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Most viewed - Phala - "Drilling a Well" |

Jan.29,201092 viewsThe second day of drilling with the air pressure was extremely noisy and dirty and we had water and muddy water everywhere.pklongball
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Jan.27,201091 viewsThe location for the borehole was marked so the first order of business was to open a section of the wall and drive the drilling rig into the yard.pklongball
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Jan.30,201091 viewsThe area after the well is almost finishedpklongball
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Jan.28,201090 viewsThe work is boring and dirty and leaves a big mess in the yard.pklongball
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Jan.28,201090 viewsOne man ran the operation and the second man was the "rough neck" that did all the laor of adding drilling pipe and checking the leavings coming from the bore.pklongball
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Jan.27,201089 viewsOnce in place then the set up of the rig beginspklongball
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Jan.29,201089 viewsThe water,sand, granite that was coming out of the bore. Almost finishedpklongball
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Jan.29,201089 viewsThe mess was everywherepklongball
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Jan.28,201088 viewsThe crew came back in the morning of day 2 to begin the drilling. It will take one day to drill down about 20 meters or so into the soft dirt, sand and gravel.pklongball
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Jan.27,201088 viewsThe opening in the wall was just barely big enough for the rig.pklongball
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Jan.29,201088 viewsDay two the crew was now drilling into the granite about 25 meters down.pklongball
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