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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 25 January 1907, Page 2

PETROLEUM.

T!k> L'lnirnmii ol' the Taranaki Oil • Company informed us last evoniii<; 1U :t ' llio Dt'.) feel el' (iiii.cusiiii;, above where ' the break oi-!-unr,l in No. 2 |,„ro, w.k aH recovered yr-lu-day morniui', ami i iii-r.jrii <; p.in, ihn balance of /Ciiivt b-'l ,w tlio break was also recovered, 'li'm-hl i.) i!u- .surfaci. and unscrewed' 'l' : '" l"'-'.il! was caused by a length of •'saiiglnvakingoir a the thread job,. u,;oac lentil (~ anolher. The w>;-k o' i'-M-a-iing will commence tHis m,niin.', and great care will be taken in testing, as fiu- as possible, every len"lli put down. It is hoped to rcooniuic'-c boring at tk:s well on Monday n<x; and will, fair lin-k it should not b ■ Ion? In-fore payable oil is reached. There is a large c|uani:'ly of gas wiili a eonsid sable am ,mil of oil even at the present depth of 1710 fivl, as all the lo.ver pi.us came up smothered will, oil. Great emlit is due to Mr IJ O'Dow.la, the driller in charge of lbs bore, for the ability and energy he his sho.vn in recovering the c.isin ', in spite of statements that he would ney,-r bo able to do so