Tuesday, 7 October 2025

Tuesday 7th October 2025

Mike Kushy, Stuart Mcmanus (Mac) and Martin Grass. MK to begin with, who got everything ready and popped down to check the debris. With MK clearing the dig face and SM winching we cleared around 30 buckets, then a big boulder needed breaking up with pfs. Probably another dozen loads cleared. Still lots of mud to clear and breaker work to be done. Before digging and after working for half hour we took CO2 and O2 meter readings *Start Co2 0.097% End 0.26% - Start O2 19.85% End 19.97%, Pressure 994Hp. We don't have any issues down there at all, although it was significantly cooler down there today than it ever has been and there's a lot of air movement now. MG spent time recording the site and us working using his drone. He helped with the last couple of dozen buckets also. SM came down to have a look at the dig face towards the end. It seems all the western wall is now solid limestone! When SM/MG left MK made up some concrete mix and poured it behind the red box section steel to fill the gaps. Measured from box section with my laser measure: 7.669m. 4 1/2 hours. Mike.

Dig face before clearing (looking down, facing north). Photo MK.

Dig face after clearing (looking down, facing north). Photo MK.

Site is getting a bit overfull with spoil. Photo MK.



View from top after clearing. Photo MK.

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