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district lias very lately tapped a supply of nearly three and a-half millions of gallons per 
diem. The Ponce de Leon well at St. Augustine, Pla., TJ.S.A., has an estimated daily 
discharge of 10,000,000 gallons — doubtless TT.S. gallons. The well is 1,400 feet deep by 
twelve inches diameter. The temperature of the water is 82°Pahr. This is the largest 
discharge of any well I know of.” 
WEELAMURRA BORE (Private).— Lat. 28° 15', Long. 146° 15'. 
Depth, Ij-iSO feet ; water overflowing at the rate of 150,000 gallons per day ; 
temperature, 113|°; pressure, 150 lb. to the square inch.* * * § 
A newspaper report states that at five hundred and seventy feet, in black shale 
clay, the (No. 3 ?) bore struck alkaline water, which rose five hundred feet in the tubes.f 
BtTRRENDILLA BORE, near Cunnamulla (Private). 
Water overflowing at the rate of 2,500,000 gallons per day ; depth not stated. J 
DILLALAH BORE, about fifteen miles from the Warrego. 
Depth, 1,300 feet; water overflowing at the rate of 250,000 gallons per day. 
“Almost fresh and quite soft.”§ 
THARGOMINDAH BORE. 
“ Fresh water was struck at a depth of 1,100 feet, and the water has risen within 
one foot of the surface. Boring is being continued.” || 
BARRINGUN, WARREGO RIVER (just across the New South Wales Border). 
Water overflowing at the rale of about 25,000 gallons daily ; still boring.^ 
MALVERN HILLS BORE. 
Depth, 2,800 feet ; water struck at 1,300 feet, but did not rise to the surface.** * * §§ 
■KUNGIE lake bore, forty-five miles soirth-west of Cunnamulla (Private). — Lat. 28° 40', Long. 145° 18'. 
Depth, 1,255 feet; overflow, 500,000 gallons per day; temperature, 110°, 
THURLAGOONA BORES (Private).— Lat. 28° 50', Long. 145° 30'. 
No. 1. Depth, 1,270 feet ; overflow, 177,000 gallons daily ; temperature, 112°. 
No. 2. Depth, 1,440 feet ; yield per diem, 30,000 gallons ff ; temperature, 102°. 
No. 3. Depth, 1,616 feet ; overflow per diem, 200,000 gallons ; temperature, 108°. 
No. 4. Depth, seven hundred and eighteen feet ; yield per diem, 36,000 gallons ft ; 
temperature, 102 °. 
No. 5. Depth, eight hundred and thirty-one feet; overflow per diem, 8,000 
gallons.JJ 
No. 6. Depth, 1,529 feet; overflow per diem, 1,500,000 gallons; tempera- 
ture, 108°. 
CHARLOTTE PLAINS, near Cunnamulla. — Lat. 28° 20', Long. 146° 10’. 
This Eun is situated on Widgeegoara Creek. Artesian w'ater has been metwdth 
^ t,662 feet . The yield is 570,000 gallons per day.§§ 
* Hydraulic Engineer’s Report, 30th June, 1891. 
t Tovmsviile liuttelin, 21st December, 1888. 
J Brisbane Courier, 25th June, 1891. 
§ Ibid., 2nd March, 1892. 
II Ibid. , 5th March, 1892. 
IT Ibid,, 24th March, 1892. 
** Rockhampton Bulletin, December, 1891. 
ft Overflowing slightly ; supply pumped. 
ft Salt water ; overflowing when first tapped, but has since receded. 
§§ Sydney Evening News, 10th April, 1891. 
