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Article #662Re: Very old water well design , can you help identify others like it
From: Peter Jason
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 23:04
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 23:04
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Look for similar designs in Portugal & Holland. Perhaps there were detours from the Spice Islands. "kangarooistan" <kangarooistan9@gmail.com> wrote in message news:6f2ed38a-bba6-4f8c-b1a4-bbd4d1f904fc@d19g2000prh.googlegroups.com... > If we can find more like it in other places we may > discover WHO mined > the coorong Heavy Mineral Sand HMS many years ago > > > Im working on finding some more wells like this one > http://www.planbooktravel.com.au/region-images/SA/limestone-coast/limestone-coast-400x272/chinamans-well.jpg/image_preview > > its in the sand hills at 42 mile creek on the Coorong in > South > Australia , but I suspect it may be many thousands of > years old > http://www.arta.com.au/samaps/maps/coorong.gif > > White people call it chinamans well but it was named > before chinamen > were in the area , and it was used by early settlers > > Its very old , but no chinaman built it IMHO , Its design > may > indicate who did > > Do you recall seeing any like it in your travels ? or can > you ask your > friends if they can find an exact match else where > > Its clearly built by somebody who knew exactly what they > were doing , > so Im going to try and find more like it , and I suspect > it may be > built by the " sea peoples " in ancient times as its clear > somebody > was mining the Heavy Mineral Sands on this coast on a > VAST scale , > effectively what you see today as the Coorong and lower > Lakes are man > made , mines working the sands washed down the 2500 km > River Murray > over many millions of years > > SOMEBODY worked out most of the easy deposits within > walking distance > to water , long before Europeans arrived in 1836 > > kanga > ===== >
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