ERUPTION OF MUD.
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GISBOENE, July 28. u , "Reports from Waimata. Valley," twenty miks from Gisborne, slate thai last. Saturday night there was a heavy' eruption, ii.ii uorne mud springs in thp vicinity. The eruption st/rted'a'fc 9 p.m., and. lasted for over Half "iin hour, causing much une&ir hijss. ■'The ■ outburst -could- be Keen frottt tlie store, tlie.ecfine of the sprjngtf. beji&g. aikmt a mile and.a. half from th&.rpad. T|ie material thrown up was.. bluisb; cm* oured clay, and ah idea of the qUanttty ejected can be obtained from the" fact: that 4.creek has been filled up to a. depth'of 40 feet with mud and about six ground have, been . covered. Tbevm\Hi'|s hot warm as from liot springs,, but cpjiflj About fiv£ yeilfs ago thcie \viia an.'erilption at these springs, and several prior to' that. There seems to bo an iiicreasitigf pressure of gas nr this locality, judging: by the large amount' of mud thrown up during each •succeeding eruption. Tb.«s» special saline nriid springs with gas havo considerable bearing on tho.lpcation/ of petroleum. ,f ' ' v '■_ " ;:
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13658, 29 July 1908, Page 5
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178ERUPTION OF MUD. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13658, 29 July 1908, Page 5
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