Engineering Wonders of the World
Volume I

318 ENGINEERING WONDERS OF THE WORLD. 1. CLOSE VIEW OF BORING OUTFIT. WATER STRUCK. 2. TOORAK BORE, NORTH QUEENSLAND. 800,000 GALLONS PER DAY. 3. EULOLO NO. 1 BORE. the outfall of the Moree bore in New South Wales, 2,793 feet in depth, where the tempera- ture of the water at emission from the earth was 110 degrees, though it cools rapidly, as a rule, on meeting the air. The water in another bore not far off has a temperature of 148 degrees Fahr. The maxim that Heaven helps them that help them- selves is well illustrated by artesian work. Nature pro- vides the rainfall, and leads it underground to where it is wanted. Man has to provide the intelligence to know that it is there, as well as the labour to sink the bore. With regard to this latter division, Mr. W. H. Mallock, a well- known writer, points out in one of his books that up to the time of the introduction of effective machinery, about 150 years ago, manual labour had most to do with material pro- duction. Since then it is the intelligence of the director of labour which has the greater share, but by no means the greater proportionate reward. Artesian work illustrates abun- dantly this view. But for geologists and engineers, not only the black aboriginal, but the white labourer succeeding him, would still be half starved in many parts of the area we are dealing with, which wants only water to develop its wealth. We have dealt with the geologist’s part in this great