Mike Kushy and Lee Venning set up and then cleared spoil for several hours. A total of 39 loads hauled out. When Trevor Hughes arrived Kushy left them to go to another dig. Lee and Trevor drilled holes and created more spoil.
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| Start of session. Photo MK. |
John Cooper, Trevor Hughes, Mike Kousiounis, Adrian Miles and Henry Miles. Hot again, 26°C on surface. John and Kushy set up then Kushy went down to start drilling. When the others arrived the surface team shifted spoil from the South side to a safer position whilst Kushy completed drilling. Four 32mm holes each charged with 1 stick. Extractor fan used again at end clearing fumes. 3 hours.
Mike Kushy and Lee Venning arrived on site at 10.45am. The weather was sunny and warm. We set the extractor up and then LV headed down to fill buckets while MK was on winch duty. After about 15 x buckets had been winched to the surface MK was joined Mikey Waterworth (MW). Once 30 x loads had been winched topside LV returned to the surface, with MW replacing him down the shaft armed with the small breaker. MW stayed underground until we reached a total of 48 buckets.
We stopped for lunch as it was 2pm already and afterwards MK went down shaft to continue work with the breaker, after a further 10 loads we called it a day.
We all left site at 3:15pm, 4 ½ hours, Lee.
Total Buckets Removed x 58
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| Base at end of session. Photo MK. |
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| Loads hauled up today. Photo LV. |
