BORING FOR OIL.
PROGRESS IN WESTLAND.
IFIOU Oojt'OWK COBBUfOUDKn ) , GREV'MOUTH, November 13. The boring for oil at Kotua hae ad« vanoed anotlwr aUige. The marly iornw. tion, which nw«d edrne trouble and im- '" ptotd operation* in putting in tho caemg lias been aona through. A new formations with the qualities of limestone and very yolid has conic in, and excellent progijf^
w now boing mad* At latest accounts ./ tho bore that waj reported to be a little l over 400 ft i» now down 600 ft and the work ie being pushed ahead at a very
satisfactory, rate. Mere hardness of the f. rock is not regarded aa any difficulty! it I, : only render* prugreea a Jittlo elower, but', *t Mode to no other dimcultv,or inconveni; , ' x ' once, The bore it etill & foot ffi <- diameter, and the salt water hae not yet ' been encountered. If. the country Diauisaseolidaa at present no great ohffi- 1 u apprehendd in shutting but the , ". « jalt water wlien it ii elruok, ae most pro. bably will be the case eoon. For every
bore yet put down that, .Wμ deep enough haa gtruck a vein of highly mineralised - ' wator, mainly charged with eilim, bat alto containing other ingredients. News of U» boring operations after thb will bei looked ' j (or with more tliau ordinary interest, ei it will hot bo long now before the bow . will be dwpcr than any yet'eunk. . '
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15300, 14 November 1911, Page 5
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