The 10 foot diameter Happy Valley Outlet Tunnel is a water supply tunnel designed to operate under a maximum head of about 70 feet. A 650 foot long section of the tunnel adjacent to its Outlet Portal has been driven through rock with a minimum...

A site examination has been carried out for a proposed hotel to be built at John Street, Burnside. The examination was requested by the applicants on 30th September 1964. Two test holes were dug to depths of 5.75 feet (Hole 1) and 6 feet (Hole 2),...

A site examination has been carried out for a proposed hotel to be built at Lower North East Road, Paradise. The examination was requested by the applicant on 30th September 1964. Two test holes were dug to a depth of 6 feet (holes 1 and 2), and...

A site examination has been carried out for a proposed hotel to be built at Main South Road, Tonsley Park. The examination was requested by the applicants on September 30th 1964. Two test holes were dug to a depth of 6 feet (holes 1 and 2) and both...

The request to investigate the site of a proposed housing subdivision at Windsor Gardens was received in a letter from the Town Planner’s Office dated December 11, 1964. The area examined is within Section 503, Hundred of Yatala, and the appropriate...

During the Neoproterozoic Willouran Epoch, a thickness of approximately 20,000 feet of Callanna Beds were deposited under shallow water conditions in the western zone of the Adelaide Geosyncline. Diapirs were produced by the lower Callanna sequences....

The request to investigate the site of a proposed housing subdivision at Flagstaff Gardens (Area D) was received in a letter dated 9th March, I965 from the Town Planners Office. The site was inspected on 4th May, I965 in company with Mr. D.H....

The routes for a proposed Freeway and associated minor roads have been investigated to assess the nature of the materials which will be met in cuttings. In particular it has been required to delineate the portions which can be excavated by dozing or...

The soil profile revealed that the soil is a poorly consolidated solonized brown soil, probably of Aeolian origin. Estimated bearing capacity at or near the surface is 1-1¼ tons per square foot maximum safe. At 5 feet the material is more compact...

The soil on the site examined is a poorly consolidated dune sand, partly solonized. The sub-station building is extensively cracked, particularly in the south west, and North West corners. The damage has been caused initially by foundation settlement,...

The site of a proposed reservoir on the Hindmarsh River was investigated by geological mapping and the drilling of 17 diamond drill holes. Bedrock throughout the entire reservoir area consists of relatively uniform laminated quartzite of the...

Detailed geological examination of the area in the vicinity of the proposed tunnel has shown that, provided suitable precautions are taken, there are no geological factors which will prevent the successful construction of a tunnel through the ridge...

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Ten 30” diameter test bores revealed colluvial and alluvial deposits ranging from clay to coarse gravel, with silty and sandy material predominating. Profile development is mature, but shallow. There are superficial similarities in the profiles...

Three diamond holes totalling 29.03m tested a fine grained sandy limestone in the Pliocene Loxton Sand. The drilling indicated approximately 6000 cubic metres of fine grained building stone, underlain by a similar amount of shelly limestone also...

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The slate deposit owned by the Mintaro Slate and Flagstone Co. has been known for about 100 years and since 1891 has been a steady producer of high quality flagstones.

Two percussion holes were put down to test the foundations of a proposed silo at Wudinna. No. 1 hole to a depth of 30 feet and No. 2 to a depth of 26 feet. Sealed tube samples were taken in Hole No. 2. The soil profile consists of 6 ft. of...