A deep, narrow hole bored perpendicularly into water-bearing strata lying at an angle, so that natural pressure produces a constant supply of water with little or no pumping.
the groundwater is released under pressure to the surface through natural springs and artesian bores
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It supplied mansions with water from springs, wells, and artesian bore holes.
The wealthy company was ideally placed to move into capitalist pasturing, using professional management, fencing, artesian bores, and massive and diverse holdings to minimise traditional risks.
The first successful artesian bore was probably that sunk by David Brown at Kallara station, 40 km north of Tilpa on the Darling River, in 1879.
The camel trains were also involved in the establishment of artesian bores.
They pumped water for domestic supply from an artesian bore near the water wheel to a water tank on a tower beside the homestead.
The station generates twenty kilowatts of power from artesian bore water heated by hot rocks.
The photograph shows boiling water gushing from an artesian bore on Clifton Hills Station, Birdsville Track, South Australia.
As a result of the total lack of surface water along the entire route, the South Australian government sank artesian bores at intervals of about 50 kilometres.
The pioneers invested heavily in productive capital assets like mines, overland telegraph lines, dams and artesian bores.
An artesian bore was sunk at Kopperamanna and the mission was able to collect fees from passing drovers.