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.
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Wednesday, 30 March 2022
Wednesday 30th March 2022
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.