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Matt Affolter at site 5 with drillers Jackson (green shirt) and Gregory.
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Lucy Jordan on task at site 5.
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USGS Western Region Research Drilling Program's 'Green Rig' at site 7. Drillers James Stull and James Fletcher III.
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Chip tray at site 1.
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Kevin Thomas stakes out site 3.
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Badger reviews Hugh Hurlow's work at site 4.
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An early winter snow storm hits site 10.
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USGS Central Region crew drill to 1645 feet in the carbonate aquifer at site 12.
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Preparing the existing well Needle Point Anticline 1-B for refurbishment, The Cove, Snake Valley, Utah.
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Sunrise at Site 4, Northern Hamlin Valley, Utah.
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Air drilling at Site 2, Snake Valley, Utah.
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Pouring the cement for the production well at Site 3, Snake Valley, Utah. Jackson for scale.
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Water shooting out of well 6B, while drilling 6D, Snake Valley, Utah.
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Wells at the Ferguson Desert Playa, Snake Valley, Utah. Matt Affolter for scale.
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Tracks leading to Site 8, Mormon Gap, Snake Valley, Utah.
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Looking down on Site 9, Snake Valley, Utah.
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Pulling a lodged pump assembly out of existing well Needle State 1A, The Cove, Snake Valley, Utah.
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Drilling borehole 11BC at The Cove, Snake Valley, Utah.
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Pumping by airlifting with the drill rig in our preliminary aquifer test. By flume measurement, we got about 900 gpm from this setup. The barrel on the end of pipe was welded on to divert flow down.
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Cable Tool drilling at Site 13 in Downtown Garrison, Utah.
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Bob Roche drilling at Site 14, near EskDale, Utah.
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Stefan Kirby taking water level measurement at site 19, Table Knoll, Fish Springs Flat, Utah.
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Drilling at the geologically-complex Sand Pass site, between Tule Valley and Fish Springs Flat, Utah.
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Auger drilling at Middle Springs, Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge.
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USGS Central Region drilling at Coyote Knolls, Tule Valley, Utah.
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Well 3Z during the aquifer test.
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A storm rolls into the Southern Snake Range, site 15 in the foreground.
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The MX well in Fish Springs Flat, Utah.
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