OIL AT TARANAKI.
PRESS ASSOCIATION
Now Plymouth, yesterday. An explosion of gas occurred yesterday evening in the Taranaki Petroleum Company’s No. 2 bore, tho depth of which is about 1700 feet. Water was forced over the derrick, and continued to flow for somo hours, impregnated with a little oil, The indication is very promising. Steps are being taken to shut off the water, and barring accidents, the bore should he in the oil strata before Christmas,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1938, 21 November 1906, Page 2
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76OIL AT TARANAKI. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1938, 21 November 1906, Page 2
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