I am in the Robertsville/Catawissa area, about 12 miles from Pacific. I grew up in STL. Where are you located?
I'm sure esshup is correct and I should dig up old pipe, but I just don't have the $. The job has been bid 3 times and all 3 came in over $20k. At $100/yard, I can buy lots of cement. Reason for high bids = The pipe goes down at such an aggressive angle that 20 feet of pipe would be an enormous amount of earth and deep hole. As dirt is removed, it will have to be stacked on back side of damn to build platform for backhoe. Also, not only will lake have to be drained, a coffer damn will need to be constructed so as not to breach the hole during construction.
While that's the bad news, I think it may also be the good news. If I can plug the pipe, it will be entombed in lots of packed earth.
