[SEL] Samson Iron Works - Stunning Original Photographs

[Arnie Fero]

Well duh...  How did you expect the well to produce a lot of water when
it's got an open bottom?  Damn water just runs right out again.

See ya,  Arnie

PS - Let me save you some pain.  You'll have a similar problem with an
open bottom bucket.  8-))

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 FRM8198 at aol.com wrote:

> The drawing of the Samson pumping outfit brings back memories of  the last
> open bottom water well my dad drilled on the ranch in  Hanford, California.  I
> helped drill the well and dig the pit at the well  site for the pump as the
> water level too low for the centrifugal  pump.  The well had to be abandoned as
> it did not produce enough water for  irrigation.
>
> Francis  Maciel
> Santa Maria, Ca