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43 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® APRIL 2016 Oil/Water Exploration by Harold White As Tuajuana reads a western book, I ook out the w ndow from a café not far from home. A ogg ng truck oaded w th Doug as f r goes dr v ng by. Th s s the Eugene, Oregon area, wh ch used to be the northwest t mber cap ta back when I was a boy n the 1940s and 1950s se ng papers on the street and tra n depot. It a ways seemed ke a tra n wou d be m xed w th peop e from a of the serv ce branches, but that was not the case. There was an army tra n, navy tra n, and so on. I a ways enjoyed se ng papers to them. We , I am supposed to be wr t ng someth ng of nterest to the dr ng ndustry, about dr ng or water and gas ocat ng. We started out ocat ng underground water channe s. We were ocat ng rr gat on we s tes - a p ace on a farm w th three or four underground creeks that cou d produce upwards from 1000 ga ons per m nute and make an rr gat on we . The year was 1952 or 1953, and we bu t our own dr s - a test dr and a b gger reverse water r g for dr ng 36- nch-d ameter rr gat on we s. They worked good, so good n fact, severa of the manufactur ng compan es sent peop e to us and wanted to know more about the dr s. We were nterested n dr ng we s, not manufactur ng we dr ng equ pment. From my po nt of v ew now, we shou d have be- come a manufacturer, as my brother- n- aw d d. He has been do ng we . I am st dr ng we s. My ast rr gat on we was dr ed n the h gh desert outback n Burns, Oregon. I ocated an rr gat on s te and dr ed t for a rancher there. The we s expected to produce about 5000 gpm. It s the b ggest producer we have tested. I asked the rancher when I started the we how much he wou d se the and for and he named a ow pr ce per acre. When the we was dr ed and tested, I asked h m aga n and he gave a pr ce that was ten t mes more. The statements and comments in this article are based on information and references believed to be true and factual. If you have any questions or comments please forward them to me in care of WWDR . Harold Harold White may be contacted via e-mail to michele@worldwidedrillingresource.com 2",/ # / 4%,/#03 $ ',+$ 5 ,4"$+1$/ ,,- -2*- *,#2 $0 /$ 3 ! $ %,/ !,1' /$0 #$+1 +# ",**$/" &/,2+# ,,- '$ 1 +& +# ",, +& 0601$*0 ,*- 1 ! $ 4 1' 1'$0$ -2*-0 ,4"$+1$/0 " + !$ ",+ % &2/$# 4 1' ,/ -2*- 2+ 10 1, * 1"' # % %$/$+1 , # /$.2 /$*$+10 /,#2"10 +" 2#$ ,4"$+1$/0 7 $,1'$/* ,0$# ,,- 11 +&0 7 $- "$*$+1 2*-0 7 ,0$ 10 +# ""$00,/ $0 7 / ! $ -$$# 2*-0 D e a l m a k e r s AMS, Inc. customer Ty Davidson of Davidson Drilling, in Roanoke, Virginia, recently took delivery of a new 9520 VTR PowerProbe. This is his second PowerProbe. AMS, Inc. is located in American Falls, Idaho. AMS, Inc. Send your deals to: promotions@ worldwidedrillingresource.com Johnson Pump Service Team member from Red Wing, Minnesota, stood next to the i r un i t wi t h Ba r r y o f Pr e f e r r ed Pump/Pulstar Mfg. of Dodge, Nebraska. Pulstar Mfg. Geoprobe Systems ® The Associated Well Services, Inc. Team from Stephenville, Texas, showed off their new pump hoist with Albin and Randy of Pulstar Mfg. of Dodge, Nebraska. Pulstar Mfg. This rig from Geoprobe Systems ® of Salina, Kansas, was proudly displayed by Traut Wells, Inc. of Waite Park, Minnesota. Minnesota Water Well Association Texas Ground Water Association