Dateline: June 13, 2002

Mysterious find 

Donley County Judge Jack Hall and Deputy Clerk Jason Bailey probe the depths of a large brick structure found west of the courthouse last week as workers were digging a trench for a new gas line. 

The dome-shaped formation just inches beneath the surface was approximately eight feet across with an interior diameter of about six feet and an estimated depth of four to five feet. Project Architect Chris Hutson called for the find to be excavated this week and ordered the gas line to be re-routed around the structure. Present thinking is that it was probably an old septic tank.