Our well drillers showed up this morning and wasted no time in getting set up with drilling starting around 9am. By quitting time this afternoon, they had managed to drill down 580 ft, but only a little water so far. They will check in the morning and see how much water has flowed into the hole overnight and will probably continue drilling. Drilling for water in the mountains is always unpredictable, but we hope this hole pans out as we don't have many options for alternate well sites since you need land flat enough for the drilling rig to set up. The drill operator says he can go down about 750 ft with this rig. Our neighbors wells range from 350 ft to about 750 ft and we don't want to set any new records.
This photo shows the crew winching up another 20 foot length of drill stem to add to shaft.
The wheels are off the ground as hydraulic jacks are used to level and stabilize the drill.
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