ha.r, orphanage full right to his own opinion re- op m gardless of that on Which this opinion is founded But anyone wishing to contact the writer on this subject may do so by ad dressing P O Box 158, Joanna. S C, y Here is shown water flowing from a well at Joanna, the manu facturing community referred to in Mr. Toy's article, that i*. pro ducing 400 gallons a minute, more than a half million gallons a day. It is 200 feet deep. Mr. Foy tells of locating the well with a "fork ed stick." manner of holding the fork is the most difficult part of the opera tion. The writer spent several hours trying before he caught the real knack of holding the fork. He has seen others try for quite a while and still not be able to feel the pull. It would seem to be quite posible that the fork will not work for everyone to the same extent or degree. Watches don’t run with the same degree of efficiency on every body, nor do we get the same feel from everybody’s handshake or presence. Some people have “it,” for lack of a better name and some people don’t. Maybe there is something of an “it” in the mat ter of the use of the forked twig when it comes to water finding. The decision to drill a second well was made one year after the first well was drilled, and after having experimented for several weeks with the forked twig, it was decided to depend on the latter in locating the second well. Now came the most convincing thing of all. The writer called a friend, who had some exper ience with this method of locat ing wells, asking him to come and help decide the location. He came and both writer and friend agreed that that neither was to give the other any information as to their individual findings until they had worked over a given | area. When the area was work ed, the writer asked his friend, “where does it pull best for you?” The friend walked over and indi cated a spot within less than 14 inches of the spot, both previous ly and at the time selected by the writer. Two days later another friend who had been practicing ends ex-1 this method of water finding for .... of a thing which looks arid sounds But even though the forke4 J silly. But, if he ever has the leis- twig is an aid, or increases one’s i ure to do so, he is going to do chances of finding water, it is not! some study, and research on this sufficiently accurate to guaran- I subject. And, as a concluding tee that water will be encounter- word, if you evqr once feel the ed by drilling at a certain spot.' right kind of pull on the rigjit It seems that the fork begins to kind of forked twig, you—will . Thornwcll Ruft-Aways pull weakly Two 14-Year-Old Girls Reported As ^ f before the holder gets directly over the channel, then pulls stronger over the channel, then more weakly as the holder passes on. So the like lihood of encountering water by drilling straight down is increas- | still pull down. think that water, the sppoks, or or something else has hold of it. WJien |the pull takes /ull effect, j you can try with all your might, j and even if you were to be shot, if you did not 'hold it.. \t would Thornwell orphanage officials reported two 14-year-old Georgia girls have apparently run away t NOTICE! Mrs. Farmer, please tell your hus band we have changed feed grind ing days to Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. f C-W-S GUANO CO. 4 ed or decreased depending on the accuracy with which the holder determines the point of strong est pull. The average distance over which the pull is felt is about 10 feet, so by marking the points at which the pull is first and last felt and then taking the point halfway between is one Could it be that energy is re leased by water flowing under ground under pressure, an en ergy which has an affinity for an energy produced by the human body? Co,uld it be that the. ener gy released by the human, body is transmitted to the forked twig, which being in delicate balance tending between the thumbs and forefingers. The forks must be pulled apart so that there is just the right tension for the fork to maintain a more or less balanced upright position. The proper many years was asked to check the same area. He did so, hot having been told of the spot pre viously selected, nor was the spot marked in any way. He worked over the same general area of Food Prices In General Rise —BUT— Our Meat Prices Drop ROUND VEAL STEAK 2 > 1.00 VEAL CHOPS 3»1.15 ECONOMY CUT LOW PRICE PORK CHOPS a9c GRADE “A” (2 2 1-4 Lbs.) FRYERS 79 c FRESH S. C. LARGE EGGS Doz. 49c Buy 1 Pound-Get 1 Pound Free BOLOGNA _ »39c —Open 7:15 A. M.— Pitts Country Market ClinLon’s Oldest Meat Market PHONE IN YOUR MEAT ORDER TELEPHONE 98 about one acre, and after about 45 minutes selected a spot with in less than a foot of the spot already selected separately by the writer and his other friend. So far as the writer was concern ed at that time this was proof en ough, for no three people could pick out the same spot in an area of one acre without something to go by as a guide. To make a long story short, a second well was drilled >t this spot found by three different people using a forked twig. This well was drilled to a depth of 126 feet and produced about 24 gallons per minute. In cidentally, it is located about 250 feet from the first well already discussed. The writer has collaborated with others in a number of in stances in locating wells and it. is positively uncanny that findings coincide so closely. The matter of drilling a well is so expensive, as the writer well knows, that in no instance has he risked his own judgment entirely, but has made a practice of calling in someone else to check his findings. On the other hand, the writer has been called in to check the find ings of. others. The writer re cently had a third well drilled at a spot located by him with the twig fork and checked by anoth er individual. This well produced 20 gallons per minute. An industrial plant, and the surrounding town near the writ er’s home, depend on deep wells for a water supply. For several years there has been a shortage of water, especially in the sum mer ,and a number of unproduc tive wells have been drilled. Re cently, this industrial plant de cided to drill another well and the writer was asked to check an area for a good spot to drill. In checking the area the writer, as usual, went about the matter in a systematic way. The area was traversed while holding the fork. When a pull was felt on the fork, a helper placed a stake in the ground. When the area was cov ered in this way and the stakes placed, the way the stakes lined up indicated the general direc tion of the underground water channels which were roughly parallel running Southwest to Northeast while the writer had traversed the area in parallel lines Northwest to Southeast While traversing the area, it was noticed that an unusually strong pull was felt along a line run ning practically north and-south and th’at this pull was felt over aa unusually wide area both be tween and above the water chan nels running southwest to north east. This plainly indicated that a water channel of unusual size, that many small channels, or that a section of honey-comb strata existed underground and that it cut across the smaller water channels at practically a 45 de gree angle. The natural assump tion was that the smaller chan nels fed into the large one. As usual, the writer called in anoth er individual to check his find ings and a spot was selected for the well over the channel run ning roughly north and south The ground work referred to above was done on Safurday. The writer went back for a final check Monday morning and was more than ever convinced that the right spot had been selected. When the well driller came and was setting up his rig, the writer talked „with him and told him that the spot had been selected with a water oak fork. This amused him very much and he expressed his disbelief in rather picturesque language. However, about ten days later, when the well was finished and a test pump was pumping more than 400 gallons per minute from the well, the driller changed his tune. He requested that the writ er show him how to work the fork. He was given a fork and instructed in the way to hold it Then he was carried below the first line of stakes and told to walk slowly up the slope and see if he felt anything. 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