"STRUCK OIL."
FINE FLOW DISCOVERED AT KAIKOURA. (SPECIAL TO "THE PRESS.") KAIKOUItA. March 11. Whilst Messrs Homo Bros., Christ*: church, were boring for artesian T7ftt®r - : at tho Farmers' Co-op. 6aleyards, they struck petroleum at a depth of 60ft; the. gas and flames from which daiteoyod the derrick and gear. All .efforts to smother tho flow were ' una Vailing. notwithstanding that earn was heapoa over it to a depth of 3 foot. . Petroleum has been discovered in 1 other parts of the coast, but no effort has been used to utiliso it. The site of the present bore is one milo from the Kaikoura post office. Home JJros. aro losers to the extent
of forty pounds. 8 A Wellington photographer at pres- S ent in Kaikoura, secured photographs ' of the "gusher/' and numbera of people visitod the scene.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 15469, 12 March 1919, Page 6
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