The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-08-28
HYDRAULIC WELL BORING.

w. Stewart formerly Editor of the
,Soturdoy Press of this city. 1t
therefore has Il guarantee of its
eXactitude and fitness for this loca-
lity:
The boring for artesian water on
Mr.. William Stewards place four
and q half miles west of Tulare, to
which frequent allusions have been
made in this paper can now be called
u success. The boring has been
done by Mr.. John Thompson OF
Stockton, by the use of steam and
hydraulic power, and is the first one
put down by this process in this
county, although apparatuses of the
same kind have been used success
fully for number of years in San
Joaquin county. There has been
considerable speculation MS to the
success of the undertaking, and pro-
phesles of failure have been fire.
quently made, but it has been put
down with greater rapidity than any
other artesian well bored in this
county and without a mishap OF any
kind. After the derrick was put up,
surface we'll was bored by the same
process as the large one, to furnish
water for the engine and for washing
out the we'll, as will be explained.
This was put down fifty feet on the
afternoon of Saturday the 10Th inst,
in an elevated piece of ground for
merly an ancient water course.
Sand ran in freely but this was
pumped out until large stream of
clear water was obtained. On Mon
day, the 21st., about 10 A. NJ. bor-
ing was commenced in the large
we'll. The auger is on the end of
long hollow pole down which a
stream of water is forced, and brings
up the dirt as it is bored, two pieces
of hose fastened to an arrangement
on the top joint of the casing carry
ing off the water and the sand, clay
or other substances brought to the
surface by it. They were troubled
very much with quick sand but made
good progress through it. For the
first l1S feet the boring was through
sand with an occasional thin stratum
of clay. AT that depth clay stra-
tum of eight feet was struck, and a
few others were encountered after,
but the sand held it's own to Il depth
of about three hundred feet when
blue clay was struck, and yesterday
"wednesday morning at A. M. a
small flow of water was obtained at
$50 feet. This method of boring
facilitates work in many ways.
Everything is operated by steam,
and all heavy tools are raised and
lowered by the same power, the
quick sand is washed out of the we'll
very quickly and the casing may be
pushed down at the same time the
sand is being got rid of.
The casing is forced down by
hydraulic pressure and the weight is
applied prependicularly and the ap-
pliance is readily adjusted; the
auger does not have to be taken out
until the well is completed, the pole
or rod being secured by grab while
new joints of casing are being put
on. The above is a good showing
for eight days, and certainly the
working of the apparatus can be
pronounced success. Boring will
he continued until good flow is
obtained. When we visited the vel
on Tuesday last everything was work
ing splendidly and we are informed
that rapid work is still being done.
Later The wall was bored to ;
depth of 500 feet and, although the
deepest in this immediate vicinity
the flow is not so large as the aver
age.-Tulare City Duly Telegraph