THE OIL WELLS IN TARANAKI.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 493, 28 April 1909, Page 4

THE OIL WELLS IN TARANAKI.

. : A; V BORE : OF.'1000 FEET. '■'■; ;;.-; ; ■ "■■'■..'.'' BY, TELEOIIAPiI— MIESSASSOnUTION.) '■''• '; April 27.; - ;;;A'n;intei'est'ing -.devclopment has'taken'.place durihg/tho last few days in the. Taranaki Oil .Company's bore 'at Vogeltown. ( LSst^wee'lc/a'iVoil-bedring , stratum was. struck j at a'depth. of'about 1.000 feet, and .capital in- '■ ;djcati6ns.were' obtained.; : .Thismorning .'the 1 J..directors';VisitedHho;bore.. Onitheir arrival.' -Alr.vßallock was: drilling, .;bilt;at'pnce withdrew, the drill, and put the sarid-pumpdown. j.Tho spoil from the first lift was liquid mud, smelling .".-,° strongly.' 'of petroleum,' aiid on settling, it garo a>filnv, of 0i1. , ' The second ; piimpuig yielded Jess-mud, and a thicker scum ; of oil verysoon showed itself.: A ? third r pump-' ing wa'sliquid, minute or two quite' a. thick;seuih;or;6il,'-like rich.;cream on.a pan !.bf ; ;-jiiilk, :,fortiied ; . fromCtho foot of.. the pump.Little of ;the;debris.'was obtained,- and this showed ■', that".the -stratum now being bored: through is saturated with oil; Mr. Ballock ;:reporter ,that-he was,-bbtter pleased with', the prospects this" morning than he had ever been.. ...The"bore is down a little over ;1000 feet,' , /and. the water is effectually shut' off'at' about 800-feet, for which depth' the bore is :cased- with; 12-inch casing.'. The oil,' which is greerter-than that, in the Moturoa wells,, is increasing-each time the pump is used.' The;.nature of the country—petroliferous sand—is' very, favourable.' . \ -