Sunday 19th November 2023

am: Michael Kousiounis and Dave Morrison . Setting of charge. All went well. Samuel Hill joined us at the end. 1 hour.

pm: Started about 12.30. SH cleared the bottom with DM on winch and MK emptying buckets. After an hour or so SH came up and MK went down to inspect. Some more movement to previously stabilised rock, but still holding. Several more buckets were cleared then we started cement work. A pillar was built from a solid floor hoping to stabilise a large boulder in the ceiling that's dropping Also some stabilising of the right hand side. John Cooper joined us in the midst of this and Monica's mum and brother came to see.

Spoil after bang. Photo MK.

The dropping boulder in the ceiling, note the cement work opening up. Photo MK.

Some decent voids that draught very well are now visible in the floor, just off to the side of the vertical shaft. It's tempting do use a charge to get rid of a few boulders in the floor and see what happens and deal with the outcome. Getting in and stabilising anymore will be dicey in itself. Finished around 3pm, so 3 hours.

The voids in the floor. Photo MK.

Possible next step. Photo MK.

Pillar has been built up from the slab marked by the green cross to support the dropping boulder above.The blue crosses are the boulders that could be removed to perhaps reveal more void below. Mike.

Wednesday 8th November 2023

John Cooper. Went to drill some holes in the bottom. 8 holes 300 – 500mm deep ready for Mike next time he’s about. 1 hour. John.

Sunday 5th November 2023.

 Mike Kushy and John Cooper. 

AM- set off charge, laid and fired in half hour.

PM- after setting charge at Valinor we cleared WR. About 2 hours clearing. A bit of movement after the charge, some large boulders in the horizontal bit have dropped and some of the concreted boulders have moved slightly. Not too concerning though. Ready for drilling. Mike.

Bottom after clearing. Photo MK.

Tuesday 31st October 2023

John Cooper. First of all wiggled a boulder out which was then plug and feathered to manageable chunks. Then drilled some holes in the bottom and sides, 4 in the floor and 6 in the walls. All 10 holes 300 – 500mm deep ready for Mike on Sunday. 2 hours.John.

Sunday 29th October 2023

Mike Kushy, Dave Morrisom and John Cooper. Mike and Dave clearing out bang spoil. Some of the charge didn't go off for some reason, never mind though as the blocks we want to bang had shifted from the charge that did go off allowing removal. Cleared enough ready for drilling. John joined us at the end. Good draught. 2 1/2 hours. Mike.

Looking into the chamber at the bottom, all seems to be holding up okay. Photo MK.

The bottom after clearing. Red block wiggles and will come out. Blue crosses supposed drilling point. Yellow crosses maybe to be drilled, would be good to get out. Photo MK.