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[VOL, VII. 
Records oj ike Geological Surrey of India. 
In January 1868, 100 to 125 gallons a clay were collected from No. 1, while 550 to 650 
gallons were collected from No. 5. The action of No. 5 bore was intermittent. Pure water 
was spouted for 3 or 4 hours, then almost pure oil for 15 to 30 minutes, after which all action 
ceased for an hour, or sometimes longer; and then activity set in again. Great difficulty was 
met with in storing the oil, and it is stated that wooden tanks failed to keep it in. The 
most copious discharge was from No. 5 ; and as there was not sufficient storage room, the 
flow was diminished by fixing a valve to the well-pipe. The pressure was very great, being 
30 lbs. to the inch. 
The following is a very interesting table showing when the blows of oil commenced, the 
time the oil continued running, and the quantity of oil given from No. 5 bore at Makoom. 
The depth at which oil was struck is not given in the returns made by the persou in charge 
of the borings, but the hole was most probably a shallow one like the others. 
Bore No. 5.—Makoom. 
Table showing when the bloios of oil commenced , the time the oil continued running, and 
quantity of oil given. 
Date, 1868. 
Commenced 
to run. 
Day and hours 
running. 
Gallons per 
day of 
24 hours. 
Remarks. 
January 
8th 
9 A. M. ... 
6 days 15 hours. 
530 
Stopped gradually. 
” 
16th 
11 „ 
12 
1,500 
1,500 gallons in 12 hours (very strong 
blow). 
” 
17 th 
11 
14 „ 
2,100 
2,100 gallons in 14 hours (very strong 
blow). 
,, 
20th 
Midnight 
9 
600 
5 0 gallons in 9 hours. 
21st 
10 A. M. ... 
20 
480 
480 „ „ 2o „ 
„ 
23rd 
11 „ 
1 day 13 „ 
300 
300 gallons per day (ran slowly). 
„ 
27th 
9-30 „ 
23 5 „ 
300 
29th 
9-30 „ 
6 days 15 „ 
250 
Runniug very 6lowly, 
February 
5 til 
9 „ 
19 , 
500 
500 in 19 hours. 
7th 
9 „ ... 
2 days 
700 
,, 
13 th 
2 P. M. ... 
19 
1,400 
In 19 hours 1,400 gallons. 
,, 
16th 
9 A. M. ... 
1 day 6 „ 
1,600 
1,600 in 30 hours. 
» 
27th 
n „ ... 
1 „ 5 „ 
900 
In 29 hours. 
March 
2nd 
9-30 „ 
1 „ 6 
1,700 
In 30 hours. 
,, 
7th 
9 „ 
2 days 
3,000 
3,000 in 48 hours. 
„ 
11th 
9 „ 
1 day 11 „ 
3,500 
In 35 hours, very strong—burst pipes. 
” 
31st 
10 „ 
31 days 22 „ 
500 
per day. 
1 
(Valve very little open, to reduce the 
May 
14th 
6 P. M. ... 
60 „ 
450 
per day. 
j flow as much as possible. 
July 
14th 
11-30 A. M, ... 
3 „ 22i „ 
400 
19th 
9 
4 „ 21 
550 
,1 
27th 
1 P. M. ... 
15 
600 
In 15 hours. 
28 th 
10-30 A. M. ... 
3 days 1 „ 
700 
A strong blow. 
August 
8th 
o „ 
3 
500 
In three hours, very strong flow. 
11th 
2 P. M. ... 
3 days 10 „ 
1,500 
” 
22nd 
9-30 A. m. ... 
8 „ 
400 
In 8 hours. 
Here the man who kept the account fell ill, and the one who relieved him never kept any. 
The temperature is not recorded. 
Mr. Goodenough was not successful in establishing a petroleum-industry. The under¬ 
taking failed, as so many others in this country have done, owing to the difficulty of 
transport. But the prospect of an abundance of mineral-oil in Assam has been proved; and 
if this splendid province should over be opened up, fortunes will yet be made in this branch 
of mining. 
