Bea
I think the Droitwich locations come from different depth strata. The Stoke
works were deeper and discovered later.
Bruce
>From: Bea Hopkinson <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: for students of holy wells and waterlore
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>Subject: Re: energetic water
>Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 14:39:53 -0500
>
>Bruce,
> At Droitwich the springs are fed with water that originates in the
>Lickey Hills 20 miles away. When boreholes were sunk in 1725 they
>discovered
>a hard talc (gypsum) layer and when they broke through that a river of
>brine
>(cavity) they found it was one foot deep. There is a constant flow along
>this brine run that has been mapped by geologists.
>
> It was once thought that the flow in this brine run ws from Stoke
>Prior to
>Droitwich, but the last I heard this has been reversed. But it can be
>noted
>that the brine run at Droitwich is about 150 ft. deep, whereas at Stoke,
>three
>miles outside the town it is 800 ft. deep.
>
> Maybe one day that can put cameras down there and determine exactly
>how things work!
>
>Bea
>
>On 2/10/01 4:33 AM Spas Research Fellowship writes:
>
> >I do n't think all underground wells and springs have an underground flow
>if
> >you mean that there is an underground watercourse that is identifiable
>like
> >a streamway through a cavern. Most are fed by water seeping through rock
>and
> >fissures. In a few rare instances the fissures give rise to a self
>flushing
> >action. An underground chamber slowly fills up and when it overflows it
> >produces a simple syphonic action until it empties again.
> >
> >Doess that sound plausible?
> >
> >
> >Bruce
>
>
>Beatrice Hopkinson 73071,327@compuserve
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