With the aid of a different shaped drill bit, the drilling crew has finally reached the bottom of the blue clay layer at 318 feet. They reached granite and proceeded to drill to a depth of 330 feet where they have temporarily stopped to prepare for the next phase of the project. They will now go back into the hole and ream it out from its current 8 inch width to 10 inches at first and then to 12 inches. After this is completed in the next few days, they will then inset the temporary casing into the hole and then begin to air drill from that point on. They expect to be able to begin the drilling into the rock next Monday and should average between 300 to 500 feet a day in depth.
Keep you posted on more good news as we get it,
Mike
I am very interested to see how the casing is installed. That should happen Monday, so check back for some photos and another Drilling Update.
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