4th March 2017
digging 2017Posted by Vince Simmonds Sun, March 05, 2017 08:02:43With Jonathon, Matt, Jake and Tav.
I did the excavation and filling of bags, Jonathon cleared the bags and rocks away.


At the end, I concentrated on clearing the 'trample' from the floor, the digging forward toward a back wall. Here, a very narrow, 'clean-washed' gap was revealed. I pulled out some small stones and could peer down about 300 to 500mm, there was a feint draught of cool air emanating from the hole. It would appear that there is a lower level of development. Although, the passage does pinch in, it widens lower down, there is plenty of compact sediment to be removed before a better evaluation can be determined. At higher level in the passage, there still remains a considerable amount of sediment that needs to be removed.
Digging is not exactly rapid at the moment, the spoil is very claggy and sticks to the tools. I found it easier to loosen the spoil with the mattock, then fill the bags by hand. A steady 40 or so bags were filled with a few rocks, along with the rocks left over from Thursday evening, 55 loads were hauled out to the surface.
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