"Steve" wrote
The price I mentioned is inclusive of the well casing and deepwell
pump..

The guy up the road, here in W. Washington, went down about 130 ft for
good
water and paid about $10,000.. That's about 77 a ft.. However if the
water
had come in at a shallower depth he would still have to pay a couple
thousand just for the set up, plus footage...

I use to hang out at a bar where some well drillers would stop in
after
work.. I would sometimes hear comments about "can't make any money
until we
get down to 100 ft...". Thus an incentive to drill deeper wells.

Steve

Ask for a price for just the well minus the cable, pump, it's
tubing/pipe, pitless adapter, excavation to the building, the pressure
tank and fittings etc. and see what you're told.

Then get a price for the excavation only. Then a pump guy or plumber
that knows pumps and wells, to price out the cable, pump, tubing,
pitless and pressure tank with the needed switch etc.. Or do the
excavation, cable and tubing to/from the well and the pressure tank
yourself. Then have the pump guy install the pitless and pump.

You can buy all this stuff over the internet ya know. You can even size
the pump on the internet. I sell all of it to DIYers.

Those/these guys must not have much competition except between
themselves!

Gary
Quality Water Associates