White Pit 7/9/11

Estelle, Mark D, Mike M & Bill C

2.5hrs

Did a haul and cleared all bags, may have noted a flaw in our eco bags – they get rather mouldy! Once cleared, we took it in turns to have a dig, initially hammer and chiselling at the rock, but this was pretty fruitless so worked at the muddy corner off to the left and cleared that out. Doesn’t look like any sort of obvious way on, so need to consider Dr Nobel’s special or otherwise back at it with the chisel drill. No point in digging really without one or the other at the moment. Suspect we’ve blocked up way on currently as air not so good tonight.

White Pit 17/8/11

Estelle, Mark, Henry D

Using chisel drill again with generator and managed to break up a bit more rock, still quite slow going and may need to drill holes or make use of Dr Nobel’s best to enlarge and get rid of rock in the way. Hopefully a few more sessions should give some answers. Air still clear, although dusty by the end of the session

2.5hrs