Geez, I hate threads that get started, but, never end.
I decided to pass on that one. I thought I might eventually care how old the %!#$^@ windmill was and I'd be sharing your frustration right now.
It is old enough to know better but young enough to do it anyway...
seen any good jumping jack flash vids lately
Don't tempt me, Mince. I warned you I've got 5 more youtubes where that came from.
> Geez, I hate threads that get started, but, never end.
So, this is why you're continuing it? LOL!
We determined that the mill probably dates from after 1915 because it is a self-oiling Aermotor. The vane looked identical to that of a mill from the mid-1960's. So, the indications were that the mill and probably the tower weren't the same as was shown on a map drawn in 1914. However, that doesn't mean that the mill and tower aren't just later replacements at the same well.
WHO DRILLED THE WELL? hOW LONG HAS THE WELL BEEN THERE? dO THEY TYPICALLY SCRIBE THE WELLHEAD WITH A DATE? CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY SOMETIMES A SIX PACK IS ENOUGH TO GET STONED ON AND OTHER TIMES A CASE WOULD NOT DO THE JOB? wHY IS TYHERE AIR? aND WHAT IS THE MENANG OF LIFE.
OH YEAH STEVIE... BRING IT ON
THERE IS A SAYING IN THE OLD WEST ... WANTED DEAD OR LIVE OR BRING IT ON OR SUM THIN...
You answered my question
Even though the windmill may not be the original, the location may be the same if they built the new windmill over the same well. Also, even if the windmill was the same, is it over the same well? Are there any other wells (plugged or active) in the near vicinity? I think it would be unlikely that another well site existed, but it is a possibility.
You answered my question
It doesn't matter if the windmill is original or even if the well site is original.
A "junior" windmill location will control over "senior" windmill locations.
You answered my question
> Even though the windmill may not be the original, the location may be the same if they built the new windmill over the same well. Also, even if the windmill was the same, is it over the same well? Are there any other wells (plugged or active) in the near vicinity? I think it would be unlikely that another well site existed, but it is a possibility.
Yes, once drilled, a well doesn't usually get abandoned. If the mill and tower had been old enough, it would have been easier to conclude that the well is the same.
>DO THEY TYPICALLY SCRIBE THE WELLHEAD WITH A DATE?
It isn't uncommon for the concrete around the well casing to a date or a name that was scratched into the wet concrete. It's the universal appeal of concrete, I suppose.
You answered my question
My grandparents bought a ranch South of Kerrville in the early 50's which already had an older well and windmill. As I recall, either the water wasn't good enough or the supply sufficient enough, so they had another well drilled about 75 feet away and put a windmill on it also. Only place I ever saw that had two working windmills that close and I guess they are still going today.
