I have a 50ft hand dug well on my property that was dug back in 1912. It has not been used in many years, but I would like to rehab it and bring it back to life. It has mud washed into it so now it is only about 25ft deep and there is water at 15ft. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can clean this out? It is about 3ft across and lined as far as I could see down with stacked rocks. I want to climb down there and clean it by bucket but I'm a little concerned about the safety of being 30ft down in a one hundred year old hole.

Someone out there has got to have some good ideas!

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