On the basis of information obtained from a private bore sunk in section 27, Hundred of Stow, an investigation into the brown coal occurrence of this area was commenced in February 1949. In the course of this investigation twenty two bores were sunk, the limits of the outcropping Precambrian rocks were mapped and geophysical (gravity) surveys were carried out. A report on the project was furnished at this stage (E. Anderson, Mining Review 90 P 147) in which it is shown that the coal of possible economic interest is confined to a certain area adjacent to outcropping bedrock where four of the bores traversed coal averaging 22' in thickness at a depth of 120'. Because of urgent demands for the boring plant elsewhere the investigation was suspended until October 1950 when a new programme was initiated to test in greater detail the established deposit in the hope that the coal would shelve towards the bedrock.