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(2,) Ten mites tip creelc from Aramac. — Bore, one liundred and eiglity-seven feet ; 
no water; strata as in Aramac Well. 
(3.) On right hank of Aramac Greek, ten miles above Aramac. — ^Bore, two 
hundred and twenty- seven feet ; no water; strata as in Aramac Well. The bore is 
near some springs which are said to break out only in dry seasons. 
LEICHHARDT DOWNS, near Aramac. 
“ A second supply of artesian water has been struck on that Selection, the yield 
being 280,000 gallons per day. The depth of the bore is 2,488 feet. This is the second 
bore on Leichhardt Downs, the No. 1 having tapped water which flows at the rate of 
1,000,000 gallons per day.”* * * § 
CALEDONIA STATION, Aramac. 
Depth, five hundred and seventy-seven feet ; water overflowing at the rate of 
100,000 gallons per day.f 
NORTHAMPTON DOWNS.— Lat. 24“ 32', Long. 145“ 50'. 
The following information regarding wells on Northamjiton Downs was supplied 
in 1885, by the late Mr. B. E. Murphy, M.L.A., the Proprietor of the Eun 
(1.) Goomdarmah Block, south bank of Barcoo, three miles back from river. 
Depth, one hundred and twenty-five feet. Small supply of fresh water. 
(2.) Qlemtsk Block, north bank of Barcoo, four miles from river. Depth, 
one hundred and fifty feet. Small supply of fresh water. 
(3.) Northampton Block, north side of Barcoo, ten miles from river. Depth, 
two hundred feet. Small supply of water, as salt as brine. 
(4.) Same Block, north side of Barcoo, five miles back from river. Depth, one 
hundred and eighty feet. Pair supply of water, but brackish and unfit for stock. 
Northampton Downs Private Bore. Depth, 1,334 feet ; overflow, 25,000 gallons 
per day.J 
DARBY POINT BORE (Government).— Lat. 25“ 30', Long. 146“ 30'. 
This boro is situated about midway between Augathella and Tambo. It was 
abandoned after “ it had reached a depth of six hundred and sixty-two feet in sand- 
stone and shales of the Cretaceous Formation.” § 
STEWAKT’B BORE (Government). — Lat. 24° 20', Long. 146° 20'. 
This bore is in the Desert Sandstone Formation, under which heading see 
Eemarks (Chapter xxxiii.) 
WELLSHOT BORE (Government).— Lat. 23“ 33', Long. 144“ 55'. 
“ This bore is situated about six and a-half chains southerly from the 370 
miles 33 chains peg from Eockhampton, on the proposed extension of the Central Eail- 
way from Barcaldine to Longreach, and its altitude is about eight hundred and fifty- 
seven feet above sea-level.” The bore was abandoned at 1,160 feet, owing to the loss 
of tools. “ The strata bored were clay, shales, and sandstones of the Cretaceous 
Formation.”§ 
* Brisbane Courier, 12th December, 1891. 
t Brisbane Observer, 9th November, 1891. 
X Hydraulic Engineer’s Report, 30th June, 1891. 
§ Ibid., 30th June, 1889. 
