SOME RECORD WELLS.
An artesian well in Grenelle, France, took ten years of continuous work before the water was struck, at a depth of 1780 feet. At 1259 feet over 200 feet of the boring rod broke and fell into the well, and it was 15 months before it wa-s recovered. A flow of 900,000 gallons per day is obtained from it, the bore being eight inches. At Passy, France, there fa another artesian well 1913 feet in depth and 27J inches in diameter, which discharges an uninterrupted supply of 5,500,000 gallons per day; it cost £40,000. An artesian well at Butte-aux-Cailles, France, is 2900 feet in depth and 47 inches diameter. These are all surpassed by an artesian well in Australia, which is 5000 feet in depth.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7383, 8 February 1902, Page 4 (Supplement)
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128SOME RECORD WELLS. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7383, 8 February 1902, Page 4 (Supplement)
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