TARANAKI PETROLEUM.
(BT TELEGEArn.—SPECIAL COKRESPONDEOT'.) < '• New; Plymouth, August 26. . Potroleum', operations _ still' continue .at Rotorua, at two bores in.Carrington .Road,and at Inglowood.' Operations at-tho Taranaki Oil'and Freehold Company's bore aro reportsd to •be distinctly onconragingl A . newspaper representative visited tho bora this morning, and when it was pumped out there was'an undoubted, show of, oil) both on the rope'and; in the'spoil brought .up from . the bottom by- the' pump. .Ho learned 'fron , Mr. Balloch; the manager, that tho bore is ' down nearly 700 feet, and for some days lie had repeated shows-of .oil, improving as the bore became deeper. It has been found in hard papa, indicating very strong pressure fromlarge oil deposits below: Yesterday it passed through a stratum of , aqueous gravel, evidently not of volcanic origin, and this morning it was in hard stratum again,' but at tjiotimo of the visit the pump forced' its way into soft country again, the extent , of which remains to bo seen. Mr. Balloch ■ is very .well pleased with the country, .from; the oil-bearing point of viow.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 286, 27 August 1908, Page 8
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175TARANAKI PETROLEUM. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 286, 27 August 1908, Page 8
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