BOIU~P-f.Pfl POAL, Tpe cp'}l-bpFing op~~il-ti~n~ Rf I9,07 were cS:>~1~ned

principally' to' proving the extt;nsiqn Of known arei1.s i# coal searr)S of sut~1tient thit~Aesno be paY-libTe:

In the parish of 'Woolamai 'two coal ba5ins, con­tajning, so far as t.ested, two s~ams 18 inches and 19 i~che~dn thickness, at ,,88 ft. 4 in, and 27 3 fee~, !!esp'ehiv~fY ,have be~n cut. Thrs~ M~ t?R th!~l to be worth the attentlOn of any coal company j out in the futun3~\vhen' ~ia{I\'va'yis ~iienC!e(:I':ihto' tr~s hor1'ibn {# YiFtoria' It is INS~i~l~ :"t~~t C?'-,c;per~iv~ i)arfies will tJ.Irn their art~m~oI1'rq ~p~h ~~!;l§ s:1~H'4 ~he( be furth~r ~roveq '}t ?ra!lo~y i=l~~th~ or n~~ outcrops Ipcated, _ , 4t' KOfurripprra, the hol~~:s ?F rhe fll~~Jc :ql~f1?!,!d

, !eas~. fllaqe ,}rrang{,:ments WIth the p.E:p?-rt~E:!1t for certam bores' to be put down, The results prove be-;~~-~l doubt the co-relatiol1ship pf the seams origih'all v proved in the' ']3 lad{ 'Di:Cmlond lease and the ea?terq end of t~e Coal ~r~~15 l~::j.?e, , Boring in I906 to the northward and westward

~:f. K?rHmpl!rr~ yt~19E:? Re9~Hr~ ~T~~!t~: ~r8 t~e eVldence'to 'date 'appears to he agamst the pOSSI-

bility of finding ·payable seams in those direetibns,l The Jumbunna CPflp'any ~ppine9 the use o~ a

larue Departmental' dnll' for about mne months and loc~te~l the position of the seam ahe?-d .of its 'work­ing~, a9~ I:~\;'!,! r:o~~ 'l-n e~tensive fi.~ld C!f :::o}~ t~ operate on,

In the Otwav forest, near Dean's Marsh, a large drill has been boring since :May, 1907, and a depth of about I8s~feet was bored, RPt \yith9.Uf p'i~r~inp '<!',nv"coal seams. The strata pas~ecj throug~l are reo gui~r i].n~· of' good' app,~~p;~n~e, 4nq thE(~Rre ~,ias continued beyond the usual depth for experImental \vorK', the' l~ality being hithe'rto ~pj)or~d: ('J '+{!i~ ihachine is now being shifted'to Ben{verrin, " :} ':1 i: i~' .. J l!! J

D~AN'~ MARSH.-BALLARAT M.INJNG ·PISTR.l~T.· '

PA~~SH OF BA-M!3~A.

(p,late IX.) , ")'oC \.1

Diamond Drill 3L. F oremar;, 1. Milne. ! " . r 'i :,~ If. I' " 1

Bore No. 1.

Position: South-east comer of allot. 4iC,'

Commenced,' 1st June, 1907; completed, 18th J :;tl}pary, J 90S,

Thickness, Ft. In,

Depth struck. Ft, In,

Clays, sandy, red and grey ~7 0 0 0 Shale, sandy, occasionally car-

bonaceops Mudstone, fo~silifer,ous Shale, carbonaOO)us .,. Shale, savdy Sandstone, with calcite vei.ns Muci'stone, sa'ndy, with oc-

casional layers of broken sand-stone ' '

Sandstone, carbonaceous in places Mudstone, carbonaceous, with

saildstone bands' Sandstone ~,r udstone, fossiliferous 'Mudstone, carbcmaceous Sandstone Mlldstone, sandy, with thin cal-

cite veins ... :S~~stq?:, 'c¥-bq!1afeoy~

S6 10

0 18 93

29 !IS

Il3, 87 15

0 23

24 I )

0 67 0 0 I?3 0 2 ~33 0

1,0 133 2 6 1S2 0

6 245 6 (; 275 0

6 39° 6 0 504 0 3 591 0 6 606 3 5 606 9

10 630 2

0 P55 0

174 , ,

!\iudstone, with calcareous ancI c;ltbon~lce6'us bahels

I 1,' • ~ ,.

;'\'[udstone', with ali:el:nate pal~ql' of S3.l19stone tift';:'

SaI1Uston~', jbinted .. , 'Mu'C\stone, sandy, carbonaceous ; aWd fossiliferotls il\ 'piii2es" :;: Sai1'dstone, fine grained ~<[uh~tone, carbonaceous, aild .. 'o2dlsionaIlv fussiliferous

Sandstone -Mudstone' Sandstone, fine grained Mudstone, sandy Sandstone Sandstone, with layers of mud-

ltl If. \;,1: ,f,': ! I; .<,

• stone '" ... ~~I}dsff:n~, wit~ h~!,~ PaJ1d~ 'Mu'dston'e; !i'andy,' proJc~n 111

places ' , ,', Sanclsp,::me, joinh' 1n places M~c!stone, s~Fid y, carbonaceous , iI}' plaq;s .. ,

Thickness. ':"K"In.

82 4 ',.',

15 8 19 0

78 0 130 ,. " 7

2,) I '

5 8 ';

7 4 134 0

I3 2 32 2

45 4 4? ~

48 3 7: 7

~ 4 ~ 2'

Depth struck. Ft. in,

6~~ ?

73~ 4 754' 0

773 0 8S1 0

981 7 1004 8 1010 4 1017 R IJ 5I 8 1164 I::;

Il97 6

t~4~. 4

1288 6 I336 9

T4~§ Shale, ca'rbonaceous '", ~(udstone; aJ1d bands of shale

[ ? /549, t " 6 .. ,.. , I .

Sandstone' , ;'\ "F. I

T3? 0 1559 I(~9 (; 1680 (I,

Tptal depth 18':0 .. :> .. ' 0

JlJrdB 01\:\A,-~ASTLEMATNE ~1I~ I~G " PISTRICT.'

PARISH OF JUMElUF-lNA EAST, ,;

(Plates ;;tr;~ ~:A'>:

Diamond Drill, IOL. F 0Wlia,~1~ { pelaltellt);,

F or previous boring .on the J umbullna Coal Com-pz.ny'S lease:-

Bo;es"~"to 3, see Annual Report, 1891, pag~ Q9' Bores 4 to 7, see Annua,l Renort, I89S, page 79· Bores 8 to 19, see Annual Report, 1900, page

131. Bores I 2, I8, I9 (all continued), and 20, see

AnnBal ~E:po~t, 19C1I, Rag~ ~~~, 64~30;es 71 ~~ 24; see ~~~~a 1 fef~~·t, p~~e

Bore 41 (Jumbunna East), see Annual Report, I993, I02,

'Bores aqd 42 (Jumbunna East), see Annual Report, 1904; 1I2. n" ').

Bore No. 2:;.

j :position: 9.40 chains south of bore No.

Commenced, 22ncI December, 19°f; discontinued, ,: ~: ]'1 • : .',.

' . ~ I :: ': 17 th Janm"ry, 19'03· .

Thickness, Di'p1.h Strata.

F~ "I.,', sh"uck.

T Ft: ';IIl,

Surface soil '3 o· 0 0 -, Sandstone li8 0 3 0 Shale II 6 '18i 0 .Co(ll 0 6 19 2 6 Sha'le 22 0 193 0 Coal 0 4 21S 0 Shale 8 2J5 4

Tota.l eJeptl1 b?req 213 0

Q

Section of bore near DEAN'S MARSH.

Scale, 200feet to I inch. BORE HPI .

Shale

Mudstone TCarbon.ceous Shale. t 133' Shale. .98

Sandstone

Mudstone

SiJndstone . 99

Mudstone

Sandstone J .94-

Mudstone. C'ta ... boflaCeqUS MUdstone at GObS ~ Sandstone

rC.rbon.ceous 's.nds tone .t.55'O'

4'CiJrbon.ceous Mudstone at 6344': G"C.rbonaceousShale at 7094" Mudstone

Sandston;,

Muds!one,

Sandstone

Muds!one . Sandstone MudstlJre.

Sandstone

Mudstone.

Sandstone

Mudstone .

Sandstone.

Mudstone .

rCarbonaceous Shale .tl549 '6:'

Mudstone.

Sandstone

Plan showing position of bore at

WONWONDAH EAST, PARISH OF WO NWONDAH .

.90

SCALE

BORE N9I •

40 chains La I inch .

87

Plan showing position of bore near

DEAN1S MARSH!

PA RISH OF BAM BRA.

SCALE 40 chains to I inch,

CREEK

VILLAGE

EAST

, 6'9

1JI'{Jurlmmt ofJ/line.s {lTd fTTaterS'upi?Y; lfialrial,Aruu.taZ ..&porPJ01

PLAN SH OWI NG THE POSITIONS Of BOR ES IN THE PARISH Of JUMBUN NA EAST.

27 28

~

~

.J.3'

U ' M 54-

SJ

28B

B N

s •

..3C

-s. o ?-

S5

N ~A ~

5 6

H,8'!J~ '.

5 57

•

G • S ~ 60

7 ·5 •

£ 11 ,,9

15 • I

4- • 14-• • 6'/

3 •

I ~ :J IS ' . ~ ~

17 •

32 ,~6' .JC'

/

23 24 • • 25 •

6'2

.328

..3/

3/-'1

Sc.le J 40 ch~in$ to I inch,

•

L'luieL

BORE NP2S.

~--

SICTIONS OF BORES

PARISH- Of JUMBUNNA EAST Scale,-IOO feet to I inch.

BOR£ N!'26.

/32·,~··:::;:::q::=

/fIUd-SCMC

Sandstone. ',/fludstone.

IlJtl:j 61ticK ~t 4IZ"I" S.9llu .. &t)!11! lI"dscone.

.Uud"tMe.

Sh",/c.

Sandstone.

/if"dstMe.

Sands-tMc.

BORE NP'27.

Sl¥lJtisione

l"SI.;ICK CQai;;t I?J'4

Mut/stone

Sr;nr:/siolle.

Sh;;/e.-

S .. ndstone.

/fIudstMe.

Shale. /ifudstone. Sh.,le. 8-C",r/;on",c/Jo~""h.,le.,t 43/-';:'

Sh.,/e.

S3nd"iMe.

Shale. '/Vuds-tone Sh"/e

Sh .. le.

S';;l1ii.done.

rcO;!/ iii 8CC'S""

Sh3/e,

Sandstone

j'eoal "t jC,JT

.3 Co,,/.;;t .J8TI{r

lIft/dstone.

Sha/e.

Sh;;/e.

Sandstone.

Sha/e,

Jiludstone,

Sh"le.

iifvdst"nfJ. sh .. ie Sandstone.

, /,/

17S

Bore No. 26.

Positio~: 12.00 chains no:~h frqrn a poiqt 9.50 ~hams west from 'S.E. corner, all6t. 34.

C,~rmnenced, 12th February, 1907; completed, 20th June, 1907.

Soil and broken sandstone Sddstone Shai~:' sand v S~~~~tone' .... Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone· Shale, dark Sandston~ Mudstone Shale ' r oat, go~d !]uality ~1uiN?ne '" S"ndstone ~1udstone ~ t ,!..

~~:f!cl'!tone, broken, calcitic Mudstone Carbonaceous material Shale ", .. Sandstone, joi~~;}l, ~~rd Shale 'Mudstone Shale Sa:ndstone, jointed, wit, r h<.rd

,nodules ,,,~I

Mudstone, faulted Sf.!1c1stone, join'ted l'vr'udstone; joihi'bd Sandstone, jdihted Shale: , Sandstone, jointed Calcite Sandstone, with calcite vems Shale, sandy Sandstone Mudstone, faulted Sandstone *Carbonaceous material (coal?) 11:udstone; jointed ...

'! 'f "

Total 'depth bored

T~ickncss.

Ft. In.

Depth Struck. F.~, !'.'. o 0

II 2 '6 6 6 6

12 6 17 8 70 4 30 2

1100 6 20 12 12 85

° 147 ~6 7

3 I20 7 4 132 10

145 1 2

3 230 3 9 230 6

37~ 3 9 404 4 5 4I~

I

I

4 7 4I~ 4 II 417 2 9 422

6 1

° 81 '5 431

12 4 51 3 9

o 2 525 2 525

12

~ )56'7 10 4 576 1

5 592 5 I 615 10

36 8 627 II 45 ° 664 7 10 9 799 7 10 9 720 4 34 I 731 I

22 8 765 :2:

87 9 781 10 ~ 8 ,875 7

52 2 877 3 I 4 929 5

17 3 930 9 21 7 948 ° 9 8 969 7 2 6 979 3

19 3 981 9

991 0

*From this stratum, z ft. 6in. in thickness, only 8 inches of core (friable coal) was obtained.

'!ore LV 0. 27.

Position: 39.50 chains north from a p.oint 15.50 cha~ns west from S.E. corner allot. 34.

Con!menced, loth July, 1997 j completed, !4th . October, 19°7.

Strata.. Thickness. Depth struck.

Ft.. Ir •• Ft. In.

Soil and br~ken sandstone I 10 0 0 Sandstone 47 II I 10 Mudstone

, 1 10 39. 9

Sandstone 58 9 41 7 ~1t1C!stppe, caroonaCeO\lS 111 parts ~4 0 100 4 Sandstone "

5 3 II4 4 Mudstone 3 9 II9 7 Coal 0 2 123 4 'Mudstone 24 5 123 6 S'andstorie 68 4 14-7 II

. " Shale, sandy 3 10 :216 3 S:lndstone 86 I 220 I

~'Iudstone, faulted 82 8 306 ~

~ .. u

Strata. Thickness. Depth struck.

n. In. Ft. 10.

Shale 13 8 388 10 Mu'dstone 7 4 4g2 6 Shale' 12 2 409 !O Sa~dstone 9 6 4~2 0 Sha.l~, ctrbonaceous 0 8 43! 6 Sandstori~ 78 4 432 2 Shale 1- 2 510 6 Sandstone 24 0 514 8 Shale, carbonaceous in places 13

0 3 538 8 Mudstone ... ... 7 7 551 II Shale 16 I 559 6 Sandstone 15 9 575 7 Mudstone, c::l;rbonaceous in p'laces ~q 10 591 4 San'ds'tone ... ' '::'. '.' "' '. ~'.~ 225 2 61 5 2 C Iial' ' ° I 840 4 Shale 26 0 840 5 Coal 0 I 866 5 Shale 27 ° 866 6 Sandstone 76 I 893 6 Coat' ° z 96'r}' 7 Mudstone, carbonaceous 18 1 969 9 Cold' .

.... 0' '3 987 10

Mudstone 56 7 988 I

Shale, hard 33 6 1044 8 Mudstone 26 2 1078 2 Shale is I II04 4 Sandstone 28 6 II,22 5 Shale, carbonaceous II 2 II50 II Shale 5 4 II62 I

Coal 0 3 n67 5 Shale 53 7 II67 8 ~1~clstoPei 46 g 1221 3 Shale, sandy I9 2 lz()7 3 Sandstone ~~~ 2 1286 5 i\1udstbne, carbonaceous '5 8 1455 7 Shale n 9 1461 3 Sandstone 2 6 1479 0

---' T9tal depth bored 1481. 15

WOOLAMAI.-CASTLEMAINE MINING D rSTRI CT·.t

PARISHES OF WOOLAMAI AND CORINELLA.

(Plates XL, XLA., XI.B., and XLc.)

wp~n ~ri!1g in the distriC! was first comm~l)c~cl, t4e plans a~d records pubhshed were, owmg t9 .. dlllplication of numbers, not quite clear. A plan, therefore," ot'the Departmental and private oori'I~g i!?' ~h~§', ~ocality, j1,)getq~r. :~itp ~ list 9f. coal sea.I?s plerced In bores sunk pnor to 190'1; IS mcluded m tpls"report.

PRIVATE BORING.

WESTERNPORT COAL COMPANY.

Bore No. 1.

For details of this bOIi~g see Diamond Drill .. ) .,i. Re~it No. ~, page 41.

St,ata. Thickness. Depth stroCk.

Ft. In. Ft.·,1·1n. ,

Coal I 9 29~ q

Total depth bored . " 30T 6

",

Bore No. 2.

Strata.. Thiclmess. Ft. In.

Coal' 0 8 Coal 0 4 Coal 0 5 Coal 0 3

Total depth bored

\

Bore NO.3.

No coal obtained. Total depth bored

Bore NO.4. \ Thlcknl!BS.

Ft.. In.

Coal o 9

Total depth bored

GOVERNMENT BORING.

PARISH OF CORlNELLA.

Bore No. 1.

'176

Depth st,rnck. Ft. In

I75 8 240 4 253 7 266 2

320 I

224 2

Depth struck. Ft.. Ill.

4:34 5

607 I

Position not shown' on plan; on 3.00 chain road, 15.00 chains north-west of allot. 168, and abollt a mile north-west of hore 24.

Tertiary Coal

Annual Report 1894, Ipage 60.

Strata. Thickness. Ft. Ill.

clays, etc. 396

Total depth bored

PARISH OF WOOLAMAI.

* Bore No. 1.

0 0 2

Depth sltrnck. Ft. In.

0 0 982 0

I338 5

. Dta!):lond DIill Report, No. I, [-age IS.

Strata.

Coal Coal Coal

. Coal

Total depth bored

Bore No. 2.

Diamond Drill Report, No.

Strata.

Coal Coal Coal Coal Coal Coal Coal Coal Coal Coal Coal

Total depth bored ..

ThIckness. Ft. In.

0 6 0 6 1 0 0 3

Depth st,rttGk. Ft, Ill.

157 0 221 0 678 10 710 0

1090 4

I, page IS· Thiclmess. Depth

• struck. Ft .. III. Ft. In.

0 6 124 0 0 3 131 0 2 0 IS8 8 0 3 168 Q

0 3 170 0 0 '5 605 0 0 8 605 10 0 3 61 9 0 0 2 787 0 0 2 801 0 0 6 812 0

873 3

Bore NO.3.

Diamond Drill Report, No. I, page IS.

Coal Coal Coal Coal

Coal Coal Coal Coal

Strata.. Thickness. Depth struck.

Fb. In. Ft. In.

0 6 157 II

0 6 16 7 8 0 II 170 8 0 6 172 9

Total depth bored 399 0

Bore NO.4.

Diamond Drill Report, No. I, page 16.

Strata. Thic[{ness. Pept,h st.ruck.

Ft. In. Ft. In.

0 6 132 0 0 4 460 0 0 10 527 0 0 6 610 0

Total depth bored ... 682 10

A coal seam 2ft. 8in. thick 'at 489 ft. 10 in. is recorded as having been cut ih this bore, but it is probably incorrect, as J;lores Nos. 5, 6, and 32, subsequently put down in the vicinity, proved no corresponding seam.

Coal Coal

Coal Coal

"

Coal Coal Coal Coal Coal Coal Coal Coal

Bore NO.5. Diamond Drill Report, No. I, page 25.

Strata..

Total depth bored

Bore No.6.

Thickness. Ft. In.

Depth struck. Ft. It).

o 3 589 3 o 8 646 3

659 9

Diamond Drill Report, No. I, page 26.

Stmtr. Thickness. Depth struck.

Ft. 'In. Ft. In.

0 10 534 0 0 2 542 0

Total derth bored 864 6

tBore NO.7 . Diamond Drill Report, No. I, page 26.

Strnta.

Total depth bored

B,ore No.8.

Thickuess. .il In.

0 I

0 8 0 .5 2 1

0 I

0 1

2 6 0 6

Depth struck. Ft III,

147 0 206 8 329 6 35 1 8 362 4 384 .2 689 0

87 8 4

... II 58 4

Known also as bore No. I; see -Annual Report 1896, page 65. " , .

No coal obtained.

Total depth bored Ft. In.

201 0

jl 20/ zoo11 1

jl - c 203-4 2!J2A

- ~~ " p R. 6'S 20 2

ss

S7

.3G sd 12

.3/ d.Z

S/ _ _L 2{

12

7

.39

Note-

so

. BORE N° 9 •

w

• BORE H~ 8.

Only seams of one foot or more in thickness are recorded on this plan.

0

II A J' S s T I? A

• ' BOFE N~ 10 . . I eBORE N911. I

I T

0

02

/.9

PLAN OF BORES IN THE

WOOLAMAI DISTRICT! PARISHES OF WOOLAMAI AND CORINELLA.

SCALE- 40 chai ns to inch,

20-1-

2/JC

e aoRE N923

• BOR E N9 20

!172" /02 8

74" C3

71

2GA

goc 7S

:?4

70 7.311

24 20

8

t;s

717"

!128 .:;;s tl!.9

92'4 21 fib'

17

.3

0 N T H c

I ,

IJepartmentol'.AIlrus a:;u/Wato- Supply, Tfdoria,~Jlt.purt, J1)(}l

BORE N!' 22.

·",".",.~I\9i~~bt.l..u-'.sllM.Pt:f Sa ntisiMe.

lIIudstQlle.

.flat/stone.

Sant/stone

,1flldstone.

({;."q,;/,OO!J<iutJU,f .. hille. ilt lJ7'2

(jJ·Z~~~~~: :f ?j~~;'. Hut/stone.

f:iJ:tilJ"JC SIr"I. J.;;nastt;ne

Sant/stone.

AfvtlJ't(JIU! .

SantistMe.

%~:.;'j:;:SMdstM'

"'"t/stone. SantistMe.

- 1

SECTIONS

PARISH Of OF BORES

WOOlAMAI Scale,- 100 feet to I inch',

BokE 11.028.

Hut/slone Cloo; 6'#

.#udstone

S~nr/sto17e

IM,.,;",-t.o".

Jj"t/s617/1e #/utJ0kJne

\

/

\

BORE ;YPM.

J'Aa/e.

S<JIlPstone #/vdstMe

/" S"n'ie

S,gntistone

Uur/done JQ3k

#/udstone

J'""!lsc"n,, tWut/stone

J'kl" Afutism7l? M/Jdsto/Je

~dsc"ne

177

Bore NO.9.

Known also as bore No. 2 j see Annual Report 1896, page 65.

No coal obtained.

Total depth bored ...

[Jore No. 10.

Ft. Ill,

258 S

Known also as bore No. 3 j see Annunal Report 1896, page 65.

Strata. Thickness. Depth sti'ltl',k.

Ft. 10. Ft. Ill.

Coal 0 7 202 4 Coal 0 4 32 9 0

Total depth bored 381 J f

*Sections of bores, I to 7 (Kilcunda series), are

Coal Coal Coal, Coal Coal Coal Coal

Bore No. 15.

Annual Report 1905, page 166.

Strata. Thickne33. Dept.h st,ruck~

Ft. 10. Ft. Ill.

0 3 200 5 0 4 258 7

inferior 0 3 40;) 0 0 5 405 5 0 2 506, 2 0 2 544 6 0 5 77 8 5

Total deFth bored 847 0

Bore No. 16.

Annual Report 1906, page 164.

Strata.. Thickness. Depl,h struck:. n, IlL h. Ill.

published in Annual Report, 1889. Coal 2 0 134 8

tThis bore was put down in the parish of Wonthaggi, near the Powlett River.

Bore No. If.

Known also as bore No. 4 j see Annual Report 1896, rage 65, and shown 011 plan Annual Report 1905, page 164.

Coal Coal Coal

Coal Coal Coal Coal

Coal Coal

Coal Coal Coal Coal,

Strata. Thickness. Ft. In.

0 7. 0 II

0 6

Total depth bored

Bore No. 12.

Annual Report 1905,

Strata.

Total depth bored

Bore No. 13.

Annual Report 1905,

Strata.

Total depth bored

page 165.

Thickness.

Ft. In.

I 8 0 9 2 4 0 I

page 165.

Thickness.

~'t. In.

o 2

2 10

Bore No. 14·

Annual Report 1905, ,page 166.

Strata. Thicknes8~

Ft. In.

0 6 0 3 0 I

jmpure 5 4

Total depth bored

Depth struck. Ft. In.

224 6 225 7 299 6

30 9 0

Depth struck. Ft. In.

30 0 56. II

582 9 609 10

776 2

Depth st.ruck. Ft. Ill.

207 3 276 8

568 2

Depth struck. Ft. In,

r60 10 626 10 62 7 5 627. 8

~II 3

T\Jtal depth bore a 161 0

Bore No. 17.

Annual Report 1906, page 164.

Several seams of impure coal were struck between 17 2 ft. 9 in. and 197 ft r in. A z-inch seam of coal was struck at 419 ft. 6 in.

Total depth bored .. , 558 4

Bore No. 18.

Annual Report 1906, page 165.

StratA. Thickness. Oept.h struck.

l:~t.. In. Ft. In. Coal 0 6 45 7 Coal 0 1 186 9 Coal 0 I 189 0 COdl, friable I 2 205 11 Coal 0 6 208 I Coal 0 2 2I7 3 Coal 0 3 21 7 7 Coal 0 6 218 3

Total depth bored 422 4

Bore No. I9.

Annual Report 1906, page 165.

Strat.a..

Coal, inferior and friable Coal, good quality ... Coal, g.')()d quality ... Coal, hard, good quality

Total depth bored

Bore No. 20.

Annual Report 1906,

Stmta.

Coal Coal Coal

Total depth bored

ThicKIICS3. ~:,~~~~.

rage

Ft. I II. Ft. I II.

I 0 '162 II

o 2 J 67 .'1 o 2 180 8 2 I 200 6

165. Thickness. Depth

struck. Ft. In. Fli. In.

0 3 225 II 0 3 322 0 0 2 599 10

1042 0

178

Bore No. 2I.

Annual Report'1906, page 166.

Strata..

(.: 0 {{I , h~rlJ, gcod qu,.tlity Coal Co~l Co~l C o~l. harcl,goocJ q!lality 'coat' h~!d (:oif

Total depth bored

Tlliekucss. Dept h strw:J ... Ft. I" Ft. ill.

"0 ()

9

°

8 250 10

5 25~ 10 3 262 :!

~' 28'; ° 2 ';8'~ 1 I

- 'J 3 297 5 930 4

lJ£am:md Drill, 9L. Bores 22, 25, 28, ;30.

Foreman, H7. ill. Fraucis. ~ ~ • 1 ; t '. .'.

Dic71lOnd; lJr!?? ~L. B.or.~~ ~3, ~4, :zp, 27, 29, ';]nd 31'. Foreman, E.''KeigltlcJ,.

B.ore No. 22.

Position: On reserve, east of allot. 4IR. See plan.

C~n1lnC:!1~ed, 15th Il"c~'fJ1bJ':r, ~9~?; ~ompleted, 22ncl April, 1907.

SLrn.I.a..

Surbce soil and da v .,. Sandstone,' I ~lecon1p;sed !I[i.ii:1!;toll~, c;ileh'reous" .. : S'::\11dqh3n~, . coarse Mudstone Saridstone Mu'd'5tone Sandstone Mudstone S<.ndstone lHudstone, calcareous, .. Sandstone, calcareous ... ~., u'd~!one' Sha te, carbonaceous ... ." .h ". "

~{ud~tone, splicl .. . .. i\,[uC!stone, ca.rbonaceous c.o4C·goC(d quality' Muc]stone .... Co~t and c;:'.riJonaceotls shale ~l udgf:?lle,c~rbona'ceous in 'l)~rts Basa It, dense, containing zeolItes Sal;~ls'ton~, ~~llcare~lIS ... Car.bonaceous materiaL very hard f j ~ 'I' . •• ' • <. ~ I'; '. <.

Sandstone, ca lcarcaus '" Carbonaceous material, very hard Sandstone, calcareous .. , ' ;V[udston~ ... 01', ..

Shale, carbonaceous }\-[ lldstonc Shale, carbonaceous Mudstone Sandsfone !\[udstone Sand~fone Shr,le Sandstone Shale;' sanely Sandstone . Shale, sandy Sandstone iv[udstone Sandstone i\,fu'tlstone S'ancJstone, jointed Mudstone Sanclstone M udsfone, crushed­Sandstone, jointy J\:fudstone

Thickllcss.

~'t.. 10.

4 7 8

40 3 '4 <1

~~ 6 " IT

5 5

130

o 3 4 o 6

17 J[

o 86

o q 22

33 I

38

J

2

5 4 2

6 8 5 9 4 5 I

2

25 n '6 4 3 2

o 4 6 6 .5 2

9

Depl.h K!.IW:!<: Ft. {n

o ° 4 7

J2 8 '"'? J r ., ~ ?7 ',3

lOS .9 108 8 114 IJ6 147 184 18 7 318 33(:)

6 33)0

4 8 8 :2

447 4 447 Q 4Li§ 534 534 SSp 572 J 0

665

3 9 $

7 665 II

699 4

7.00

738 764 764 TO

5 7 6

797 797 799 800 8' 35

2

8 2

3S 3f

'5 3

I2

o 867 6 872 8 876

7 9 is 6

° 8 9 18 II

o 24

I

4 'i

5 5 2

9

4 4

888 897 916 '2

9

92 7 928 93 2

936 967 II

7 Q

is 7

2 96? o . 992

3 5 5 o 993

997 9 ~

~ "\ .

Strab.

Sandstone f' "

Mudstone, calcareous Sandstone

Total depth bored

" . Bore N8. 23·

Thickness.

I'll. 1n.

Dcp~h sLruck.

Ft. In.

43 9, 100::; 2

5 ~?- PHS II 13 10 105 1 9

1065 7

Position: On allot. IOSC. See plan.

Commenced, lIth January, 19°7; ~otu'pl~teel,7th March, 1907.

~rata.

Surface soil, da.rk Clay, yellow Sbale, sandy, yellow ... Sandstone, yellow anel blue, with

occasiona I coal materia! Mucrstori~: broken rI.; .:. '

Shale, fractured . Mudstone', fiactured .. , Sanelst\)ne, blue, slightly ca,r-

bonaceous and calcitic Mudstone, fractured, pyritic and

calcitic in upper portion q8~1, 59ft, 9ar1~. '... . .. Mudstone, 'sometlmes fractured or .. 'cd,rbonaceolis ' .... ~ :.' . ,', Sandstone, hard, calcareous, oc-

casionall v carbonaceolls ... Sandsto11f~! ~nd !'rnudstone, decom­." posed" : :. . .. . .. saliristone. occasionally carbona-.. • c " "~, .,-

ceous .' .. Mudstone, fractured SaiiClstone, calcitic and car-~ liOiiacebus ."I;H -!)

MiiaS-tone and sandstone, frac· tured

Shale, sandy Sandstl::me .and mudstone, friable Sanc1s~one, .,. caidtic "'and ). 'car~' "bohaceous

"

Total derth bored

. Bore No. 24·

ThichneS8.

Ft. In.

6

~ 9 5 3

243 ° ~6 '3 20 18

28

21

o .' 45

r03

3

° o

4

9 6

6 " 2

9

5 o

1

74 7 4

~~ f? I 0

I)epth !-tnl"K Ft, ~ II;. ° "0 1 6 5 3

]0 6 ~53 6 2'79 9 299 9

31 7 9

346 I

~?7 10

3~~ 4

4I3 10

638 2

641 3 715 10

JI9 II

756 9

757. 9

Position: Near south·\\'est corner of allot. 162, ." , parish" of ·Coiiri'eil~ .. "

Commenced, 6th April, J907; completed, 7th June, 1907; .

Str:l.ta.,

Surface 'soil, grey Clay, vellow Mll(lstO'ne', oroken, yellow SalirlStone, blue and yellow' Shale, sanelY, blue Sarlc1stone, ~ligbtly carbonaceous Shale, sandy l\:fu c\ stone, ~lue Shale, sanclv,bllle Sandstone, hlue and yellolV Mudstone, biue and yeliow S~ridstone, jointed, blue, increas-

ing in hardness Shale Saridstone 'Mllelsttme' Shale; sanely Sandstone, finegr~ried ~hale; jointed ...

'£!1!C!OiCSS. Ft. Tn.

r ° 2 5

57 3 3 II

3 I 11 0

1 II

10 5 10 7 ~9. ? II 2

200 0

29 2

2 ° 2 3

45 5 2 0

12 II

'Depth st.l'HciL Ft, I"

o 0

I 0

3 5 60 8 64 7 67 8 68 8 70 7 81 ° 91 7

121 4

I32 6 332 6 36I ~ 363 ~ 395 IJ

4II 4 '41 3 4

BORE N!12S.

SOI",iscon •.

b/"t/.stoo.t. Shfl/t!,

S",,,r/stPnd.

rCo,,/fSI'/ll7tJQlt JIlT'

S·Coalisl'lint.;;t 33.1' '11:'

S"/Ii/stone.

Sh,,/ •.

Sands-cone,

rCaI'J."",eCPV$ milt/stone ;;t S:117:' C"Co;;IIsfJintJat 599,'}"

Iifvd.tPne.

.-

OF BORES S EeT IO.NS

'PARISH Of. WOOLAMAI Scale)- 100 feet to I incO.

BORE NfJ2G.

li'IucUCINU! . .J'41ntistonll. ¥udstontt. J'hOl/~.

Siintl.rton~ Sh;g/~"

2"C.;l"j,0I1.;lCf:OU.s m;ta;IIIJt I£{'I."

f1tj~liI;nOlCl!Pllt mOlu,.iaJ ~t /G9'r 1If1idscone, S;;1nd.stqne.

/If"c/stone,

Sha/ •.

Mut/sCone.

Afut/stpnc.

~ficittJ witlrf1Jl'ltu Jt 41i",{"

J/ud.stone _

Sh .. I •.

S;nt/stone,

Afut/siMe.

BORE N 027.

Sh:J/~. 2"/nt't!f'l'Of' 6/.fCIt COJII Gt28S'O . $QllfTdlf/U ,f/lidsiQJ1l!. S;n"~ton(;,

/'.?'C",,,,,,.ck CfJp/ ;dJI7'T." SIt,fillc.

BORE NO 28.

Shale

/ttv/s cOI1e,/7'

Mv/stone

,shale

C0.9~ .j'&plti7t/. Mut/stone, #: ""rbondCl!tJVs.

BORE N!'29.

J311lIst()ne.

MildsCMc,

SifllUstone, G''fits.Ji/iFeroll,f $"tint/stoIJf/ .• ~ 24f!/IJ

Milt/SlUt,.. SgmlSG(mB

BOHE 11.030, ,J'"pface

,j" Shale

;II'll"

SECTIONS

PARISH or OF BORES

W001AMAI Scale,- 100 feet to linch.

GJ6"7~ fi38/.Jj" 1t~'7H

• .5'5'2"

8$~H ifJI',2" 8.24;"" B2r/~

89(}'1" 8M"';"" .i!l!J'j'(}"

!ilL'

\

..rh~/<~> 1t»/>6P/?4C'etJtM.

Hutlstane

.5'h,,;'" # CaMOI7JCetxlJ'

~1J~tol'Je

Hulk",,.,, SQ'l'JtI.stone

BORE HPJI, StJl'face

Muds/one Sha/e

,far.dstone

, / "

Shale 8" ca:'bonac8ous

s/,./. MudJ"tone

Sefldscane

Mudstone I'

Coal; 1;ll1feflicr

JllU/StOflB

Sf/ale

$,ndstor-s

Shale

Sandstone

!.Im/st,ne

Stale

;~f;;a£stfJf1e

CoalZ"

({j("71,2·'f!'l.:;b/~

179

Strata.

j\:I.l!t:Jston~, jointeq Sh~le, s~!1dy ?lludstone ... Saiij~tolle fme gr'J.ined, hart! ...

•• • J if. , • ••

Mudstone, with pyntes 111 ]({!nts Shale, sappy' ~Mlld'stone ... Saiidstone ~[u~~ton~

To2al depth bored

Bore No. 25.

Thjc1\l1CSS.

'fFt In..

+p 7 3 0

31 10

[ 0

~4 3 J9 ~ n § o 10

24 3

Depth struck. Ft. In.

3 442 10

445 10 47], :8 478 8 502 .! I

5 19 7 53[ 3

556 4

P.ositi~:)JJ: 18.27 chains south of northern boun~ary, 9.9I chains east of western boundary', allcit. 43E, Parish of Woolamai. ."." ' ,

Comm'enced; Bth May, I90 7 ; completed, ,~Ht J~!y, • , •• ~ '... : .j 190 7. .

Surface soil and clay 1v[udstone ' Sarldstone, cO<.lrse-grained :Mudsione, sandy, fossiliferous Sa~d~fone, coarse-grained ]Huclstone, sandy in parts Ironstone, jointed ... .., ~asdt, olj,;il1e, containing zeolites Sandstone. Angle of dip (10°)

Shale, sandy , Sandstone, hard. Dip, 10° N.W. ~'lucj;:;tone, hard, solid flasalt~ grey,' with carbonate of

li~e ... ~luC!stone, hard Sandstone Mudstone, solid Shale, sandy Sandstone, calcareous lI.bdstone, jointed Coal, splint (hard lJ1tldstol!e a!1ci

coal material) i\:[uclstoric~ solid Coql, splh1t Mudstone. solid lV[udstone; carbonaceous Coal, hard . ., Mudstone Sandstone Carbonaceous material Mudstone, with a car1::onaceou~ b~d '. .

Shale, sandv ... ... Sandstone, C'arbonaceOtls in places Muc)s,ttme ' Coal, inferior ?dudstone fossiliferous .Mucjstone, carbonaceous Mudstone, solid Coa~, splint Mudstone, with carbonaceous

bands and slicl<:ensided in places

Sandstone, fine-grained

Total d:pth t:ored

Thicl .. ness, I i.~~" l~~

t"

Depth eLruek. V:. !<>,

3 4 0 0 J I

2 0

7 3 4 10

40 6 7 I

3~ 0

37 9 2

60 2

Q 5 o

$ 5 I 10

43 6 9 4 ,i 5

17 9 29 4

o 5 13 8 o 5

54 ]0

o 5 I 6

]4 II 50 8

o .5

3 4 4 5 6 5

13 8 18 is $9 0 66 I

105 142 10

145 7 206 0

208 0 2r'3 '5 21 5 3 258 9 268 .1

271 6 289 3

318 7 319 0

332 8 333 J

387 J[

388 4 389 TO

40 4 Q 455 5

44 2 455 10 2 10 o .500

502 10 43 16 o

37 o 8 o

$46 7 3 7 553

4553 10 5 59! 2 2

6 591 599

7~ 4 600 3 2 6 670 7

67~ I

Water level, 44 feet fro~ surface.

• Analysis of core str~ck at 38~ ft. 4 in., pore No. 25.

FARISH OF WOOLAMAI. • J ,\. i"

One-tqi~~l ~~ fhe ~R:e, ~a:vl! :eftj:~H¥: was used for analYSIS.

.Ft. In Total thickness of seam 1 6 Core obtained ,",... t I

• I Rer;ort.-This cml is of a good .hard quality, free from pvrites' but containing a falr amount of cal-

... ~.' , , II \.,' I I ,. cite in se~lIIis and pa tehes. . It \:iunis '1Y1fj1 ,11 ~,lort 'smokY flame and 'the residue sho~,>;s no ~~gn~ of

• - .' ." , ~, . • . . r I ~ \ \ ), ', •• ~ T 1 ( • cokmg, ~ell1f qUIte powdery.

Analvsis- .. \' }loiSture

Volatile" Hydrocarbon Fixea ClrbOl~" Ash'

2.29 per ~r~t· 24,43 per pe~t· 62.8i Rer cent. 10.47 pe~ cent·

'(. Wl.

100.00

Sulphur ~ ,I

Bore No. 26, position: Allot. IOIB. See plan.

Commencfd, lIth July 1907; completed, August, I907. .

1St

Strata. I, Surface soil Clay, yellow Sandstone, blue and yellow Mudsroi1e, blue . Sandstone, v'eilow Mudstone; b!1.1e ;:ibale; blue I;

Sanclstone, blue and yellow Shdie' blue ... Sanaston~, slightly carbonaceous . ii{' places .... i\'fudstone Sandstone Mudstone, with carboriaceous

b'and Shale; blue Mudstone; plue, with carbon-

aCeOllS bai1d Sandstone, blue .... ... 'K'lucistone, carbonaceous in places Sandstone, bltle ' Shhle;blue ... Sanci'stone, blue Mudstone sandy Shale, sandy Mudstone, clark *Coal iHudstone, dark Shale, sand v MtidstOl1fi;, s"andv Sandstone, OCcasionally car-

':b::maccous ' Shale sand" ~'lucYstone,' occasionally car-

bOnaceous Sandstone Mudstone Calclfe, with pyrites Shale; sandy Mudstone, sandv Shaie; saridv . S~ndstone', . hard ~lu4~tone, :;andy i~ places

Total depth bored

Thickness.

Ft. In.

I

i 32

5 ~ 3 2

21

I

II

3

o 6

3· o 6 5 2

2

I

S 2

9 3

II 10

10 6 39 8

2 0

o I 0

41 0

3 0 o 6 I 4 9 0

6 5 14 0

19 8 12 II

3., 9

37 o 2

13 12

i8 Ii

5 2

o z o 6 o 4 3

J1ep II ~ruek, ~'t: In,

o 0

1 0

2 P 34 7 ;,9 10

40 10

44 4 4P 9 67 II

69 I 134 2 135 10

166 0 ., 177 10

7~~ 4 225 6 227 0 228 0

229 0

270 0

273 0

273 6 274 10

28.3 10

290 .3

30 4 3 32~ II

33~ 10 ,nO ;) 372 5 410 5 . () 4~, 7 418 7 4.32 I

444 I

462 5

470 ?

* Actual core obtained-good coal 9 inch,,!" "" ,,-inferior coal 2 inches

Tot{tl ... I inches

150

· Bore No. 27.

Position: On allot. 98B. See plan.

Commenced, 15th August, 1907;, completed~ 3rd September, 1907.

i\[ uclstone Sandstone, fille grained Shale, sanch Sandstone, ~fille grained ;\1 u(kone Strata. '

Surface soil, light Clay, yellow Sandstone, soft,

below ' Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Coal, infcrior 'Mudstone Shale Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone i\Iudstone Coal, inferior Mudstone Sandstone' Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone S:Jndstonc Coal, inferior ' Mudstolie Shale, s:Jnd y Mudstone C oat, inferior Mudstone

carbon:Jccous

Sandstone, calcite vcms Mudstone, broken Sandstone Mudstone, carbonaceous in Flaees *Coal, good Mudstone, dark Shale, sandy Mudstone, carbonaceous in places Shale, sandy , Sandstone, carbonaceous, with

fossil leaves Mudstone, sandy

Thickness.

FII. 10.

I 6 I 10

71

6 o

13 o

13 1

o

6 1

8r I

7 2

6 8 2

7 o 8 3 o o 4 5

o 7 18 8

Dcpth struck. .\"1. In.

,0 o I 6

3 4 74 11.

8l I

81. 7 .) 95

95 109 IlO IlO

5 o o 8

I J I 11

117 11

Il8 Il 200

201 202

3 8

220 II

Sandstone, line grained jVlmbtolle Shale, sand v Bas:llt dyke; hard, bluisb grey Mudstonc Shale. s:1I1dv 1'1 udstollc ' Coal, 'im pfll'e !I'I,lldstone Sandstone Mudstone Coal, inferior Mudstoi1e Coal, 'splint 7\'1 uc1stone, with sand\' bands Sandstone ' [,-1 udstone, carbonaceolls Mudstone

9 6 8 o 230 5

Muds:onc, s[(mh' SandsV::me, fine 'grained ;\[udstone 5 5

3 J J

7' 238 244 247 J ,I

o 5 5

Sandstone, fme grained 'Mudstone, sanely Sandstone, fine 'grained Mudstone

o 21

5 8 o

5 o

2

I 4 8 7 3 10 8 0

7 ' 8 2

I 9 J ]0

34 6

I

5

7 2

4 6

253 253 274 .1 [ Sandstone, fine gr,a.incc\ 279 II Shale. sanche 2,158 0 Sandstone f;ne grained 288 2 Mudstone, sandv 289 6 Sandstone . 298 I Coal, splint ~OI J l i\<[udstone. sand" ~09 j T M udstonc carboi1aceous 317 7 Mudstone '" 318 9 Sandstone, slickensided ,120 6 'Mudstone, joinf:,:, f:J,ulted

322

356 4 5

362 10 399 5

Total depth bored ...

Bore No. 29,

Thickness. I't. In.

Depth struck. }'t. In.

6 140 6 9 4

3 2 4 33 6 56 9

1 10 23 3 ] [ 8

2 9 j 6' 10

6 9 8 7 o 1

o 6 3 3 3 ,6 o :2

o

4 8 4

3(,10' 56 4

o 8 39 20

4 35

17

1

7 8 9

7 [ 37 8 16 9 72 10

I 0

57 o

IS o

7 3 8 4

J42, 0

lSI 4 8 183

21 7 2

273 II

275 299 '0

9

310 31 3 330

337 345 345 346 349

8 5 3 o 7 8 2

5 352 II

353 3 355 IJ

356 3 388' I

444 5 445 484 2

5 50 4 508 ]1

544 0

7 3 o I

9 6

700

757 II

758 773 10

4 4

2

3f 10 '774 2

7 6 806 5 9 8Tl';

o 6

Total c1erth bored 4 1 3 7 Position: On allotment JOI B. See Plan.

Bore No. 28.

Position: On north and south ~'-chain road, 27.00 chains eastward from tX;re No. 25.

,Commenced, 13th August, 1907; completed, 5th , Octobe.r, J 907.

Strata.

Surface soil and c1a\' Dyke, dec.Jmposed . Sandstone, coarse grained Shale, sandy Sandstone, fine grained Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone, sandy in parts Sandstone, fine grained "Mudstone Sandstone, fine grained Shale Sandstone, fi'ne grained

* AcblU\l core obti1inecl-good conI .. ,

" -inferior coal

Total

Thickness, Ft. 'In.

4 2

29 JT

7 9 7 II

15 :2

7 3 4

22 4 3 ]0

3 I .) :2 II

7 .. 7 2 9

Dept.h ~rl'nck. Ft, Ill,

o 0

4 2

34 J 4[ 10 49 9 64 II

66 6 69 10 92 2

96 0

12 7 3. 130 2

9

,'" (i inchos .. ' 3 inches

.. , 9 inches '-, -----

Commenced, 14th Septemher, 1907; completed, 12th October, 1907.

StratA.

Surface soil, 5an(1:', clark Sand, white to brown Cia 1', bltli;;ll to I'ellow SJI1'r\stone, calcm:eous in places,

vello;" and blue, containing oc­r.asioi1:11 coal hands

}[udstone, clark Sandstone, containing nodules of

mudstone lvr udstone. crushed and L1U Heel S;mcJstone, crushed aJld faulted Mudstone, dark, crushed and

faul~cl ' Sandstone. crushed ;:nd fahlted 'Mudstone: dark, crushed and

faulted Sandstone, with fossil leaves .. , }[udstone, d:lrk, crushed and

faulted Sandstone. crusher! flnd faulted 'Mudstone; crushed and faulted Sandstone, crushed and faulted

Thickness. Ft, In:

I 3 13 2

~ 6 3

o

4T 20

8

18 9

6 o

19 4

42

35

3

5 5 J

S 6

8 6

7 7 o 2

Depth struck. n. I .. ,

o 0

I ,)

T4 5

30 8 J44 9

J4) 0

186 S 206 10

21 5 3 233 8

243 2

249 10

2$0 4 269 TT 274 q 316 6

o 181

StratI\,

Mudstone, crushed and faulted Sandstone, with c;dcite veins J\Illdstc'ne Sandstone !\l udstone Sandstone, crushed and faulted Mudstone, crushed and f:(ulted Sandsto:1e l\'Iuclstone, Sandstone, Mudstone,

faulted

grey, dark crushed and f au I teel dark, crushed and

Thickness. Ft. Iu.

2 4 4

2 .10

o 8 1

)0

49 8

6

3

7 6 5

I )0

Dopth . strUCk.

PI;. Ill.

35 T

373 375 378 378 3861J 388 398 448 456

8 o 4

8

o 7 1

6

Sandstone, crushed and faulted Mudstone, crllshed and faulled' 20 Shale, s<:nclv 27 Sand~tone ' Mudstone Sandstone

17

4 7 r 6

458 475 Ii

480 o j 500 0' 527

528 53 1

53 2

537 538 546 554

6 7 7 9 .) i\{udstone, crushed and faulted

Sandstone Shale, sandy Sandstone, crushed and faulted Sha Ie, s:llldy, C[l'rbonaceous j"ludstone, c;:rbonaceous, crushed . and fauHed

ToLll depth bored

Bore No. 30.

I

,0

5

2

6 6

o '5 8 5 7 II

2

5

9

7 6

8

61I I

Position: 18.36 chains westward from Bore No. 25.

Commenced, 21St October, 1907; completed, 13th January, 1908,

Strllttl.

Soil 'ancl days Shale, micaceous Sa~1dstone, occasional ClXl.l

streaks ' i\'fudstone Shde, sandy Sandsttme, calcareous Mudstone . Sandstone, calcareous Mudstone, sandY .. ' Sandstone, containing streaks of

coal Clod, ca.rbonaceous ,'.'[udstone Sandstone, -fine-grained Mudstone S2.ndstone Mudstone Sandsone, fine-grained lV[udstone Coal, good quality Mudstone Coal, splint, Mudstone Sandstone, fine-grained Shale, sandy Sandstone, with c02.I)' streaks ... Shale, sand v Sandstone, fine-grained .Mudstone Sandstone, fme-grained Shale, carbonaceous ,~. Sanristone, fine-grained C,oal . Mudstone Shale, sandI' 82.11(15to11e, fine-grained Shale, carbonaceous

Thiclmess. }"$, In.

5 0 8 8

35 3 27 1

14 2

162 2

I 9 22 8 15 6

42 3 o 3 5 3 8 0

13 1

16 7 I 8 2 9 3 3 o 8

2

o 2

29 8 60 0

9 0 41 8

I 4 I 4 2 6 2 5 o 5 I 5 o 4

50 7 8 9

39 ]0

o I

JlepLh struck. l!-t. Ill.

o 0

5 0

13 8 48 II

76 0

90 2

25 2 4 254 I

27 6 9

292 3 334 6 334 9 340 0

348 0 361 1

377 8 379 4 382 385 4 386 0

387 2

387 4 417 c 477 0 486 0

527 8 529 0

530 4 53:2 10

535 ,) 535 8 537 537 5 588 0

596 9 636 7

strata.

j[ udstone Sandstone, line-grained ill.udstcne Snnds!one Shale, S:lllljv

S:l,lldstone, - fine-grained, with coal streaks

Shale, carbonaceous, hud Coal, hard, good quality lHuclstone Shale, ,cal'bOnaCeolls Coal, hard, good' 11udstone Shale, C(lrbonaceous l'I'l,udstone Sandstone, fine-grained Shale, carbonaceous .. , rdudstone . Sandstone, fine-grained Mudstone Shale, carbonaceous .Mudstone Shale, carbonaceous NLudstone Sandstoi1e, fll1e-grained }[uc1stone Shale, carbonaceous i\tudstone Sandstone i\-Illclstone Sandstone !I~rudstone Sandstone

Total clepth bored ...

Bore No. ,11.

Thickness. Ft. in.

I 7 8 4 9 7 810 6 3

19 3 o 3 o 5 I 10

2 10

o II

13 I

o 5 44 II 55 4

o S IT II

4 0 2 II o 10

] 9 10

2 0

37 5 6 2

3 7 o 7

II 7 IS 5

:1 0

31 II

12 5 9 3

Position: On aJlotment JOoB.

Depth struck.

Ft. III.

636 8 638 3 646 7 6.56 2

665 0

67 1 3 690 6 690 9 691 2

693 0

695 10 696 9 709 10 710 3 755 2 810 6 8Il 2

823 I

827 I

830 0

830 10 850 8 852 8 890 I

896 3 899 10 900 5 912 0

92 7 5 930 5 962 4 974 9

984 0

Commenced, 28th October, 1907; completed, 2nd December, 1907.

Stra-tllo

Surface soil, light Cl(lv, yellow Saridstone, yellow iV[udstone, yellow and grey Shale. vellow and blue Sandsto'i1e, yellow and blue,

containing calcite veins and occasional coal y streaks

Mudstone ,Shale, carbonaceous ?lcfudstone Sandstone Mudstone, fossiliferous in places Shale, sandy Mudstone, fossiliferous Sandstone, haTd }[udston,e, sof~, containing coaly

matenal ,.. . .. Sandstone Mudstone, crushed Sandstone, crushed Mudstone, crushed Coal, inferior 'I{udstone, crushed Sh?Je, sandy Sandstone, crushed Mudstone, broken, carbonaceous Sandstone Shale, sand\' Sandstone. 'calcareous Shale, sandy, fossiliferous

Thickness. Ft. IQ.

I 6 I 8 4 8 6 9 8 IO

161 6 o 10 o 8

13 2 2 0

4 6 II 7 9 2

17 5

I 10

I 4 6 6 I 10

17 II

o 7 2 II

14 9 I 10

7 0

14 0

4 6 24 6 13 6

Depth struck. Ft. In.

o 0

I 6 3 2

7 10

14 7

23 50 184 II 185 9 186 5 199 7 201 7 206 I

2I/ 8 226 10

244 3 246 I

247 5 253 II

255 9 273 8 274 3 277 2

291 II

293 9 300 9 3 I 4 9 31 9 3 343 9