Monday 21 March 2011

White Pit 16/3/11

Estelle Sandford, Mark Denning + Henry Dawson about half hour later.

Chipping away at rock and stal blockage in floor with either hammer and chisel/bar or drilling/P&F, not enough people to clear spoil tonight unfortunately as there is quite a bit in the dig now. Digging area quite dusty at the moment and we need some more dust masks.

2hrs 15mins

Friday 11 March 2011

pushing the end

Got no work on today so used my spare time in very useful ways had a good go at the end of the dig by removing the boulder that looked like Swiss cheese and very carefully removed Stu's unexploded mine field well it fell out the roof and i moved it to one side if the truth must be known.
We now have 2 skips and 3 bags of spoil to bring out of the dig and after the successful trip on Wednesday where we all had enough to keep the whole team busy for most of the evening the process of using bags when we don't have enough people available to haul on the day worked very well with almost no complaints
Mark Denning 3hrs spent chipping away

Thursday 10 March 2011

White Pit 9th March

Estelle Sandford, Mike Moxon, Mark Denning, Bill Combley, Steve Chitty

Cleared the dig of spoil left from previous digging and cleared the spoil left in the dig and then chipped away at the rocks and mud making the end larger and more accessible to attack the rocks in front of us.

2hrs underground.