Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Tuesday 31st October 2023
Sunday, 29 October 2023
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.
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| Looking into the chamber at the bottom, all seems to be holding up okay. Photo MK. |
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| 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. |
Sunday, 22 October 2023
Sunday 22nd October 2023
John.Cooper and Mike.Kousiounis. Setting charge in holes drilled by John mid week. All went off fine. No sign of any newts in the tunnel. 1 hour. Mike.
Saturday, 21 October 2023
Saturday 21st October 2023
Pete Hann, Jude and Adrian Vanderplank, Nigel Graham as surface support.
All down the entrance shaft to firstly look at Johns drilled shot holes, (Very nice!)
Then on down into the original dig, a couple of times there seemed to be a strange grunting noise particularly in the more snug sections, strange?
Pete was impressed with the bedding chambers and thought they could be quite photogenic. We went to both ends, but not the very ends and I missed the way into Tooth dig, and found myself looking at a small bucket and rope and an even smaller hole and thinking if they’ve gone through that I’m seriously impressed. A steady trip out, looking for draughts and anything else which might be of interest. Adrian.
PS from John Cooper. When Pete returned the key he said "Don't ever give me that again!"
Thursday, 19 October 2023
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.