Water Well Drilling Methods

This special re-print edition of the US Dept. of Interior's book "Well Drilling Methods" is a guide to drilling and boring water boring. Written in 1911, this classic text provides insight into everything a person would wish to know about drilling their own well on a farm, homestead, remote property or elsewhere utilizing simple well boring equipment and old fashioned well drilling techniques. Included are details on finding ideal locations for boring water wells and a wide range of methods for drilling or driving wells, encasing them and much more. An insightful book on the subject that will be of interest to farmers, homesteaders, those living off the grid and others. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.

Discover the lost art of do-it-yourself well drilling on the cheap, and learn how to use common materials to fabricate percussion bits, sludging pipes, bailer valves, casings, screens, and much more. Included are step-by-step instructions for how to rig and operate these low-tech drilling devices to create a private water well up to 100 feet deep. Jam-packed with instructional diagrams, photos, and illustrations that provide easy-to-follow directions, this book provides the appropriate level of detail to empower even beginners to embark on their own well projects. Sections include: Percussion Drilling to Create a Well Hole, Sludging (Reverse Jetting) to Create a Well Hole, Hand Auger to Create a Well Hole, Drive Points for Creating Ready-Made Wells, Casing and Finishing Bored Well Holes, Water Flow Development of New Wells, and Hydrology Basics and Locating Groundwater.