ARTESIAN WELL.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 285, 30 June 1875, Page 2

ARTESIAN WELL.

Mb. Gabby and the settlers; iqf Poverty Bay, are t, be on the successful siitag of well at Mr. Higginf Makarka. The pipes are dowi 2#F feejt, and on> Saturday afternoo H .Iflst, ilbnut the j hour for knocking jriff fqr(/the' i '®ify, the long-looked indications of water welling to the surfacewere perceptible. The flow is now complete, and, considering the (Jeptyi of ifisdurce miSthe surface,is coMlaered a very good" one. It is estiniated that the yield "is from

”35 to 40 gallons per'minute, with jincrease. the water ! is strongly impregnated with— iroir; —winch ~is'"“perrepttW?!7 although nqt disagseeabtotoithe taste. The most remarkable featureconnected with thia strongs emission of gaseous! Ibe carbonic ixide, w|cnsi|LfO®th |t.£i I| is quite Rti>urle«nUu|biNW "fij of ts prese^^^pf S’ tes on ;he applicjffife of wiuej'i. *i9piLral exvisit io test’ volutpo Arid ‘ttdj&aable - hat« proviaea-•„ 1 (tiffghs be i accountToy.laying’on a main to tbqihpte.l’jf aiiiin/otbier ways i o utilise this bountiful gift of nature. Mr. Garry placed a 2jin pipe 7 feet Wvdflthe iehtf of" Barrel covering the water hole, from t lie upper- tJrffi’cti rif ritii&U 'a'Urilliant fame was emitted quite 2 feet iri I eight, and conspicuous at a considera blp, diefUaripeif Criril tie tibtfel. 1) SUbul/ tie supply of this gas be continuous, 1 'tie benefits “that 'tnay'afiSO 1 ‘f I'fAn it c at „te | Mr. Higgins can light his premises (although it does not give a strong i luthiAalln*j gikr’d,) a’hd he can nirhislj j' /kriirilwA '’goWg'fo'w ■jft'm'pw‘ cirned into effect, a,t Shelbourne I iQtel withowtfith/h.'aligktest, .reflection o i one’s sane intention.