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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Got to the shale bedrock: 215'

The "sonic drilling" rig reached the shale bedrock, having drilled down roughly 215'.

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They may (or may not) put in a monitoring well in this location. If they don't it'll be kind of a waste of time and money (and a bit of a hassle for maintenance, too, what with the saturated ground being sat upon by and heavy equipment). Still, it's kind of cool to see the shale that forms the bedrock in this part of the state.

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