GISBORNE OIL COMPANY
MINE MANAGER’S REPORT
The following log has been kept by j the Gisborne Oil Company’s mine ma- j nager (Mr A. D. McDonald). It shows the work done at the No. 1 well i at the Waitangi oil field, the daily progress being shown, the total depth attained on each date, and the class of formation which the bore had penetrated :
April 28th : Bored o feet; formation vel low clay, total depth o feet; 29tli. bored 15 feet, struck water at 16 feet, total depth 20 feet; 30tH, Lored 20 feet (water), total 40 feet. May Ist: Bored 12 feet, form anion yellow clav and papa, total depth 52 feet; 3rd. 6 feet, yellow clay and papa: 58 feet, 4th, 3 feet gravel, caving character (increase of water). 61ft; Jsth, 6 feet, gravel, caving character, 67 feet; 6th. 11 feet, sticky clay and papa, 78 feet; 7th. 10 feet, sticky clay and papa, 83 feet; Bth, 7 feet, caving clay and papa, 95 feet; 10th, 5 feet, mud strata, caving. 100 feet; 11th, casing the water, water shut off; 12th. cleaning out the caving formation; 13th, i4th, sticky clay and papa, 114_feet: 14ih. 13 feet, papa formation, 127 feet; 15th,' 13 feet, papa formation, 140 feet; 18th, 6 feet, papa and gravel, 151 feet; 19th. 6 feet, mud vein, 157 feet; 20th, 7 feet: caving vein, 164 feet; 21st, lowering lOin casing; 22nd, 6 feet, sticky papa, 170 feet ; 24th,’ 5 feet, caving rotten papa, 175 feet; 25th, 4 feet, large tree 5 feet thick, 179 feet; 26th. 3f eet. caving papa, 182 feet; 27th, 7 feet, caving papa, 189 feet; 2Sth, 6 feet, caving papa and sand, 195 feet; 29th. 5 feet, caving papa and sand, 200 feet; 31st, 4 feet, papa and struck vein gas, 204 feet.
.June Ist: Bored, 6 feet, formation rotten papa caving, 210 feet; 2nd, 5 feet, rotten papa caving, 215 feet; 3rd. 6 feet, rotten papa caving, 221 feet: 4th. 5 feet, rotten papa caving, 226 ft; feet ; 7th, casing the well with Sin casing: Sth. S feet, rotten papa, 238 feet: 9th. 6 feet, rotten papa, 244 feet; 10th, 8 feet, rotten papa, 252 feet; 11th, 7) feet; rotten papa, 259 feet: 12th, 6 feet, rotten papa, 265 feet.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2533, 21 June 1909, Page 5
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380GISBORNE OIL COMPANY Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2533, 21 June 1909, Page 5
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