The Wanganui Well.

Manawatu Herald, 7 January 1893, Page 3

The Wanganui Well.

Mr Gilberd, the artesian well contractor, after reaching a depth of 865 feet in the Freezing Works' bore without getting a flow has suspended operations. From about 34 feet below the surface the bore has passed through alternating layers of sand and clay. After passing through a final stratum of day 70 feet in thickness dnly once more to encounter quicksands, it was decided to proceed no further at least for the present. The bore is piped to a depth of 216 feet, and ' it will be plugged down ready for further boring at any future time. All the sands passed through yield water rising to about 8 feet from the surface, and hence they are in all probability connected. The Company intend having a fresh bore to the first bed of sand, about 57 feet down, and drawing the water from it with a pump* Thu will be almost as valuable to them as a flow as they have all the necessary machinery in use, and the water will only have to be raised eight feet, a less distance than it has to be lifted from the river, at present. The following particulars of the strata passed through will prove interesting to many of our readers : — Surface soil j and clay, 10ft ; shingle bed (with j water), 28ft, making 88ft; silver! sand lft— B4ft; clay, 28ft— 57ft; silver sand (with water rising to Bft from surface), 88ft— 140ft j clay with shell, Bft~l4Bft ; quicksand, 18ft-^ ! 166 ft; clay, 10ft 176; quicksand, 24ft— 200ft; clay, 85ft— 285ft ; quicksand, 20ft — 255 f t; clay, 5ft — 260 f t; sand, 20ft 280 f t; clay with ■hell, 70ft — 850 f t: quicksand, (silver in colour, with fine shingle grain), 15ft 865 ft. — Chronicle.