Mark Denning & Stu Gardiner
Capping and plug feathers in an attempt to widen the dig face so effective digging could carry on. Capping was very bad with stal veins being encountered in most boulders resulting in jammed rods and unexploded caps, plug and feathers were slightly more effective, however with most boulders not having free sides few were broken up enough to make a difference.
After a 'man' talk about what to do next, we decided to concentrate on digging straight down to try and gain more depth thus going past the stal and rock 'mess' which has been a thorn in our sides for many weeks.
After around 20minutes Mark dislodged a small boulder which revealed a void below and a water worn arch leading off in the general direction of the current passage. This is what we have been after and we now have a direction to dig in. The best part being that beyond the hole is loose mud suggesting that the stal 'mess' may have been held back at this point making future digging much more productive................. Time will tell.
Total time underground: 5 hours.
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