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S10.11.004Description
Drilling a seismic borehole for the National Seismic Network at Mendenhall Laboratory on the main campus of The Ohio State University, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Sprowls Drilling Company of Sunbury, Ohio, did the drilling work for the borehole. At a depth of 125 feet, in the Columbus Limestone, a cavern was encountered. An unsuccessful attempt was made to plug the cavern. The site was abanonded as a location in the United States Geological Survey's nationwide network of seismographs because of the condition of the limestone on the campus of The Ohio State University. The image was taken by Michael C. Hansen in August 1993.
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For more information about the drilling project, see: National Seismic Network Borehole at OSU by Michael C. Hansen (Ohio Geological Survey, Ohio Geology Newsletter, Fall 1993) page 5.
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Closeup of vehicle drilling hole into ground; second vehicle in foreground. Mendenall Laboratory on Ohio State Campus in Columbus, Ohio.