spɹˈɪɡ nˈɛkst wˈɜːkt fɚðə sˈaʊθ ɔːstɹˈeɪliən dʒˌɪəlˈɑːdʒɪkəl sˈɜːveɪ, wˌɪtʃ sˈɛnt hˌɪm tə ɹɪˈoʊpən ðə ɹˈeɪdiəm hˈɪl jʊɹɹˈeɪniəm fˈiːld ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi fˈoːɹ, ænd tə mˈæp ðə mˈaʊnt pˈeɪntɚ jʊɹɹˈeɪniəm fˈiːld.
Sprigg next worked for the South Australian Geological Survey, which sent him to reopen the Radium Hill Uranium Field in 1944, and to map the Mount Painter uranium field.