I well remember those good old days of doodlebugging, having worked on a crew during the summer of 1952, hustling three inch casing, pump, dynamite, drill bits and Stillson wrenches through neck-deep water in the swamps of the Atchafalaya Basin from shot point to shot point. We'd drill down 130 feet turning the casing with Stillson wrenches, set the charges, string a jug line and let 'er rip. For a young farm boy, it was a piece of cake.
Hey Dudley, do you remember the name of Company?
I was Party Chief for the old National Geophysical Company at the time of your �experience� working swamps, in-land bays and waters of Gulf Coast Texas and Louisiana.
Boats and winch boats, swamp buggies � airboats � you name it.
Started out as �jug hustler� summer job while in college�
These were the only old photos I could find�..
Talk about hi-jacking a thread � back to the weather�
