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We finally got the driller to daughter's home yesterday. His experience in the area indicated that he would have to go down about 200 feet.
At 75 feet, he hit sandrock. That was a bit surprising to me since there is an outcropping of sandrock at the surface on the other side of the field beside the house. The soil all the way to the rock was as dry as dust.
He hit granite at 120 feet, and that is the depth of the casing. He finally hit water at 225 feet, and proceeded down to 280 feet. It is supposed to be plumbed today,
and the old well filled, but a heavy washing rain may scuttle his plans.
His estimate is it is producing 8 gallons per minute. That is about half of what mine, dug 4 years ago by the same driller, is producing. He is gonna put in a bigger pump than planned because of the depth of the well.
Here's a few pics. Ron, I like yalls' way a lot better.
At 75 feet, he hit sandrock. That was a bit surprising to me since there is an outcropping of sandrock at the surface on the other side of the field beside the house. The soil all the way to the rock was as dry as dust.
He hit granite at 120 feet, and that is the depth of the casing. He finally hit water at 225 feet, and proceeded down to 280 feet. It is supposed to be plumbed today,
and the old well filled, but a heavy washing rain may scuttle his plans.
His estimate is it is producing 8 gallons per minute. That is about half of what mine, dug 4 years ago by the same driller, is producing. He is gonna put in a bigger pump than planned because of the depth of the well.
Here's a few pics. Ron, I like yalls' way a lot better.




