Re: ..OT: Watch your snow load!
I wrote:
> I'm not talking about fancy wells with submersible electric pumps. This is
> early 19th century technology. Any blacksmith can maintain it.
Roberto writes:
> I was talking about maintenance on the drilling gear.
The drilling technology is also 19th century. Although a rotary drill is
faster (though still 19th century technology) a cable drill is something
that anyone able to keep any sort of machinery running could maintain: it's
just a heavy weight on a cable, lifted up and dropped over and over.
I suspect that a more serious barrier is the cost of the steel casing.
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John Hasler
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