[TheForge] OT: Spring tile question

[Dan Brewer]

What you are looking for is this company
http://www.deeprock.com/HD/Default.aspx .

Dan in Auburn

On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Bob Smolen <boka at mwt.net> wrote:

> On this subject, I live in a hilly limestone region of Wi. There is a
> spring
> in the valley on my neighbors place that runs a few hundred yards and goes
> back in the ground about 50 feet from our fence line. My land slopes down
> at
> least 30 to 50 ft from this point. The spring is in a "dry run" which
> drains
> a few hundred acres of surrounding land. About a half mile further down on
> land purchased by the DNR for trout rearing, there is a very high
> production
> spring off this same dry run. I would love to create a spring/ water source
> on my place. (My house is on the ridge about 300 ft above and has a deep
> well. )Any techniques to do so? There is vegetation around the dry run on
> my
> land that is water loving (I dont know the name but reeds that are used to
> polish wood by wood turners per Roy Underhill). The dry run has boulders,
> silty sand, gravel from erosion, etc. During spring run off, the dry run is
> like a small river but otherwise dry.
> I saw a film years ago where a guy was using a tripod to raise and lower a
> drill bit. The power to operate came from a small gas motor and a shaft
> onto
> which the guy would loop a rope around and pull the slack out to raise and
> let it run off the shaft and then repeat the process. Anyone know anything
> about this process?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Ruebush" <lrt at winco.net>
> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 7:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT: Spring tile question
>
>
> > Andy
> > For plastic tanks, check out farm supply stores or fertilizer dealers. We
> > use all sizes of tanks and usually farm stores get truck loads at a time.
> >
> > Larry Ruebush
> > west central IL
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Andrew Vida" <osan at netlabs.net>
> > To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 7:16 AM
> > Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT: Spring tile question
> >
> >
> >> Kim, Larry,
> >>
> >> Thanks for the help.  This is for a friend and neighbor for those days
> >> we lose power here, which is actually pretty often in this part of the
> >> state.  I am thinking of doing the same at our place.  We have a 24x7
> >> spring coming out the mountain that is flowing as low as perhaps 1 gpm
> >> and as high as 5-10 I estimate.  I am thinking maybe a 2000 gallon
> >> concrete tank if they can actually get it down there... pretty steep
> >> slope that part of the farm.  Can always use a plastic tank, but they
> >> are a bit pricey these days.  Cheapest I found was about $600 for 1500
> >> gallon, plus about $400 for shipping from plasticmart.com.
> >>
> >> Thanks again.
> >
> >
> > ______________________________________________________________
> > TheForge mailing list
> > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/theforge
> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> > Post: mailto:TheForge at mailman.qth.net
> >
> > TheForge mail list group photo site is
> > http://www.photoworks.com
> > Login: blacksmithblacksmith at hotmail.com
> > Password: anvil
> >
> > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> >
> >
> > -----
> > No virus found in this message.
> > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
> > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2113/4907 - Release Date: 03/31/12
> >
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> TheForge mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/theforge
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:TheForge at mailman.qth.net
>
> TheForge mail list group photo site is
> http://www.photoworks.com
> Login: blacksmithblacksmith at hotmail.com
> Password: anvil
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>