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In raise bore drilling, a drill string of non-round cross-sectional configuration is connected through a pilot hole from a raise bore bit at the lower end of the pilot hole to a raise bore drilling rig at the upper end of the hole. The drill string is defined by a number of serially connected individual pipe lengths. The drill string configuration preferably is hexagonal except at one end of each length where the pipe length is round for a distance which corresponds to the length of a female threaded connection component defined by that end of the pipe length. The other end of each pipe length defines a cooperating male threaded connection component.
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