"The traditional tools of the field geologist are the compass, the hand lens and the geologists pick. Today all three have been replaced: the compass by GPS, the hand lens by the portable hand analyzer, and the geologists pick by the portable core drill."
— David Wang
Beijing Yonggui Technology Co.
"The company owner, Neil Shaw, couldn't be a nicer guy. I visited him in Yamhill to learn how to to use the drill, and did so with success in remote jungle locations of the sub-Andean fold-and-thrust belt in Peru. It works. No problems."
— Matt Laughland
Senior Geologist, Hunt Oil Company
“I had a problem with very large basalt boulder in the vineyard rows that was causing a tractor safety problem. The location of the rock meant that we could not use a trackhoe or scoop to remove it without damaging the vines. The backpack drill allowed us to drill a series of holes around the ground emergent portion (in about an hour) and to fill those holes with expanding cement. We drilled and filled on Tuesday. When I returned to the site on Thursday, nothing had happed. When I returned on Saturday, my neighbor asked what I had done to the rock. By Saturday there was nothing but rubble. The expanding cement just needed a little more time than I thought.
Now the field boss is happy as the tractor can go over the former rock location without fear of tipping into the vines. I now have my eyes on some other problem rocks in the vineyard.”
— Jim Alexander
Owner, Hidden Rocks Estate Vineyard.
Portland, Oregon
"This core drilling was conducted in a very remote area where we fly in via helicopter. The little drill worked well and we were able to collect core samples of Magnetite. We collected a total of 300 meters of samples giving us a good composite analysis of the iron deposit."
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— Robert L. Cotton
President, Cotton & Western Mining, Inc.
“We have used the Shaw Core Drill extensively since we purchased it and have found it to be an extremelely useful tool for sampling sulphide bodies and outcrop on our properties. We have drilled and sampled to a depth of 10 feet — well below the depth that a hammer can attain.
The Shaw Core Drill’s ease of use and transport make it a valuable tool that can core easily and quickly, thereby providing quick geologic information during remote exploration programs.”
— John Camier, M.Sc. (geology)
President, South Bay Exploration, Ltd.
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
“I had never used diamond coring equipment before, so it came as a surprise to me that my new Shaw Core Drill was both easy to use and fast drilling. By drilling rows of vertical holes, and then filling them with expanding concrete, I was able to split huge boulders and rubbleize areas of massive rock for later hand removal. It was relatively easy for me to do a job which would otherwise have required the use of explosives and heavy excavating equipment.”
— R.B. Walton
Salem, Utah
We drilled yesterday and hit an aquafur about 35' with fast running water, then we drilled thru it and got to 47' deep. When we removed all the rod, about 3 minutes later it looked like a gueyser for about a minute. It was pretty funny. We went thru baby blue colored clay. Very interesting.
— Jesse
Near Manila, The Philippines
“I use the Shaw Core Drill to complete basic mining tasks including hole drilling for small blasting jobs and core sampling from shaft walls at my several mines in California. It is fun too; I have made garden fountains from rocks by drilling water tube holes through them.”
— Gerard Forseman
President, GFX, Inc. • Osceola Mine
Allegheny, California
I found the Shaw Core Drill to be very easy to operate and fast drilling in granite, basalt and slate. I now believe that a man or woman ought to have three basic tools to do good prospecting work: a gold pan, a metal detector and, most of all, this hand-held drill.
In the initial test of our Shaw Core Drill I cut several cores in jade. This material was fractured but I found that I could retrieve core fragments as intact cores with the Shaw core catcher. I was able to cut cores of sixteen to twenty inches in length before retrieval was necessary. I began by using a lot of water but soon found that very little was actually needed. I found also that the 26 cc Tanaka engine of the kit uses very little fuel even at maximum power output.
Our exploration horizon has definitely expanded beyond placer with the introduction of this hard rock exploration tool.
— Phil Morrison Sr.
Stardust Mining
Vanderhoof, British Columbia, Canada
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