VOLCANIC ACTIVITY.
MTJD ; EROTTION ; >NEAE : 6ISBOENE, :*j(BY r TELEGBAPIIT-PttEsS ASSOCIATION.) ■ J .. Cisbo.rne,; July 28: Reports '20 miles trom : Gisborno, state thovo was last-Saturday, night .>; heavy eruption at; some; mud springs >n..the..vicinity. -Tho eruption: started, at 9 p.m.: and lasted, for.over half an, hour, causing much- uneasiness. • .Tlie - outburst, could •be.seen-from the storo, the sceno of the springs being about'a milo and, ah'alfi from the road:'; The material thrown npMvasV bluish coloured clay, and.some idea of the quantity ejected can'be obtained from tlib. fact that the creek has been, filled up to a depth of 40ft.;:'-witlr mud "arid 'about sis' "acres of ground has been oovercd. .'-Tho- iiuk! is not warm as from hot springs, but is'cold. About five yfiars. ago efUptioii ,; fr6m these-fsprings; 'and- 'several' prior, to' that..' There'.'sefeihs •to be an increasing pressure 6f ;tbis locality, judging;; by : the ' large amount tlirown-up during' each succeeding feruptioii'. 1 ThcSe 'special saline mud ! hnve;'a considerable bearing' on the'location'of'petroleum. -
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 262, 29 July 1908, Page 11
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157VOLCANIC ACTIVITY. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 262, 29 July 1908, Page 11
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