Bemidji Crude-Oil Project
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1984 - 1986 field work:
 Phil
Bennett undoubtedly had good reason to be
excited about this sample.  Marc
Hult and F.H. Chang collecting a water
sample.  Mobil
home in the spray zone before it was pulled
across the tracks into position, 1985. Note
the oil saturated sand in the foreground.
Several wells were installed
beneath the unnamed lake.  The wells were installed in February 1985 using a tracked
drill rig that was contracted.  Drill
site on the lake.  Bob
Miller developing a well (or conducting an
aquifer test).  Marc
putting a bailed oil sample in a bottle.  Mary
Jo, Isabelle, and others, collecting water
samples from the 532 well nest.  Mobile
home, vehicles, and tent at the north pool.  Marc
and Mary Jo putting a bailed water sample in a
bottle.
 Processing
a soil core.  Don
Siegel collecting a water sample.  Don, Phil Bennett, and others collecting a
water sample.  Don
and others sampling.  Don, Mary Jo, Marc, and others struggling
with sample tubing.  Olaf
Pfannkuch near the tent.  Olaf
sampling a well at the north pool.  Olaf
and Bob pumping a well.  Samples
of sand were collected in garbage cans for
laboratory experiments.  South
pool toward the north pool along the
pipelines.  Paul
Bunyan (he hasn't changed much over
the years).
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