STRUCK OIL!
NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST I'AVADMi t OIL ELL. « SUCCESS OF THE MOTUIiUA UPERATIOXS. There were several rumors about towji yesterday concerning developments at the Moturoa bojes of the Aloturoa Petroleum Company. T1 e statement was made that thirty barrels of oil had been pumped in a few hours. • A "ttuly Xews'' reporter, who set out specially to investigate, learned that never in the history of the company had things looked as rosy as they do now at No. 2 bore. From four o'clock ou Thursday after* uoon to Friday afternoon there were pumped from the bore nearly ten thousuiul gallons of oil, with an admixture of salty water and silt, the 17jOUU-gal-lons tank beiug nearly two-thirds full a* Ihe result of this run with the pump*.
; "i'lie .manager stated' that he would not wish to be without the aniouut and 'descrijivHin of water—salt water—now >pr< M'lit hi the 'Well, as it was only just vujiiCieiiL to keep the well clean und <a**ist the operatloas. There is very little doitfbt that, unless any untoward thing happens, the Tara•liaki oilfield will become the success •that everyone has been hoping for.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 23, 20 February 1909, Page 5
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189STRUCK OIL! Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 23, 20 February 1909, Page 5
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