ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS. 



Section of Bore on Wanaaring Road, 75 Miles West op Bourke. 



K 



\Ft. 



in. 





18 



I 8 



Grey clay 







r 12 



Red and white rock 







16 



"White sandstone 







6 



White clay 







8 



Red clay 







55 



Clays 







23 



Grey and yellow clay veins 

 and rotten sandstone 







42 



Black clay 







45 



Ditto, with grey streaks 







13 



Black and grey clay 







10 



Ditto ditto, with layers of 

 black slate 







7 



Black and grey clay 











6 Stone 







14 



6 Black clay 







1 



6 Grey clay 



d 



a 

 o 



1 



6 Stone and grey clay 



# o 



3 



Grey granitic rock 



"| 



1 



9 



Bine and grey sandstone 



h 



S 



15 



6 Fine blue clay shale 



o 



*h 



5 



Do. do. with green copper 



W 





stains 



P 



3D 



2 



14 



6 Sandy clay shales 





o 



10 



Blue and black shales 



c3 

 +3 



§ 



48 



4 Blue shale with thin seam 



2 







of sandstone 



o 



Q 



34 



6 Black clayey shale 







5 



Blue clayey shale 







38 



4 Black clay shale 







30 



10 Blue clayey sandy shale 







23 



10 Black clay shale 







33 



Blue and black shale with 

 thin layers of sand 







34 



2 Sandstone and white rods 

 and boulders 







25 



6 Hard blue clay with sand- 

 stone and boulders 







11 



Grey and dark sandstone 







22 



6 Rock and shale 







16 



6 Blue rock and sandstone 







25 



10 Bluish grey sandstone 

 with clay and shells 







- 5 



8 Blue rock 





Ft. 



r 8 

 16 



26 

 15 



4 



16 



10 

 12 



7 



4 

 1 



\ 7 



24 



2 



7 



1 



3 



28 



16 



26 



2 



12 

 11 



J 14 

 960 



Grey stone 



Grey sandstone and black 



clay shale with small 



fossil wood 

 3 Grey and black sandstone 



and clay 



3 Grey and black sand and 



clay 



9 Black shaly clay 



Black and grey strata with 

 waterworn pebbles, with 

 \ inch seam of pyrites 



4 Light grey sand and black 



shaly clay 



Grey sandstone and black 



shaly clay in layers 



7 Black and reddish brown 



clay shale 

 10 Black and light grey sand 



6 Clay and sandstone with 



small shells 



1 Sandy strata 



9 Grey sandy and black clay 

 10 Light grey rock 



Black sandy clay 

 10 Light grey rock 



2 Black sandy clay 



3 Dark clay and sand 



3 Dark grey and brownish 

 sand 



8 Light grey sand and 



brown clay 



9 Grey clay with decayed 



wood 



7 Grey loam, quartz pebbles 

 9 Brown clay and grey sand 



wiih vegetable matter 

 7 Light grey sandy loam, 4 



in. carbona ceous matter 

 White sand and clay : 



water channel cut at 958 



feet rising over surface 



Total depth 



Remarks. — Salt Water tapped at 8 feet, stood at 8 ft., 4,000 gallons 

 per day. 



The fresh artesian water tapped at 942 feet continued to now at an 

 increasing rate, until at 958 feet, after cutting through a tight layer, the 

 rate of supply reached 33,000 gallons per day and continued to increase. 

 Strata from the water channel at 958 feet were driven up over the surface 

 by the force of the water. 



