Wednesday, 30 March 2022

Wednesday 30th March 2022

John Cooper, Dave Morrison and Andrew Thompson. Depth at end of session was 9.2m. Plug and feathers used to break up boulders. Quite a bit of clatch removed. Some cementing done at end. Need more sand and cement. 3 hours. John.

Tuesday, 29 March 2022

Tuesday 29th March 2022

John Cooper and Andrew Thompson. Depth at start 8.5m. Plug and feathers used to break up boulder. Not very effective at start because boulder surface kept fracturing. Eventually got it sorted. Bit of cementing done at end. 2 hours. John.

Thursday, 24 March 2022

Thursday 24th March 2022

John Cooper, Dave Morrison and Andrew Thompson (and Wayne stopped by for a visit). Widening the bottom by John using plug and feathers. Also some clatch removed. Depth measured at 26¼ ft (must do it myself next time in metres!). 2½ hours. John.

Tuesday, 15 March 2022

Tuesday 15th March 2022

John Cooper, Mark Helmore, Dave Morrison, Andrew Thompson and Chris Williams. Took across another large water container. Plug and feathers used to break up a couple of boulders into bits small enough to haul out. Also removed a load of muddy clatch. Some work done on surface repositioning haul line. Draught coming outwards today. 2 hours. John.

Sunday, 13 March 2022

Sunday 13th March 2022

John Cooper and Andy Thompson went across early afternoon and assisted Kushy, Mark Helmore and Al Mills for a bit of rock hauling. Tuska had already left. Empty water container brought back to Upper Pitts for refilling. 1 hour. John.

Sunday, 6 March 2022

Sunday 6th March 2022

Mike, Tuska, Chris W. and John. Mike and Tuska breaking up boulders and winching out for a few hours, about 6ft lower again. Bedding type roof heading towards Wookey direction at about 45°, the opposite way there is a draughting hole in the floor. Cement work done at the end with Chris and John popped over to say “Hello”. Mike.

Friday, 4 March 2022

Friday 4th March 2022

John Cooper and Dave Morrison. Some clatch moved to surface so Kushy can Plug and Feather more boulders. 1 hour. John.