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Identifier: geologyundergrou00veat (find matches)
Title: Geology and underground water resources of northern Louisiana
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Veatch, Arthur C. (from old catalog)
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Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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From n. S. Geol. Surv. WSH-BORING AND WeH-PuNCHING TOOLS. I, Ordinary well-boring outfit. 2. 3, 4, 5, Well-boring augers. 6, iS-inch perforated straight tile, usedas strained in Elliott tile wells. 7, Self-fastening couplings used on Challenge well-aiiger poles. Note alsoElliott patent iron shoe. 8, 9, Bowlder Catchers. 10, Well-punch. veatchI Underground Water of Noi^thern L,a. 93 bored to depths of 300 to 400 feet at a cost of 12^ to 40 cents afoot, and holes 700 feet deep have been drilled under favorableconditions. The auger is 15 feet long (PI. xliv, 14). It consistsof an auger PIVOTED WOODEN ARM
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From U. S. Geol. Surv.Fig. 3:.—Method of jumping rock drill in Arkansas well rig. Compare with Pis. XLIV and XIvVI. barrel 4 feet long, which is made of cast steel and resembles a 3-inch pipe sawed vertically in half. This is fastened by a fiatpiece of iron to a second auger barrel, i^ to 2 feet long; abovethis is a second piece of fiat iron, square at the top and cut withthreads for fastening to the wooden poles (PI. xliv, 11,17). -^tthe bottom of the auger barrel, on the right-hand side, is riveteda steel cutting edge of the shape shown in PI.xliv, 15. This is 3 In Plate xliv, this is foreshortened because of the angle at which theauger is placed. 341 PLATE XLIV (From United States Geological Survey)TOOLS OF AN ARKANSAS WELL-BORING OUTFIT BELONGING TO MR. G. B.HTPP, OF GARLANDVILLB, ARK. 1. 9-inch twister, or rams horn grab. Used for removing large stones and old wooden curbs. 2. 3X-inch bar drill, with solid iron bar attached (drill stem), used in drilling through the water rock.

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