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Crew Starts RecoveryWork at Drv Lake Well(Continued from Page I)was “no chance” that Tiegs could be alive.Then Haile left the scene to consult with engineers of the world-famous Morrison-Knud-sen construction firm on recovery methods.WEDNESDAY night, Sheriff Haile stationed a deputy at the well site. But he explained that no recovery operations could begin until men and equipment were assembled sometime Thursday.Today, 20-inch casing came in from Burley. The M K con sultant and personnel of the Hosack Well Drilling Co., Nam pa, planned a shield for re covery workers. And othei rescue equipment was assembled.SHERIFF HAILE couldn’l say how long the recovery ope ration might take.was experienced ai digging wells. He was knowr to spend many hours at a tiim deep in a well—“plastering* aides, working with a strucli drill bit or removing sand. Hlt; and a brother, Elmer, had pio neered in sinking wells to ir rigate the Dry Lake desert.The well on which Tiegs wai working Wednesday had beer a difficult one, he had told family and friends on aevera occasions.A PROMINENT farmer Tiegs, Nampa Route 2, wai chairman of the Idaho Agri cultural Stabilization and Con servation committee from 190( to about two months ago. Be fore that, he had served tin state committee as both a mem ber and vice chairman. He alsc waa ASC community commit teeman from the Nampa area four or five yearsTiegs also was an origins; member of the Nyssa-Nampi Beet Growers Assn and wa! a Nampa area director foimany years.He is survived by his widow and three sons, Kenneth, Dor and Dale, ail of the Nampa Melba area; one daughter, Mrs Betty Ludwig. Ontario. Ore.; four brothers, Ed, Elmer, Leonard and Mervin, ail of Nam-
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Idaho Press Tribune
Nampa, Idaho, US
Thu, May 18, 1961
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