Who built the Hyatt well drill rig?

A steam powered core drill rig from the 1890s sent in by Jeff Hyatt of Hyatt Well Drilling in New York. Jeff Hyatt, shown with daughter Cassandra, rebuilt this rig from the ground up. His father, who was also a well driller, knew the owner. A close up of the restored rig, which is fully functional.

What happened to the old portadrill rig?

An old rig, mounted on an International truck, is stabilized for a job. Tasker crews put the old Portadrill to work. One of Tasker Well Company's old Bucyrus rigs. This and the next five photos were sent in my NGWA member Mary Helen Niemann. Niemann’s father worked for a company called Rogers Geophysical in Africa during the 1950s.

Where is the old Bucyrus Erie cable rig?

A driller with C.S. Raymer of Grand Rapids, Mich., works with the help of an old Bucyrus cable rig. Bobbie Melton of Melton Drilling sent this picture of an old Bucyrus Erie cable rig. The rig, Melton says, has only worked in Knox, Laurel and Whitley counties along the Interstate 75 corridor north of Knoxville, Tenn., since it was new.