HOT WATER BOR? FOR TRANSIT CAMP

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5280, 17 December 1946, Page 4

HOT WATER BOR? FOR TRANSIT CAMP

A RECORD GUSHER CONSTANT SUPPLY FO RESIDENTS ASSUREDI

The Rotorua Borough tranj camp in Amohau Street yestl day brok'e two records. In 1 first place, it can claim that itl the only transit camp in N| Zealand to possess a constJ supply of mineral hot water M secondly,' it can say that it p| sesses the deepest minel gusher bore in Rotorua. I Drilling operations for the bl which will supply the camp's ablufl block with a natural supply of I water, began in the middle of I week, and' the blow came on fril night when the drill reaehed a dn of '515 feet. The deepest well ■ had been s;unk previous'ly had ■ the one in the Government Gardl which reac'hed.' a depth of 370 9 The deepest bore in Rotorua isl Mr. W. Bhana's property at Kfl at 525° feet, but the water has « raised artificially to the surface, I other bore on Mr. C. R. Lloyd'spB erty not far from the transit cfl also came near the 500-feet markB did not prove 'successful. I The present bore is estimated ti delivering 1800 to 2000 gallonM hour at a pressure of 451b. and a l perature of 280 degrees. AltliB these figures are not in any I ! exceptional, they assure the cainfl | a constant supply. The worro , harnessing- the hore and layingl interior lines will commenee imrS ately, and it is expected that thl of reticulating to ' the ablution ■ will be completed -bqfore ChristiB Cooking Boxes INtext Year ■ The borough engineer, Mr. fl Goodman, said yesterday tliafl • though this initial reticulation wfl that the council could promise il diately, the scheme would he efl ated as soon as was practicableM instance, he hoped that cooking ■ ; would he installed early in thn year. The reticulation of indiS units had been. discussed by meS 1 of the couricil, and would be cl ; into etfect at a later date. Thel . had unfortunately exceeded its ■ cial limits this year, and no » expenses could be entered into.H ever, next year's allowanceB thought, were quite likely toi possible this work. I

The smkmg of this bore co other notch of suceess in the ti of Rotorua's unique therm; sources. 'In no other part world has Nature so muniflcen lowed a township with her poti ties as here. The head of tio known idrilling firm that ha: eompleted this latest job toi "Morning Post" yesterday tbal were well over 300 ibores of th sunk within the town area. Al t'he subterranean temperatur pressure were terrific, each bo an entirely safe and conti unit. There was no danger of £ out, as there were so many otli lets in the district to relieve th sure. v Different Drilling Teclini Questioned as to whether i possible to ohtain cold and hot within a small area, this o said that it was not. Ononep both types had -been struck 4 few feet, but the levels at wh water - had ibeen tapped had j very considerably. The cola had been found ■six feet belowa face, whereas the hot spring a been breached until the dril nearly 100 feet down. NeJ these bores had been artesii both needed pumping. | Outside the immediate 1 area, good, cold artesian boi been sunk. An artesian panj near the State mill at proved very successful. I He said that the the techil drilling for hot water diffei'el from normal artesian drilling.J was little danger to the 1 provided that they knevv ffhl were -doing, and' lcept the b® cooled when they had reachedj cient depth. A eontinued water -was pumped under 9 down the bore which, in adii ■keeping the shaft cool, s'l drilling particles to the I While the water was heing I down there was little fear of 9 ture blow, but the momentl stopped the water gushed M superheated pressure. By oi valves would have been attaci the blow could be controWl The hot streams Y'el'el found at a -depth averaging 1 j feet, but in this case the sti'9 have dipped considerably- V the result if anything, satisfactory. 2 Pinding by Divinatioi In the case of bores sunkl firm, the 'services of a we® Rotorua diviner are always e« The system of divining 110 differed in no way from tP1 artesian finding. The f01'/1 exactly the sanie way, al was not possible to asce approximate depth of /he s ' was it possible to tlifferen from cold water, .although not particularly apply 'n There were a few fresh, reservoirs, mainly oveiTio the lake, within t'he thenna these wei*e still, and no ('lVI detect still water. ^