NATURAL GAS
AN INI-XnAUSTIJILi: -SUPPLY. Pipes inserted in the ground may bring Johannesburg oil the gas required for oommercial and domestic purposes. Oil prospectors sunk a. 6Goft shaft fifteen years ago at a spot sixty miles from the city, but a sudden rush of gas caused operations to he abandoned, aiid the shaft was forgotten. It has now been discovered (hat gas has hinni flowing sloadilv ever since, and has killed ail vegetation in the neighborhood. a financial company has now coveted the 1 top of the shaft, only allowing the gas to escape through a small jet, which, when lighted, .rjves a flame 40ft high. Leading experts believe that an inexhaustible supply of natural gas has been discoveted which is perfectly pure, and only needs conveying to the'oily. Tests show the gas to give isvico Urn lio:il or con! jiikl six fiinr.' I lie of ordinary commercial gas, and a movement is projected to sink mote shafts. .Mining engineers believe that the gas indieal.es a rich oil deposit.
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 3714, 12 October 1926, Page 2
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