Mike Kushy, solo. Went in about 7.15pm. Took the drill in to downsize the big boulders ahead. Need to break rock down some more, but all the bigger stuff has now been moved back. Filled up some sacks of clatch. The chamber to the left looks really interesting and I think we should cement a way into this. Down in the floor it looks caveable beyond the next boulders. 3 hours.
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| Current dig face. Photo MK. |
Mike Kushy, Jason Hares, John and Danny Arnold.
First we started by clearing the rocks at the bottom of the 10ft climb back to the chamber. Then we all moved down cave and cleared the over stock of rocks from the bottom. These all ended up in the chamber eventually. MK then went to the front and filled sacks, these got tipped into the pit at the Boulder Rift connection. After the front was cleared sufficiently there were bigger rocks to plug and feather. MK set about this and the others all took turns to look at the front. When the others were gone a few rocks were felled but not enough battery to break them all up. There's a couple of small streams below us somewhere. Draught okay today. 4 1/2 hours for me. MK.
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| Bang spoil. Photo MK. |
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| After clearing. Photo MK. |
John Cooper and Trevor Hughes. John in at 18.00 to add a bit to
the survey of Boulder Rift. Came out 19.00 to meet Trevor then both in to bang
yesterday’s holes. All went OK. Wire left just below lid. 2 hours for me. John.
A good firing- as per your picture. Maybe not a breakthrough but certainly a vast pile of rocks to clear. A lot of small(ish) rocks ahead, a good stacking/removal policy is needed. Having said that it does, indeed, look very promising. Trevor.
John Cooper. Drilled holes ready for banging. 2 in first
boulder (vertical) and 1 in second boulder (horizontal). 1 hour. John.
Holes drilled 12mm top 100mm then 10mm: red 500mm deep, blue 300mm deep.
Red vertically downwards, blue horizontal.
Red boulder is only about 300mm thick.
Mike Kushy. Cementing.
Arrived about 10.30. Mixed up and took 2 heavy buckets of cement to the dig face. Used this on the right hand, fractured wall. Then got back to surface about 1.15pm and set to making another 2 buckets of mix. JC arrived just as I had lowered the buckets, he kindly cleaned up the tools whilst I went back down. Used one bucket ahead and the other bucket building steps and losing rocks in gaps. Got to surface about 3pm. Too tired to drill or run cable. 4 1/2 hours. MK.
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| A royal welcome to the dig this morning . Photo MK. |