(A) The spring pole drilling method can be traced back to Biblical days. In Canada the pole was a sapling, twelve to fifteen metres long, fixed at an angle of about thirty degrees. The springiness of the pole provided the means of alternately raising and dropping the drill bit as the pole was sprung and released.
(B) The springboard was attached to the top end of the spring pole It sprang and released the pole as the operator stepped on and off.
(C) The butt end of the spring pole was usually anchored to a convenient tree or post.
(D) The springboard operator.
(E) Tripod (three-pole derrick) for hoisting and lowering the drilling equipment.
(F) The driller who directed the drill.
(G) Drill rope.
(H) Pit dug down to solid rock was cribbed to prevent a cave-in.
(I) Iron conductor pipe, 76 millimetres in diameter, driven down 4.5 metres.
(J) Liner pipe.
(K) A drill bit attached to a 135 kilogram drilling weight.
