Thursday 19th October 2023

John Cooper. Went to drill some holes in the bottom. 6 holes 300 – 500mm deep ready for Mike on Sunday. 1 hour. John.

Wednesday 18th October 2023

Mike Kushy, John Cooper and Dave Morrison (Tuska). Clearing out bang spoil, clearing the tunnel and bringing the builders ladder out. Some suspect rocks left in place, not sure about pulling the smaller rock out as it had alot of resistance and decided to cement up to provide some support. 2 hours. Good draught. Mike.

Spoil to clear. Photo MK.

More spoil (looking horizontally). Photo MK.

After clearing. Photo MK.

Cement/building work. Photo MK.

Plan for next stage. Photo MK.

 

Yellow + blocks questionable and shouldn't be touched. Red X ones for drilling and blasting.

Sunday 15th October 2023

AM: Mike Kushy and Dave Morrison (Tuska). Banging the holes drilled by John Cooper mid week. Really good holes to widen out the bottom.

PM: Mike Kushy, Tuska and John Cooper. Cleared the debris from the morning. Drilled 6 holes at 900mm then set off.

Debris after 1st bang Photo MK.

Bottom cleared. Photo MK.

Weird little insect. Photo MK.

Tuesday 10th October 2023

John Cooper. Went to drill some holes in the bottom. However there was still debris on it so after clearing in into the tunnel and the hole below drilled the walls instead. 1 hour. John.

Sunday 1st October 2023

Mike Kousiounis and Dave Morrison. Started by clearing the bottom of the shaft. Bucket still snagged in a couple of places so after clearing we opened up the shaft with some more plug and feathering. Happy with the bucket pull, we set about doing some cement work. John Cooper joined us around 2pm and we finished the last bit of cementing that needed doing to fully stabilise the shaft ready for banging. 5 hours. Mike.