TARANAKI OILFIELDS.
: NEW PLYMt, UTH > I«st Night. One of the most, vlolent Mow-joiits. ever experienced on th& Taranaki oilfield ■ occurred; to-da„ v > hQn mu <l and oil was thrown fui».' v fifty feet above the No. 3 derrick from'. ■ a depth of 3680 feet, the dei^ k itself being 60 feet high. /This v' 8 .re-" garded as a, distinctly enoouragv'Qg justification of the" Company's polvicy in continuing the bore to a greater depth. At No. 2,derrick oil still-flows freely. >,•:-: •/' : .
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10193, 21 March 1911, Page 5
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80TARANAKI OILFIELDS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10193, 21 March 1911, Page 5
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