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Through the Back Door! by Jim Kuebelbeck A recent experience reminded me once again that I still have things to learn, not only about water dowsing, but human nature as well. About two months ago, I received a call from the owner of a large farm asking for assistance. He had read an article in an agricultural publication about our successful water locating in an area where only dry holes had been drilled previously, and asked if we might be able to help him also. He said he needed water to irrigate a field of 120 acres in size. I gave him my usual speech about how we are able to locate the subsurface water and the most promising sites to drill, but we have no control over the existing subsurface geology. Billions of gallons of water might underlie the surface, I told him, but unless the water can flow freely through the formation, the hundreds of gallons a minute he might need may not be possible. He said he was well aware of this, but still wanted to hire us because he had already drilled 20 dry holes on the property! I should have heeded my late father’s words that “sometimes a good ‘run’ is better than a bad stand”, but I did agree to try to help him. Before we arrived, we did notice some irrigation wells in the area, so we thought the possibility of locating a good water supply might just be possible in his case. When we arrived at the property, he indicated where some of the unproductive test holes had already been drilled. I told him we wouldn’t let them influence our dowsing search, but would work the perimeter of the property first. If we discovered any live underground water flows, we would follow the path across the property and try to determine the most promising place to site a well. After working about four hours, we selected two sites where we felt a productive water supply might be encountered. He said he’d call the well drilling contractor as soon as we left the property and have him drill again as soon as possible. About a week later, he called to tell me the two sites we had selected were not of any use whatsoever! I told him we had done the best we could under the circum- stances, but there was nothing else we could do. He said he understood, but just wanted to let us know the results of the drilling. My wife and I were shocked because we both felt a good groundwater supply actually existed on our selected sites. A couple days later I decided to call the well drilling contractor to ask about the drilling. “Oh, we found a good supply of water,” he said, “but the guy told us he considered anything less than 650 gallons per minute a ‘dry’ hole, so we had no choice but to leave the property; and it doesn’t look like we’ll be going back anytime soon to that place.” I asked if it might be possible to manifold the two sources together to obtain the needed volume of water. He said it was a possibility, but the farmer had told him he wouldn’t consider doing that! Such is life. Even water dowsers live and learn! The statements and comments in this article are based on information and references believed to be true and fac- tual. If you have any questions or com- ments, please forward them to me in care of WWDR . Jim Jim Kuebelbeck may be contacted via e-mail to michele@ worldwidedrillingresource.com 23 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® JULY 2017 Why is gold’s chemical symbol Au? It was named after Aurora, the Roman goddess of dawn. South Dakota State Historical Society