PETROLEUM PROSPECTS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 946, 13 October 1910, Page 2

PETROLEUM PROSPECTS

■'■.'"•. .TTiiSTRBTW TTTR W'mtTO'iFPSg. ':■ '■ -. ■-K':;-. i -":-'U I DlSTHlXfefe'K. : ;;;,^ : : ;>,v^: .". P.' G-' Morgan) paid hi .visit, to £he Easfcexai :Waitaxapa.in. <Wy. last,;for Ifte'purpowj of; pVamTmnff 1 nyid * tp<dTTvg';'rprf4fn p'la^yo--for indications; of: petroleujn. ,' Eeporti^ ; on Ms .investigations,; Mr. Morran V 'that, oi : the; road from AoEanga Ijanding):" over-the ridge to, the settlement, aMJold?'. , mass; of "sandstone 'appears, hiring been! : quarried for road metaL . \Wl>en; brobebJ . the. solid sandstone and tie loose pieoeeJ ■' in, the quarry, §meE etronglT.of kerosenei : : ;A/test of ,■ the'riick;'showed':tJi3t..it corp - tained 0.46 rpei .cent'•pf/'peixoleinn. ■.■;':.Gα, : Messrs. : H.: Morrison : and ;Cameron J s. pioW. !■ pertieSj'east of Carsweirs,,gas hai.f .the' : oharacteristio-smell- of 'kerosene,' but; no oil-Tvas,seen. '.pne..of:tba:'bestmo\si» : i ;of ■& -ijumber "of /gas ; 'springs' in'thef dis-tvi tnp^f'is'"on''Mi..'HisMonisoir'e-;pw)pßr^fev : . .£et^"ni';<^Tyirell|B/<aad^'Blairlagie;.y"'-:.'li| i :.':' fine ■'■weather ?the gas•■ is reported 'to , buiiv: steadily with a flame^ mx to.fifteen inehea:: Some . fairly.- yigorons.- gas,;springß' oncur ; '.nine ;'miles "North : oi ';Weber, ; at : Ti. : ;. tree Point, and' only. a, few'months ago, .' near ; the: Oparae!. Eoad/ifive; miles-NortK. of. Weber, a strong'igas^escape/iFas'.diji , ; covered, and lias been' sincai' over an' area:^"of.' several-:square \ yards.;; Since only a Tiasty; examination of a coin-*., paratively'.small, area■'■■■was:. Intade,.■"•:;-Mj,.--' Morgan .says it ; is inipossible : to:(i£fer nioro V thanH.tentative advice in;the matter, of ': prospecting.; . He considered 1 the.,district;.' . of xsareful,- surface prospecting,'.,: with a.'. view/, ; of. locating: furUier- indica^'tibns>' The most promising portions'.ap-j pear to:'be those in whioli hy<lro-earboni>' gas: springs occur, viz., eastCof;CarsweE's,'! '":. and from Aolahga to . Weber.';.. ;In■: tiieseif■..'.' districts a few ybores. mightrte put down. The .'petroliferous sandstonjeVneiif. : Aoia-;■: : nga poours'.in. such. ■a. .way ■, as - i'ot>; to give." a.;-TBry .favourable,-'impression: '.", first ; , sight; V.but , ,' adds Mr/Morgan, -the' neig&, bouruood'.oughtto be very carefully pected. for other, outcrops of;'6imilar rocksi\< These operations should >be followed" «•' ;'■ accompanied by a geological survey..v-.;;■': ■ -