The Artesian Well Operations.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 325, 29 May 1894, Page 2

The Artesian Well Operations.

. ' ' _» '■'_ '\A. '' ■■■■'• " y ''."-•■•..: The contractor for the artesian well in Manchester Square stopped boring yesterday morning at a depth of 286 feet. They have, bwn wtoricing at^it for the last three months and state that the boring has been; without exception, the hardest they have yet experienced in any part of the colony At the depth mentioned,' the) water rose within four feet of the surface* It will be remembered that after put* ting the pipes down ito a depth <>f 123 feet Jthe bottom length bent and .the pipes had to be draWu but. Afresh start was made and last, week tlie joints staved in, and although Mr T. Smith, who ia in charge of rthe machine, tried to continue boring he could not get the pipes to shift; owing to the great friction onthe sides of the pipes caused by the amount of shingle passed through, and not more than thirteen or fourteen inches were put in during the whole of last Week* Boring, without putting the pipes down any further, was ■■ tried, but without success, as the shingle, stratum which they were jn fell in as fast as it was bofed, and Mr Smith decided to remove the plant at once to Mr Biddiford's property on the. BBngitikei line, whereyhe has a contract for boring three -pells. As a previous bed of shingle containedwater which rose to within two feet of the surface, it was debuted by the (^mmitto^y to) burst the pipes with dynamite, lit if - depth of 161 feet, which waajc^ef yesterday afternoon* By doing |WS 'it was hoped the water could to caused to flow into the watertable in Kimbolton road, after cutting a trench from the pipes to the watertable, but nothing has been done to-day owing to the continuous downpour of fain. . ' The following are the strata which have been passed through. The strata to 271 feet have been.already published by us, but we reproduce tbem as the information r may be of internet to soine of our readers:— l to s feet, soil and clay; 5 to 50, blue shingle; 50 to sß, white clay; 58 t0 83, blue shingle; 88 to 85, peat and wood; 85 tol^ shingle, very hard and large boukjprs, wßter rose to witbin two feet of SjuifAce; 128 to 124, white clay; 124 to Is., shingle, water two feet from surface ; .125 to 137, white clay; 127 to 180, blue sand ; 180 to 185, clay and wood; 135 to 158, shingle, water two feet from surface ; 158 to 156, white clay ; 156 to 159, peat and wood; 159 t0' 185, brown shingle, water two feet from surface 1 185 ta 100, brown conglomerate, ypry hard 1 196 to 209, bluesWngle, water two feet frfltu surface ] 209 to 212, blue sand ; 212 to 220, white clay; 220 tb 226, peat; 226 to 243, white clay; 243 to 255, peat; 255 to 269}, white clay; 269} to 270, hard sand ; 270 to 278, blue shingle, water 5 feet 10 inches from surface ; 278 to 280, sand ; 280 to 284, shingle ; 284 to 285 ft 9iu, sand; 285 ft 9in, shingle, water rose to within 4 feet from surface.