Thursday 8th September 2022

John Cooper, Mike Kousiounis and Adrian Vanderplank. With Mike at the foot of the ongoing shaft and John at the top assorted buckets of clatch and larger rocks were moved into chamber 1, some via the direct connection and the larger rocks via chamber 2. Once the 7 small buckets were full and in chamber 1 Mike began plug and feather work whilst Adrian and John moved the spoil from chamber 1 to the foot of the entrance pot. Finally more plug and feather work. Nice outward draught from base. 2 hours. John.

 

Tuesday 6th September 2022

John Cooper and Wayne Starsmore. First we cleared the rocks from the first chamber to the bottom of the entrance shaft. Then John dropped into the third chamber and passed the rocks back to Wayne in the second chamber. John then had a look down the shaft and around the various open bits whilst Wayne moved the rocks from the second chamber to the first chamber. Then Wayne descended into the third chamber and also had had a look around whilst John moved the rocks from the first chamber to the bottom of the entrance shaft. With John back on the surface and Wayne loading the buckets 14 loads were hauled to the surface. There appears to be several options to dig! 1½ hours. John.