White Pit 27/9/12

Estelle Sandford, Mark Denning & Mike Moxon
2hrs
Arrived and bang had removed some of the rock but also only cracked some of the walls. Took a couple of pics then removed the already full bags up to Talus before Mike went in and had a dig. The air was really quite bad down the bottom although much of the bang fumes were gone. Mike did about 1/2hr or so before he came out and Mark went in and did about 1/2hr or so. Straight on blocked by calcite now, floor is still soft and diggable, left hand might go under. There seems to be some sort of draught, but there really is limited oxygen in it! Retreated to pub with headaches! We really need to remove all our digging debris from there and also empty the place of the hessian bags, that were a good idea at the time, but might not be helping the air problem as they do rot and get mouldy.

White Pit 11/9/12

Estelle Sandford, James Begley
Popped in for 20mins to retrieve Stu Lindsay’s bang wire. Noticeable smell of bang as you go down the slope into second chamber and whole of Talus IV smelt bad. I went as far as the hauling corner just above steep bit and managed to free the wire and we pulled it up from there. Reckon that needs another good couple of weeks before a revisit to the actual dig site.

White Pit 6/9/12

(missing 2 trips from here from Mark between this and 4/7)
Estelle Sandford, Stu Lindsay

Mark & Henry had already drilled holes last Monday, so 8x 12mm, 450mm long holes ready. Holes suitably stuffed and then set it off from the bottom of entrance shaft, with a satisfying thud in the distance. Will need to retrieve Stu’s bang wire soon, but dig needs leaving for about a month before checking.
Trip time 2hrs