Well Drilling Methods

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.

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.

Excerpt from Well-Drilling Methods The less familiar methods as well as those commonly used are dis cussed, for though the unusual methods are Of restricted use and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Drilling: The Manual of Methods, Applications, and Management is all about drilling and its related geology, machinery, methods, applications, management, safety issues, and more. Of all the technologies employed by hydrologists, environmental engineers, and scientists interested in subsurface conditions, drilling is one of the most frequently used but most poorly understood. Now, for the first time, this industry-tested manual, developed by one of the world's leading authorities on drilling technology, is available to a worldwide audience.