NEW WAY NEWS FROM DOWN UNDER
Fathoms of Useless water
THE DRIEST CONTINENT - Calls for reliability in the extreme
Australia is a vast country with vast open spaces and much of it desert. In the early days of Australia's European history this called for a "She'll be right mate" when often that was based hoping for the best despite all the evidence to the contrary.
The following is an article from South Australia that in essence expresses this pioneering spirit in Australia. Imagine you are in a dry near desert area where it may not have rained in months or years and you are about to bore for water. You are miles from anywhere "Out beyond the Black Stump", can't afford a breakdown and someone is desperate for water for his stock because there is no surface water.
You head out from Adelaide, the capital, equipped with a boring rig powered by your faithful New Way Engine. And yes you strike water and yes your bore is 1010 Feet deep. Yet look at the hopes involved and dashed at the various stages in this bore and by the contractor. But "what the Heck" it is still a record. But that is "Australia all Over" so enjoy the article and think of the Pioneering Forefathers wherever you or they lived. Miles from anywhere with primitive gear and a truck load of resourcefulness is your best asset.
Enjoy.
George
Fathoms of Useless water
THE DRIEST CONTINENT - Calls for reliability in the extreme
Australia is a vast country with vast open spaces and much of it desert. In the early days of Australia's European history this called for a "She'll be right mate" when often that was based hoping for the best despite all the evidence to the contrary.
The following is an article from South Australia that in essence expresses this pioneering spirit in Australia. Imagine you are in a dry near desert area where it may not have rained in months or years and you are about to bore for water. You are miles from anywhere "Out beyond the Black Stump", can't afford a breakdown and someone is desperate for water for his stock because there is no surface water.
You head out from Adelaide, the capital, equipped with a boring rig powered by your faithful New Way Engine. And yes you strike water and yes your bore is 1010 Feet deep. Yet look at the hopes involved and dashed at the various stages in this bore and by the contractor. But "what the Heck" it is still a record. But that is "Australia all Over" so enjoy the article and think of the Pioneering Forefathers wherever you or they lived. Miles from anywhere with primitive gear and a truck load of resourcefulness is your best asset.
Enjoy.
George
THE MURRAY PIONEER - OCTOBER
8 1914
BORING FOR WATER.
NORTH OF THE MURRAY,
Mr. S. M. Campbell, of the firm of
Horwood & Co., Adelaide, passed
through Renmark on his way
to Ade-
laide Friday. For some time past,
Mr. Campbell with two assistants
has been busy
on Lake Victoria
station sinking bores in
the hope of
striking a flow of fresh
water. Up
to date two bores have been put
down. The first at
“ Butcher s ”
was abandoned at 300 feet,
the water
showing no less than
ten ounces of
salt to the gallon at that
depth. An
underground salt stream had
been
encountered. The second bore
was
put down near Nulla, and
at a
depth of 1010 feet three
ounce water
was obtainined. Three
ounce water
if there are no other
solids but pure
salt, is always considered
suitable for
sheep. Unfortunately the Nulla
water was found to contain soda.
Mr. Campbell is very hopeful that
a real good
supply of stock water
may yet be found
at Nulla, and
is
most anxious to jcontinue boring oper-
ations to a greater depth. He is of
opinion that good, stock
water may
be found. There has been noticed an
improvement in the Nulla bore water
since the 800 feet level
was reached.
At 900 feet three ounce water rose
to within nine feet of the
surface.
Mr.
Campbell has had much ex-
perience in boring
operations. He
has sunk for and
discovered the pre-
cious metal in Western Australia.
He has searched the dry Mallee
coun-
try and not in vain, for good stock
water. Before the Browns
Well to
Paringa line was commenced
Mr.
Campbell was deputed to find water,
if possible, along the
proposed routes,
and the bores at Wanbi (which only
goes one quarter of an
ounce) and
many other places testify to his skill.
All Mr. Campbell's plants
are driven
by a six
h.p. "New Way” engine;
“They are very reliable,” says Mr.
Campbell. The 1010 feet at Nulla is
a record for this engine.
