Show the largest artesian well the melbourne times eU aoi the opening of an artesian well at bar caldine in the intermor of queensland the locality is far removed from any watercourse and has frequently suffered severely from drouth the boring operations were commenced some time ago by mr J managing director of the federal boring association and no sign of water was met with till december last when the drill suddenly dropped seven feet within a few minutes the water ascended the bore rose several feet into the air and then fell away into the form of a large glass dome its temperature then was degrees fahrenheit but soon afterwards receded to degree fahrenheit and mr anticipates that it will go down to about 90 degrees fahrenheit before the rods were removed the bore waa continued to a total depth of feet nine inches so as to form a receptacle for any sediment and prevent its interference with the course of supply the rods were then lifted and some additional dit ional casing was put in to preserve the sides of the bore where any weal mess biad been revea loJ A pipe seventeen feet long was inserted into i the bore and carried up to the top of the derrick which had been used in connection with the boring plant and ov sr the top of this the stream of water twelve inches in diameter had seemingly been allowed to run to waist the pressure indicated that had the piping been carried a much greater distance into the air the stream would not have reached its natural level it is supposed that the water is issuing at the rate gallons per minute or gallons per day |