MINING NEWS.
■«»■ , MOUNT GAMBLER OIL. ..In the Mount Gambia Oil' CorporationV property, South..! Australia, ! progress during i the fortnight ended December 22, was made through strata Very similar in 'character to ; the - overlying .mass:' The incorporation of gypsum with the: shale > really ■marks the : first 1 change of "country, although the shale in!-! itself /gives no: distinct line of - demarkn- - ; down to the 1200 ft, level.v At this depth a slight ; change occurred in ■, the nature or a more : compact and • darker shale, but : ; with similar 'characteristic of 'formation. ; - The depth of the bore is now 1300 ft. .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18298, 15 January 1923, Page 5
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