Notes on the occurrence of coal, petroleum and copper in Papua / by J.E. Carne

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Carne, J. E. (Joseph Edmund), 1855-1922
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Melbourne : Dept. of External Affairs, 1913
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NOTES ON THE OCCURRENCE OF Coal, Petroleum, and Copper in Papua. 3
NOTES ON THE OCCURRENCE OF COAL, PETROLEUM, AND COPPER IN PAPUA. 5
CONTENTS. 7
LIST OF FIGURES IN TEXT. 9
LIST OF SECTIONS OF OIL-FIELDS AND COAL EXPEDITION ROUTE. 9
INTRODUCTION. 11
CHAPTER I. COAL IN THE WESTERN DIVISION OF PAPUA. COAL IN PAPUA. PREVIOUS MENTION AND HISTORIC. 13
NARRATIVE. 20
GULF OF PAPUA. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 26
GEOLOGY. PREVIOUS MENTION. 28
PAPUAN COAL. 47
CHAPTER 11. PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS IN PAPUA. WITH NOTES ON THEIR OCCURRENCE IN THE DUTCH-INDIES AND ELSEWHERE. 52
NATURAL OIL AND GAS IN PAPUA. 52
OIL AND GAS IN PAPUA. Opa. 71
DESCRIPTIVE NOTES ON OIL AND GAS OCCURRENCES IN PAPUA. 80
CRUDE PETROLEUM 83
NATURAL GAS. 84
NATURE OF PRODUCTIVE OIL STRATA. 86
OIL-HEARING STRATA. 86
ORIGIN OP PETROLEUM. 86
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF PETROLIFEROUS AREAS. 89
COST OF DRILLING OIL WELLS. 98
DRILLING PLANTS. 98
DANGER OF INHALING GAS WHEN DRILLING. 99
RICHNESS OF SOME OIL-FIELDS. 99
STRIKING OIL IN WELLS. 99
SHUTTING OFF WATER IN OIL-WELLS. 100
FLOWING WELLS. 101
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FIRE. 102
TORPEDOING. 102
LABOUR. 103
PETROLEUM, AND REPORTED INDICATIONS, IN NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALASIA. NEW ZEALAND PETROLEUM FIELDS. 104
New South Wales. 111
QUEENSLAXD. 112
SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 114
WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 115
NORTHERN TERRITORY. 116
CHAPTER 111. ASTROLABE COPPER FIELD, CENTRAL DIVISION, PAPUA. 117
HISTORICAL. 119
GEOLOGY. 120
COMPOSITION OF THE ORES. 123
OUTLOOK OF THE COPPER INDUSTRY IN PAPUA. 124
INDEX. 149

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