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It depends entirely on what the water table is, where you want to dig the well. In areas with a lot of subterrainian granite, you could dig 750 feet before you hit water.

In other areas, you might only have to go 90 feet to hit water.

It all depends on the kind of base is under the topsoil.

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Did they have water wells on the Victorian goldfeilds?

no they did not have water wells but they did have gold wells


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