THE SOUTHERN CROSS PETROLEUM WORKS.
CifEisTCiiurton, this day. The directors of the Southern Cross Potroleum Company have received tho following tolegram from their works:—" On Friday last the depth of the bore was 260 ft, boring through tho samo stratum. The rock is soft. Oil is showing; freely in the rock. Gas is coming in such quantities as to bo troublesome,
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 124, 3 June 1885, Page 2
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