The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-04-21
A Diamond Well.


a real, genuine. pure. sparkling dia-
nond well. Not OF sparkling stones,
but OF pure sparkling water. ! have
seen articles from time 10 time for
quite number OF years past in diner
ent farm papers treating OF the I'M
purities OF farm wells. but the article
in last weeks Review is responsible
for this one. and the following Is how
| came 20 have my diamond well.
About ten years ago | found II neces-
sary TO dig a well for family water
supply. The ground surface Is about
level for say one-eighth mile all
around. then slopes slightly 10 the
east and west, and rises TO the north
and south. dug a hole about four
feet In diameter through six feet or
yellow clay then six feet through blue
clay. when ! struck blue shale or
slaty rock, some call II soapstone rock,
the grain OF which lies fiat or hori.
zontal. Some streaks are very hard
and finty. and others soft and rotten.
About four feet down In this dock
got small supply Of water, say about
a gallon every 1--WE minutes. Az that
| stopped digging, and in few days
| felt proud OF my well OF clear, cold.
pure sparkling water.
II kept rising In the well until II
came within about six feet OF the
top, then | had ten feet OF water. but
Ia about two weeks the water began
20 get warmer and did not taste SO
good Then | drew II all out and IL
was again all right until II again came
near the top OF the well, then got
warm. lnsipid and virtually stagnant.
III could have used the water as fast
as II came into the well II would have
been all right, but as II rose so high
In the we'll and stood so long exposed
10 the air II became unfit for house
hold use. Well. after five years IL
became necessary for me TO move
onto another piece OF land. but only
just over the lot line, not more than
one hundred feet, so that ! would
have TO dig another we'll But the
problem arose. How could | fix II SO
that the water would always be
eood2" would have TO put lid on,
SO that the water could not rise. 10
the top and the I'D would have 10 be
water tight Well, after studying on
the matter a year. | got all material
at hand and then went to digging. or
course the conditions we're same as
first well--yellow clay, blue clay and
blue rock. When | got 10 water
arched over at top OF blue rock with
stone, then placed a fiat stone on top
with threeinch hole through the
center. and over this hole | placed a
glazed three-inch sewer pipe Then
began filing In the clay ground
around the pipe and trampea
II hard every FIVE or six Inches until
had the we'll filled to the top, putting
OF course one length OF the pipe on
above another and cementing each
! Joint so that no water could get in
nor out az the joints OF pipe. then
put n 4 inch galvanized pump pipe
| down inside the sewer pipe. then
| packed inside sewer and outside pump
pipe with clean cloths and presto!
| had II a pure diamond well, always
cold, always clear. always pure |
would not take Ave hundred dollars
for II and have TO use a common open
| well again. for there cannot any
horses cows. hogs. sheep. dogs, cats,
rats. mice, frogs, toads, beetles, bugs,
worms nor microbes get into It, no
drainage nor seepage from any source
above whatever. without first going
through ten feet OF solldly packed
clay. believe | am justified in nam
ing II my Diamond VIOLA. A.
Fradenburg, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio.
| Dat Smut.