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Now there can be little doiibt that the oil contained in this sample had found its way into 
the mud fluid from the operations being conducted at the surface. The percentage found by the 
Government Analyst bears a suspicious resemblance to the percentages quoted in connexion 
with the oil-boring operations, previously described, in other localities. The Government 
Analyst’s description of the oil is also the same as in most of those cases. Such a practical test 
makes me more suspicious than ever of the small showings of oil recorded in many of the borings 
which have been dealt with. 
The most interesting evidence of the existence of oil below the surface seen by us in 
Queensland was at Kuthven, a few miles to the south of Longreach in Central Queensland. A 
bore was put down for artesian water many years ago and reached a depth of 4,105 feet. We 
found hot water running from the casing-head into a 400-gal. tank. On the surface of the tank 
was a thick, dark, iridescent, oily film which looked like a dark-brown crude liquid petroleum 
at the temperature which we found to be 190° F. We collected a sample and allowed it to cool 
when it became solid. The Government Analyst has classed this material as Ozokerite. 1 
append the results of two analyses of this substance made by him. The first is of a sample 
