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<blockquote data-quote="Jogeephus" data-source="post: 1369866" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>I think you are partially right but there are streams as well as large open caves full of water. Think sink holes and one of the worst things that can happen to you if you are drilling a deep well here is to hit one of these caverns because you are liable to lose your gear. We hit one of these when I dug my last deep well. Thankfully the cave was only about 10' and he was able to manipulate things to keep the drill from binding up.</p><p></p><p>I have an underground creek that travels across my place. Its varies from 4-6' wide and is about 16' deep. I mapped this by witching and this is where I washed one of my wells. This creek runs across the state highway and on this side of the road is a hand dug well centered in this creek. I had to do some repair work it because the sides had collapsed and had to dig it deeper. After digging about 4 foot down I found a tunnel about 18" in diameter and when the mouth of this was cleaned out water flowed into the well faster than the mud pump could pump it out so I couldn't dig any deeper and had to climb out. So I know there are also tunnels but you are also right about water flowing through porous materials. If you go back and read my earlier post I mention hitting the pudding. This, I think, is what you are referring to and is essentially a porous quicksand-like stuff which is "the creek". </p><p></p><p>After I washed a well into this creek I was doing some clearing and I tore down an old barn near an old home site and found the casing of another well. It was centered in this same creek. So today you can go out with the rods and walk the creek channel and as you do you will come upon these three wells. We washed another about 60' away from this and never hit water. I have two other hand dug wells still open. One is dry as a bone and goes down 30' and the other is only 20' deep and the water is only six feet from the surface. If you witch around the dry hole you won't find any sign of water even though there is a 16 acre pond not 50 yards from the well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jogeephus, post: 1369866, member: 4362"] I think you are partially right but there are streams as well as large open caves full of water. Think sink holes and one of the worst things that can happen to you if you are drilling a deep well here is to hit one of these caverns because you are liable to lose your gear. We hit one of these when I dug my last deep well. Thankfully the cave was only about 10' and he was able to manipulate things to keep the drill from binding up. I have an underground creek that travels across my place. Its varies from 4-6' wide and is about 16' deep. I mapped this by witching and this is where I washed one of my wells. This creek runs across the state highway and on this side of the road is a hand dug well centered in this creek. I had to do some repair work it because the sides had collapsed and had to dig it deeper. After digging about 4 foot down I found a tunnel about 18" in diameter and when the mouth of this was cleaned out water flowed into the well faster than the mud pump could pump it out so I couldn't dig any deeper and had to climb out. So I know there are also tunnels but you are also right about water flowing through porous materials. If you go back and read my earlier post I mention hitting the pudding. This, I think, is what you are referring to and is essentially a porous quicksand-like stuff which is "the creek". After I washed a well into this creek I was doing some clearing and I tore down an old barn near an old home site and found the casing of another well. It was centered in this same creek. So today you can go out with the rods and walk the creek channel and as you do you will come upon these three wells. We washed another about 60' away from this and never hit water. I have two other hand dug wells still open. One is dry as a bone and goes down 30' and the other is only 20' deep and the water is only six feet from the surface. If you witch around the dry hole you won't find any sign of water even though there is a 16 acre pond not 50 yards from the well. [/QUOTE]
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