Geotechnical Drilling

We offer a wide range of Geotechnical drilling services including:

Solid Stem Augers
Hollow Stem Augers (4 1/4" I.D. and 6 1/4" I.D.)
CRREL coring of permafrost
Cone Pentrometer testing
2" and 3" Split spoon samplers
Shelby tube samplers
Pieziometer installations
Thermister installations
ODEX casing through waste rock dumps for piezometer installations
Down hole hammering into bedrock for pieziometer installations
NQ Triple Tube coring for delineation purposes.
HQ Core

Midnight Sun has Two Geotechnical Auger rigs (Rig # 4 and Rig # 5) both are equipped with 140 pound sample hammers permanently mounted on the drill.

All of our Air Rotary drills also serve as Geotechnical drills for installing ODEX casing and down hole hammering.

We have in stock a full supply of Silica sand, Bentonite Chips, Pure gold Grout, Washed and bagged PVC pipe both slotted and solid in 1", 2", 2 1/2" and 4" sizes.