tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post4342446650485273006..comments2024-03-28T13:20:29.156-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Aitken digs a wellRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-18920658527549630342011-12-17T16:31:10.924-08:002011-12-17T16:31:10.924-08:00Here in the city of Albany, NY, a brewer—Robert Bo...Here in the city of Albany, NY, a brewer—Robert Boyd of Boyd & McCulloch—decided to drill a well, back in the 1820s. He dug so deep he hit a mineral spring—nearly 500 feet (152 meters) deep. I asked a geologist at my museum if he thought it unusual that Boyd hit a mineral spring. He said No, but was amazed that Boyd had the resources and money to dig a well that deep in the 1820s! He said it would have been both an amazing engineering accomplishment, as well as being astronomically expensive. You can read about it, including the mineral make-up of the water, on Google books <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=N24_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA138&dq=Boyd+and+Mcculloch+albany,+ny+mineral+spring&hl=en#v=onepage&q=Boyd%20and%20Mcculloch%20albany%2C%20ny%20mineral%20spring&f=false" rel="nofollow">here</a>Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14129472719929268755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-39114515514145747992011-12-17T05:35:17.672-08:002011-12-17T05:35:17.672-08:00"the hourly rate of master painters from 7.5d..."the hourly rate of master painters from 7.5d to 8d an hour" And these were Master Painters, Men who had put years into the learning and practice of their craft. I wonder how many pints an hour journeymen and apprentices made?Ed Carsonnoreply@blogger.com