drilling continues

The view from the house shows 3 drilling rigs lined up going SE from the lane in the south pastures.  This line of wells is up the heart of the ranch.  I thought they would just be drilling along the western edge of the ranch this go around.  The tire tracts, water ponds and holes are repaired when they are done, but it will still take years for nature to complete the repair.  Hopefully it will be worth our while eventually. 

Drilling again

Cameco is drilling 18 more exploratory wells in a canyon in the southwest corner of the ranch and 10 wells in one of the Dawes County pastures on the ranch so there must be something interesting 1000 feet below ground in those areas.  There are 3 rigs punching these holes operating at this time.  It takes a rig just one day to core to that depth to get the necessary samples for analysis.

Autumn colors

This vine in the trees was more luxurient and brighter a few days earlier, but I didn't have the camera at the ranch.  As the trees and grass obtain their fall colors there has been some great scenes.  This is at the river diversion below the buildings.  Finally the wind has started blowing and once again the tanks are full of water.  The past 10 weeks we have had no wind (can you believe that in Nebraska)and it has created tremendous problems keeping cattle watered in the upland pastures on the south part of the ranch.