Comments on: El Salvador :: The Work – part 1 http://blueeyedzoo.com/blog/2008/05/el-salvador-the-work-part-1 Kids, computers, and our not-so-perfect life Mon, 04 Oct 2010 02:16:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jen http://blueeyedzoo.com/blog/2008/05/el-salvador-the-work-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-2053 jen Sat, 31 May 2008 18:06:28 +0000 http://blueeyedzoo.com/blog/?p=256#comment-2053 That does totally clear it up - not muddy at all anymore. (teehee - I just love a bad pun!) :) Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions - so very interesting! That does totally clear it up – not muddy at all anymore. (teehee – I just love a bad pun!) :) Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions – so very interesting!

]]> By: George http://blueeyedzoo.com/blog/2008/05/el-salvador-the-work-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-2048 George Sat, 31 May 2008 01:28:41 +0000 http://blueeyedzoo.com/blog/?p=256#comment-2048 The pits are used to catch the dirt and rock that is being drilled out of the shaft. The mud pump pushes muddy water down the drill stem to the drill bit. Then the water pushes the rock and dirt out to the surface. Once on the surface, the water, mud and rock flow down a trench to the first pit. The larger particles will settle to the bottom of the pit. Then the water flows to the second pit where hopefully the rest of the particles will settle. Then the water is sucked up by the pump again to go back down the drill stem. In the Second picture we are getting water from the river. We had to have water to fill the two pits. The fourth picture shows the the drilling operation from a few steps back. I was trying to capture the whole process. On the right you can see the drill, then a little bit of the trench to the first settling pit, then the small trench to the second pit, then finally the hose coming out of the second pit back to the mud pump. I hope that clears it up some. I think it was pretty late when I wrote this post. The pits are used to catch the dirt and rock that is being drilled out of the shaft. The mud pump pushes muddy water down the drill stem to the drill bit. Then the water pushes the rock and dirt out to the surface. Once on the surface, the water, mud and rock flow down a trench to the first pit. The larger particles will settle to the bottom of the pit. Then the water flows to the second pit where hopefully the rest of the particles will settle. Then the water is sucked up by the pump again to go back down the drill stem.

In the Second picture we are getting water from the river. We had to have water to fill the two pits.

The fourth picture shows the the drilling operation from a few steps back. I was trying to capture the whole process. On the right you can see the drill, then a little bit of the trench to the first settling pit, then the small trench to the second pit, then finally the hose coming out of the second pit back to the mud pump.

I hope that clears it up some. I think it was pretty late when I wrote this post.

]]> By: jen http://blueeyedzoo.com/blog/2008/05/el-salvador-the-work-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-2026 jen Wed, 28 May 2008 16:00:18 +0000 http://blueeyedzoo.com/blog/?p=256#comment-2026 I guess I'm kind of slow - why did you have to dig the pits? And what is going on in the second picture...and the fourth picture??? I guess I’m kind of slow – why did you have to dig the pits? And what is going on in the second picture…and the fourth picture???

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