AN OIL RUSH
DISCOVERY IN CIPPSLAND., MANY CLAIMS PEGGED OFF. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. MELBOURNE, August 18. Traces of oil in the Lake Bunga district, Gippsla-pd, caused a great rush for claims. Forty thousand acres hare been, pegged off, including the whole, site of a township. In one direction the country lias been pegged for a distance' bf 40 miles The Director of the Geological'‘Survey advises caution, stating that the traces of oil found in one bore of 80ft depth are an. inflammable gas, which may prove to be marsh gas. The result of the laboratory tests will not be known till Wednesday. _____ f " , " •
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19254, 19 August 1924, Page 7
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103AN OIL RUSH Otago Daily Times, Issue 19254, 19 August 1924, Page 7
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