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(2.) Government Prospecting-drills. Particulars of Boring during 1915.

I I I I i Type of Drill. siupSnd'ent. To whom lent, \ Type of Drill. I Name of Superintendent. To whom lent. Mineral sought for. *of U Hotes Approximate Sd Depth drilled. if Hole drilled ?f Approximati f 3 Depth drilled ce d. Average Cost per Diameter of Hole. Character ot Country penetrated. Foot, Result of Drilling. including Transport. __: I i ! I Schram-Harker .. W. H. Warburton ! Liverpool Colliery, No. 1 section Coal west ,, • • „ Liverpool Colliery, No. 1 section „ in mine ,, LiverpoolColliery.No.l section, ,, main level Hand-boring plant .. „ Liverpool Colliery, Puru Creek „ Sehram - Harker (oil- „ Liverpool Colliery, junction „ driven) Seven - mile and Waiomio Creeks Ditto .. .. ,, Liverpool Colliery, Spring Creek „ „ - • • ,, Liverpool Colliery, No. 3 section ,, Keystone .. G. E. D. Scale .. ] Round Hill Gold-mining Com- Alluvial gold pany, Waikaia -, ■ • - - „ .. Thomas Green, Gore .. Coal ,, .. I J. L. Smith, Croydon, Gore .. „ „ . . E. Bowmar, Gore .. .. Water „ .. : Wallis Bros., Gore .. .. „ „ .. : Whiterig Dairy Factory-, Gore „ „ ■ ■ • • „ .. Dermis Daley, Brydone .. „ -, ■■ .. „ .. McDonald Bros., Edendale .. „ „ .. „ . . G. Stuart, Brydone .. .. „ „ ■ • • • ,, ■. | James Drysdale, Brydone .. ,, „ •• ,, .. | Donald McDonald. Edendale Es- „ .. ] tate „ • ■ • ■ ,, .. | Charles Milne, Edendale .. ,, „ .. Balclutha City Council, Bal- „ clutha • • ] F. B. Powell, for Rimu Options Gold (Limited), Rimu, Hokitika Sullivan (C. N.) and W. Carter .. I Westhaven Prospecting Com- Coal Schram-Harker pany (Limited) 1 1 1 1 15 5 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 Ft. 190 168 336 S3 408 648 527 332 356 1,756 456 56 108 140 106 53 48 45 55 36 75 88 250 1.441+ i_ i _ t i Ln. s. d. 2{- Sandstones, shales, grits, and 4 7 No coal; country faulted. shalv mudstone 21 Ditto ' .. . . 3 5 20 ft, coal at 140 ft. 2£ Sandstones, shales, grits, fine 4 4 12 ft. coal at 315 ft. conglomerate, shalv mudstone L| Shaly "mudstone '.. .. 13 1 11 ft. coal at 70 ft, 2| Sandstone, shales, grits, and 3 6 Coal— 1 ft. 6 in. at 21ft.; 6 ft. at shaly mudstone 350 ft.; 1 ft, at 113 ft.; 21 ft, at 204 ft, ; 1 ft, 6 in. at 227 ft, ; 1 ft, at 231 ft, ; 25 ft, at 372 ft, 2£ Sandstone, shales, and srits .. 4 10 Coal— 6 ft, 6 in. at 104 ft, ; 1 ft, at 169 ft.: 2 ft. at 197 ft,; 1 ft, at 242 ft.: 1ft. at 314 ft,; 3 ft, at 322 ft.: 2 ft. at 354 ft.; 2 ft, at 356 ft. : 1 ft. 6 in. at 366 ft, ; 1 ft, at 371 ft.: 2 ft, at 464 ft. ; 1 ft, at 467 ft. (All dirty coal.) 2iin. to a dep'h Sandstone, shale, arits. and 3 3 Coal — 1 ft. 6 in. at 141 ft.; 2 ft, 6 in. of 70 ft,, then shalv mudstone at 205 ft. ; 5 ft, at 258 ft, ; 8 ft, cased and re- 6in. at 324ft.; 1 ft, at 338 ft.; duced to If in. 1 ft. 6 in. .at 370 ft. ; 1 ft, 6 in. at f469ft.; 2 ft. at 504 ft. f 2i Ditto .. .. .. 3 0 Coal— 1ft, at 152 ft, : 4 ft. at 239 ft, r ; 5 ft, at 278 ft. 2i „ .. 3 2 | Coal— 1 ft. at 241 ft.; 2 ft. at 296ft. 5 and 6 Gravel and clay .. .. i 6 0 ,' Some results very good —as high as 2Joz. per y T ard. 5 and 6 Gravel and pug .. .. 3 0 Coal-seams from 18 in. to 17 ft. 5 and 6 Coarse gravel .. ..'49 Unfavourable. 6 Gravel and clay .. ..23; Struck moderate supply of water. 5 and 6 Gravel and pug . . ..36 Struck splendid supply of water. 5 and 6 ., .. .. ] 3 3 No supply. 6 Gravel . . .. .. 5 0 Good supply. 0 „ . . .. ..49 6 ,, .. .. ..36; Fair supply. 6 Gravel and clay .. .. 4 6; 6 Gravel .. ■ . ..'46 Good supply. 6 Gravel and clay .. .. j 4 0 \ Fair supply. 6 Gravel .. .. ..60 Water no good ; too full of iron. 6 Tight gravel .. . . About 5/ Good results : drilling still in progress. 2$ Sandstones, grits, mudstones, 8 6 At 834 ft. the 3,000 ft, Schram-Harker and conglomerates drill was installed to bottom the measures. 85 seams of coal were passed through, varying in thickness from 1ft. 7 in. down to 2 in. — aggregate of 40 ft. 1 in. Nothing of a commercial value was disclosed. A complete section of the bore has been furnished to the Mines Department. • These drills a re lent free of charge on conditions which may be obtained upon application to the Under-Secretary of Mines. 1122 ft, was bored in 1914.