
Episode 102: Penn Central (Part 3)
Well There‘s Your Problem
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Air Corps Drilling
i spent most of my time with a surface rig that used a technique called air corps drill. The company was more adapted embezzlement than it was at technical development. One particular hot autumn day, the crew had drilled into some clay that had been comfortably compressed underground for millions of years. Drilling into it had allowed it to decompress inside our tubes and hoses blocking the lines that were supposed to feed out the samples. After trying several different methods in an attempt to clear them, one young offsider suggested pointing out a funnel web spider nest we had seen near by. A less than re mended return cap was fitted over the drill head allowing the rig to turn its air
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